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Federal inquiry hears support for a nuclear industry in central Queensland even though local councillors say they were not consultedFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastQueensland regional councils and utility companies were not consulted about plans to build a nuclear power plant in their area before it was publicly announced, an inquiry has been told.But the controversial energy technology could be welcomed by many central Queensland residents regardless, with business people and farmers telling MPs they preferred nuclear and coal to renewable energy sources. Continue reading... Source link

Beloved by Toni Morrison, Normal People by Sally Rooney, and Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut, among books pulled Florida’s department of education has released a list of more than 700 books that were “removed or discontinued” from schools across the state after changes to a state law last year that allows parents and residents to challenge the content of library books.This year’s list, which has doubled in size from last year, includes titles such as Beloved by Toni Morrison, Normal People by Sally Rooney, and Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/nov/13/florida-book-bans-removals-education-department-list Author : Coral Murphy Marcos Publish

Victorian Electoral Commission says high number of multiple returned votes detected in Knox and Whittlesea city councilsFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe Victorian Electoral Commission has referred allegations of suspected postal vote tampering in two Melbourne council elections to police.The VEC on Wednesday afternoon said it had detected a high number of multiple returned votes in Knox city council, in Melbourne’s east, and Whittlesea city council, in Melbourne’s north, after voting closed in the state’s council elections last month.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue

The 26-year-old Snake Valley man remains in hospital with police expecting to charge him on Wednesday afternoonFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA man will be charged after allegedly carjacking a 70-year-old woman before breaking into a Melbourne home and holding a father and his toddler inside in an hours-long siege.A 26-year-old Snake Valley man, known to police, allegedly carjacked the woman in the western Victorian town about 2.30pm on Tuesday. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/nov/13/melbourne-snake-valley-melton-siege-alleged-carjacking-charges-ntwnfb Author : Australian Associated Press Publish date : 2024-11-13 02:00:17 Copyright

ABS confirms wage price index rose an annual rate of 3.5% in September quarter, bringing some relief to households battling cost of living pressuresFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAustralians’ wages have increased faster than inflation for a fourth quarter in a row, bringing some relief to households battling with cost of living pressures.The wage price index rose at an annual rate of 3.5% in the September quarter, the Australian Bureau of Statistics said on Wednesday. That result compared with a pace of 3.6% expected by economists and

Opponents say closing Great Highway to cars will increase traffic as supporters argue it will mitigate coastal erosionCalifornians have voted to close part of a nearly century-old highway in San Francisco to cars, transforming a two-mile section into a park for pedestrians and cyclists.On election day, city residents voted to approve Proposition K, extending the ban on vehicles on a portion of the Upper Great Highway along the coastline. The measure has sparked intense debate over whether cars should have regular access to the area. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/nov/12/san-francisco-prop-k-upper-great-highway Author : Coral Murphy Marcos Publish date : 2024-11-12

Killing of Antônio Vinicius Lopes Gritzbach, 38, former First Capital Command member, spawns number of theoriesPolice investigating a brazen murder at the arrivals area of Brazil’s main airport are pursuing at least three lines of inquiry in their attempt to track down the killers – and the possible masterminds of the shocking crime.Antônio Vinicius Lopes Gritzbach, 38, was leaving São Paulo international airport on Friday afternoon when two hooded men jumped out of a car and fired a hail of bullets. The brazen attack, captured on security cameras, marked a dramatic escalation of criminal violence in the country. Continue reading...

Move by US authorities comes after plane was shot at on Monday, injuring attendant and forcing airport shutdownThe US Federal Aviation Administration has banned civilian flights into Haiti for 30 days after a jetliner was shot at on approach to Port-au-Prince.Bullets hit the Spirit Airlines plane when it was about to land on Monday, injuring a flight attendant and forcing the airport to shut down. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/nov/12/faa-ban-us-haiti-flights Author : Associated Press Publish date : 2024-11-12 21:32:24 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Meteorologists track disturbance in Caribbean Sea predicted to become storm named Sara Florida is at risk of being hit by yet another major tropical storm only weeks after Hurricanes Helene and Milton devastated towns across the state.Meteorologists are currently tracking a new disturbance predicted to evolve into a storm in the Caribbean Sea. The storm, to be named Sara, will form in the western Caribbean later this week and may make a turn towards south Florida as a powerful hurricane next week if wind patterns change, according to the Hurricane Tracker App. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/nov/12/florida-tropical-storm-sara Author :

Girls now see porn for the first time before they are 14, on average. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastGirls are now seeing porn for the first time at 13.6 years, on average – two years younger than they were in 2018.And more than 70% of young people say porn often shows aggression and violence towards women, a new report from Our Watch has found.Our Watch’s concern is with the representation of certain people, particularly women, rather than porn itself.It’s the frequent viewing of violent porn, that is sexist and derogatory, associated

Ombudsman’s report on death of Katie Simpson, 21, adds to concerns at levels of gender-based violence in Northern IrelandThe Police Service of Northern Ireland “failed” the family of a 21-year-old woman after her death two years ago in Derry, initially treating it as suicide rather than a suspected murder, the police watchdog has said.The report by the Police Ombudsman of Northern Ireland comes amid renewed concerns that gender-based violence is not being taken seriously enough in the region with the highest rate of femicide per capita of all nations in the UK and in the island of Ireland. Continue reading...

US may soon impose sanctions as organisations say Israel has failed to help relieve dire humanitarian situationA coalition of international aid organisations have accused Israel of ignoring a US ultimatum that threatened sanctions if Israel did not implement a series of measures to counter the acute humanitarian crisis in Gaza.The 30 day ultimatum– due to expire on Tuesday or Wednesday – was delivered on 13 October, and almost none of its demands have been met, the humanitarian groups say. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/nov/12/aid-groups-accuse-israel-of-ignoring-us-ultimatum-on-apocalyptic-gaza-crisis Author : Jason Burke in Jerusalem Publish date : 2024-11-12 17:52:31 Copyright for syndicated content

Doctor involved in review of deaths and collapses at hospital says she was not ‘adequately briefed’A neonatal expert who reviewed the deaths and collapses of babies harmed by Lucy Letby has said she feels misled over her commissioning by hospital bosses.Dr Jane Hawdon, a consultant neonatologist, said she was not “adequately briefed” about the suspicions of senior doctors about Letby before she carried out her analysis. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/nov/12/expert-claims-she-was-misled-over-lucy-letby-analysis Author : Josh Halliday North of England editor Publish date : 2024-11-12 16:47:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

President-elect’s eldest son says he will join ‘anti-ESG’ firm 1789 Capital, which focuses on conservative investmentsDonald Trump Jr, the eldest son of president-elect Donald Trump, has decided to join a venture capital firm and will not be part of his father’s administration.Trump Jr told crowd of donors over the weekend that he will be joining the Florida-based venture firm 1789 Capital, according to a report in the New York Times. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/nov/12/donald-trump-jr-1789-capital Author : Anna Betts Publish date : 2024-11-12 15:37:14 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

UK’s biggest pharmaceutical company ‘committed to China’ as it raises 2024 profit forecast and announces $3.5bn US investmentBusiness live – latest updatesAstraZeneca’s chief executive has said it is taking investigations by Chinese authorities into its business in the country “very seriously” and insisted it is committed to China in the long run.Authorities are thought to be investigating the importation of two cancer treatments manufactured by Britain’s biggest pharmaceutical company into China. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/nov/12/astrazeneca-china-investigation-pharmaceutical-profit-us Author : Julia Kollewe Publish date : 2024-11-12 14:48:30 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Billionaire provided vast majority of funds to America Pac in winning bid to return Trump to White HouseElon Musk’s super political action committee (Pac) spent about $200m to help elect Donald Trump to a second presidency, according to a person familiar with the group’s spending, funding an effort that set a new standard for how billionaires can influence elections.The billionaire chief executive officer of Tesla and SpaceX provided the vast majority of the money to America Pac, which focused on low-propensity and first-time voters, according to the Associated Press source, who was not authorized to disclose the figure publicly and

Prime minister says victims of serial abuser John Smyth ‘failed very, very badly’Keir Starmer has refused to back the archbishop of Canterbury, who has faced growing demands to resign over his handling of an abuse scandal.Pressure on Justin Welby has been intensifying since the publication last week of a damning report on the church’s cover-up of John Smyth’s abuse in the UK in the late 1970s and early 1980s, and later in Zimbabwe and South Africa. About 130 boys are believed to have been victims. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/nov/12/starmer-refuses-to-back-justin-welby-after-clamor-for-archbishop-to-resign Author : Emine Sinmaz Publish date : 2024-11-12 12:53:29

Gregory Aymond’s offer, required because he turns 75, says he wants to stay for resolution of institution’s bankruptcy but adds it is up to Pope FrancisNew Orleans’ Roman Catholic archbishop Gregory Aymond is submitting his resignation Tuesday, on his 75th birthday, fulfilling a church requirement – though it is unclear if Vatican officials would immediately accept it with his scandal-plagued organization’s expensive, highly contentious bankruptcy case still unresolved.In a letter issued on Friday to priests and deacons under his command, Aymond cited canon – or church – law that required him to offer to retire because of his age. But

Former Republican challenger likely to become secretary of state as further developments expected in Trump’s legal battlesRobert Tait is a journalist based in Washington DCDonald Trump has demanded that the three frontrunners to lead the Senate allow him to appoint officials to his new administration without confirmation hearings on Capitol Hill, as a future Republican government began to take shape the week after his election victory. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2024/nov/12/donald-trump-marco-rubio-juan-merchan-stormy-daniels-us-politics-live Author : Yohannes Lowe Publish date : 2024-11-12 11:16:09 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Charlie Falconer says current law ‘completely broken’ in press conference with MP behind bill, Kim LeadbeaterLeadbeater introduces the next speaker, Nat Dye, who has terminal cancer. She says she thinks his views are the most important for people to hear at this press conference.He says he has known “positive” experiences of death. His fiance and his mother both had relatively peaceful deaths. He says palliative care can work for some people. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2024/nov/12/keir-starmer-labour-kim-leadbeater-assisted-dying-bill-uk-politics-news-updates Author : Andrew Sparrow Publish date : 2024-11-12 10:16:33 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Comments from Israel Katz follow remarks from fellow minister yesterday that ‘certain progress’ had been madeLebanese media is reporting that two people have been killed and six wounded in an Israeli airstrike on Hermel, which is in the north-east of the country near the border with Syria.In Iran, government spokesperson Fatemeh Mohajerani has been asked about the impact on Iran-US relations of the re-election of Donald Trump, Reuters reports. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/nov/12/middle-east-crisis-live-israel-gaza-lebanon-ceasefire Author : Martin Belam Publish date : 2024-11-12 09:19:24 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Keir Starmer can show UK is ‘open for business’, says former Bank of England chief economist Andy HaldaneBusiness live – latest updatesThe UK can strike a US trade deal with Donald Trump while also rebuilding EU relations after Brexit to cement its status as a “beacon of stability” in an increasingly volatile world, a leading economist has said.Andy Haldane, the former Bank of England chief economist, said Keir Starmer’s government could show the UK was “open for business at a time when so much else of the world is looking inward – whether to the EU, or the US, it

Seismologist says it is ‘too early’ to link fourth event of sequence to mining activity in the Hunter regionFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA 4.1-magnitude earthquake that rocked the New South Wales town of Muswellbrook is likely part of an “earthquake swarm” that could see “hundreds to thousands” of small to moderate shocks over the coming months, according to a government seismologist.The earthquake, which hit around midday on Tuesday and was shallow at 3km deep, is the fourth event over magnitude four in three months in the

Australian government won’t say if four reportedly found on Croker Island have been taken to country of departure, of origin, or to regional processing centre on NauruFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastFour non-citizens reportedly found on remote Croker Island in the Northern Territory have been removed from Australia.The ABC reported the four foreign nationals were found on Monday on the island north of Garig Gunak Barlu national park, near Arnhem land.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/nov/12/four-foreign-nationals-removed-from-australia-after-reportedly-being-found-on-remote-nt-island Author : Paul

The boy, known as Master K for inquest, floated to surface and was undiscovered for more than nine minutesFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA two-year-old who drowned in a pool while his mother looked at her mobile phone and cared for another infant two metres away highlights the need for close supervision around water, a Victorian inquest has heard.The boy had been playing in a toddlers’ pool adjoined to an adult pool at Crown Towers, a luxury hotel in central Melbourne, in 2021 when he slipped and