Written by An unprecedented year of elections around the world has underscored a sobering trend – in many countries the commitment to act on the climate crisis has either stalled or is eroding, even as disasters and record temperatures continue to mount. So far 2024, called the “biggest election year in human history” by the United Nations […]
NewsFeed Hong Kong’s High Court has sentenced 45 pro-democracy activists to up to 10 years in prison, over a move to challenge Beijing’s influence on Hong Kong elections. The trial has been criticised as political and unfair. Published On 19 Nov 202419 Nov 2024 Source link
Police say 35,000 people are outside parliament Police estimate there are 35,000 protestors gathered outside parliament. Te Pāti Māori co-leader Rawiri Waititi, addressed the crowd: Kia ora, my sovereign peoples. Aotearoa is our kingdom. We must protect it. We’ve got a message for this Government. Kill the bill. Kill the bill. We are inspiring indigenous […]
Schools in New Delhi were closed Monday as toxic smog enveloped the Indian capital and exceeded the daily limit set out by the World Health Organization by 60 times. The polluted air is thought to be the cause of thousands of premature deaths each year, and is particularly harmful for children and the elderly. Source […]
Indigenous Senator Lidia Thorpe says she has no regrets as Senate expresses disapproval of protest against the monarch. Australia’s Senate has voted to censure Indigenous lawmaker Lidia Thorpe after she heckled Britain’s King Charles III during his visit to parliament last month. The vote, led by Australia’s governing Labor Party, was passed with 46 votes […]
At least eight people were killed and 17 others wounded Saturday in a knife attack at a vocational school in eastern China, and the suspect – a former student – has been arrested, police said. This is the second deadly attack within a week after a man rammed his car into a crowd at a sports facity […]
New Zealand’s parliament has erupted into fiery debate, personal attacks and a haka over a controversial bill that proposes to radically alter the way New Zealand’s treaty between Māori and the crown is interpreted. The treaty principles bill was tabled by the libertarian Act party – a minor partner in New Zealand’s coalition government – […]
United States President-elect Donald Trump has picked Fox News host and military veteran Pete Hegseth, a pro-Israel and Iran hawk, to serve as his defence secretary, lauding him as “tough, smart and a true believer in America First”. The 44-year-old’s nomination to lead the world’s most powerful military has come in for criticism from the […]
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol is practising golf – for the first time in eight years – in preparation for future meetings with US president-elect Donald Trump, Yoon’s office has confirmed. South Korean media said Yoon had visited a golf course on Saturday for a sport his office said he had last played in […]
Alice Springs, Australia – For Ben Hall, the CEO of tour bus operator AAT Kings, business lately has been tough. He says visitors are not booking tours to Uluru, a huge sandstone monolith that is the most famous attraction in Australia’s vast Northern Territory, in the numbers they used to. “We’ve certainly seen the trips […]