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Jul 3, 2025
India, Ghana Sign 4 Pacts To Deepen Ties
India and Ghana signed four Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) on Wednesday to strengthen bilateral cooperation in key areas such as culture, health, standardisation, and institutional dialogue.
Jul 3, 2025
‘Forever chemicals’ in school uniforms could be banned under proposed law
Amendments to children’s wellbeing and schools bill call for ban on Pfas and synthetic fibres over health concernsThe volume of microplastics and potentially harmful “forever chemicals” in school uniforms should be restricted, experts have said, as they urge peers to back two amendments to a crucial bill.The children’s wellbeing and schools bill, which applies mainly to England and Wales and is at committee stage in the House of Lords, is poised to introduce new regulation on the cost of school uniform items, as well as the number of branded uniform items schools can require pupils to wear. Continue reading...
Jul 3, 2025
Met police accused of ‘assault on right to protest’ after tenfold rise in nuisance law arrests
FoI requests also reveal that since 2019 less than 3% of those held under law in London were prosecutedPolice in London have been accused of abusing their powers to curb protest after research found that less than 3% of arrests for conspiracy to cause a public nuisance in the past five years resulted in a prosecution.The research also found an almost tenfold rise in the number of arrests in the capital for the offence, most commonly used to target activists, since 2019 when Extinction Rebellion set off a wave of climate activism. Continue reading...
Jul 3, 2025
Creative Australia apologises to Khaled Sabsabi for ‘hurt and pain’ after Venice Biennale reinstatement
Wesley Enoch tells ABC RN the artist’s work was not about glorification of terrorism and says Sabsabi is ‘incredibly peace-loving’Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe acting chair of Creative Australia has apologised to Khaled Sabsabi and his curator Michael Dagostino for the “hurt and pain” caused by the decision to rescind their Venice Biennale commission, and said their artworks had been “mischaracterised”.Wesley Enoch, who took over from a retiring Robert Morgan three months after the then chair told a Senate estimates hearing he would not be resigning over the controversy, apologised to Sabsabi and Dagostino live on air on Thursday, telling ABC RN the artist’s work was not about the glorification of terrorism, as suggested in parliament in February.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...
Jul 3, 2025
House vote on Trump’s big bill hangs in balance as Johnson vows to ‘get it over the line’
Speaker struggles to muster enough Republican votes as lawmakers object to provisions and costUS politics – live updatesDonald Trump’s signature tax-and-spending bill is hanging in the balance as Republicans struggle to muster sufficient votes in the US House of Representatives.House speaker Mike Johnson is determined to pass the bill as soon as possible, but has been frustrated by lawmakers who object to its provisions and overall cost. They have blocked House Republicans from approving a rule, which is necessary to begin debate on the measure and set the stage for its passage. Continue reading...
Jul 3, 2025
‘Preaching water, drinking wine’: Austrians mock far-right MPs for lucrative side jobs
Legislators from the Freedom party, which presents itself as the voice of ordinary people, top the parliamentary rich listAustrians have poured scorn on far-right MPs for topping the list of highest earners in the country’s parliament, accusing the purported champions of the working class of hypocrisy over their lucrative side hustles.A report based on mandatory income declarations for 2024 revealed this week that MPs from the anti-immigration Freedom party (FPÖ), which came in first in the September general election, to be cashing in most with supplementary earnings. Continue reading...
Jul 3, 2025
Japan’s Tokara islands hit by 900 earthquakes in two weeks
No major damage has been reported in the Tokara island chain, Japan’s meteorological agency saysMore than 900 earthquakes have shaken a remote island chain in southern Japan in the past two weeks, according to the country’s weather agency, leaving residents unable to sleep and fearful of what might come next.Although no major damage has been reported, the Japan Meteorological Agency has acknowledged that it does not know when the quakes would end. Continue reading...
Jul 3, 2025
Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs found guilty on two of five counts as lawyers call verdict ‘great victory’
Jury finds music mogul not guilty on most serious charges but judge denies request for bailKey moments from the sex-trafficking trialSeven weeks, 34 witnesses, a media circus: inside the trialA New York Jury has found Sean “Diddy” Combs guilty of two counts and not guilty on three counts, following a closely watched seven-week federal trial marked by emotional and graphic testimony.The mixed verdict saw Combs being found not guilty of the biggest charge, racketeering conspiracy, not guilty of the sex trafficking of Casandra Ventura or the sex trafficking of “Jane”, and guilty of both the transportation to engage in prostitution related to Casandra Ventura and the transportation to engage in prostitution related to “Jane”. Continue reading...
Jul 3, 2025
Kilmar Ábrego García was tortured in Salvadorian prison, court filing alleges
New court documents allege physical and psychological torture at Cecot in one of first looks at conditions in prisonKilmar Ábrego García, the Maryland man who was wrongfully deported to El Salvador and detained in one of that country’s most notorious prisons, was physically and psychologically tortured during the three months he spent in Salvadorian custody, according to new court documents filed Wednesday.While being held at the so-called Terrorism Confinement Center (Cecot) in El Salvador, Ábrego García and 20 other men “were forced to kneel from approximately 9:00 PM to 6:00 AM”, according to the court papers filed by his lawyers in the federal district court in Maryland. Continue reading...
Jul 3, 2025
Rescuers find 29 survivors and look for more after ferry sinking near Bali, Indonesia
Rescuers are searching for 32 people missing after a ferry sank near Indonesia’s resort island of Bali
Jul 3, 2025
Bangladesh tribunal sentences Hasina to jail for contempt over a claim she had a license to kill
A tribunal has sentenced Bangladesh’s former leader Sheikh Hasina to six months in jail after she was found in contempt of court for allegedly claiming she had a license to kill at least 227 people
Jul 3, 2025
Flood threat ongoing for parts of NSW and Victoria as east coast weather system subsides
Businesses along NSW south coast still waiting for power to be restored as BoM says system still ‘lurking’ over Tasman Sea Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAuthorities remain on alert to flood risk across New South Wales and eastern Victoria after a complex low-pressure system swept the nation’s east coast this week, drenchingcatchments.Hazardous surf warnings remained in place on Thursday, with the system still “lurking over the Tasman Sea”, said Helen Reid, meteorologist at the Bureau of Meteorology.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...
