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Tuesday briefing: Rishi Sunak finally passes his Rwanda bill – now to find out if it works World news | The Guardian 23 Avr 2024 07:53 In today’s newsletter: After months of wrangling, Parliament passed the government’s controversial plan to tackle small boats• Sign up here for our daily newsletter, First Edition Continue reading... Read more... |
Taiwan pledges to remove 760 statues of Chinese dictator Chiang Kai-shek World news | The Guardian 23 Avr 2024 07:53 In move seen by the opposition as an attempt to de-sinocise Taiwan, the ruling party is pushing ahead with plans to rid the island of monuments to the dictatorTaiwan’s government has pledged to remove almost 800 statues of Chiang Kai-shek, the Chinese military dictator who ruled the island for decades under martial law, but whose legacy remains a point of contentious debate.In 2018 the government established a transitional justice committee to investigate the rule of the former generalissimo, who was president of the Republic of China (ROC) – in China and then in Taiwan – until his death in 1975.... Read more... |
Australia news live: Jacqui Lambie deletes X account after criticising Elon Musk; Victorian Greens pick first millennial leader World news | The Guardian 23 Avr 2024 07:48 Follow the day’s news liveElon Musk’s X v Australia’s online safety regulator: untangling the tweet takedown ordersGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastAnglicare says government spending eight times more on private investors than building housing itselfThe Anglicare Australia executive director, Kasy Chambers, says the government must step up and intervene, instead of leaving housing to the private sector:We found that the government spends eight times as much propping up private investors as it does on building housing itself. This approach is wrong, and it’s supercharging rents and house prices.Housing cannot be left to hobby... Read more... |
Dozens arrested at Yale and NYU as pro-Palestinian student protests spread World news | The Guardian 23 Avr 2024 07:24 Authorities move to break up encampments at two more US universities on Monday, as Columbia University cancels in-person classesPolice arrested dozens of people at pro-Palestinian demonstrations at Yale University in Connecticut and New York University in Manhattan, as student protests over Israel’s war in Gaza continue to roil US campuses.On the Yale University campus in New Haven, Connecticut, authorities arrested at least 47 protesters on Monday evening, the university said in a statement. Students who were arrested will be referred for disciplinary action. Continue reading... Read more... |
Electric and hybrid car sales to rise to new global record in 2024 World news | The Guardian 23 Avr 2024 07:00 International Energy Agency says 17m vehicles will be sold this year, up more than 20% compared with 2023Electric and plug-in hybrid car sales will jump to a new global record in 2024 despite slowing growth in some markets, according to forecasts from the influential International Energy Agency (IEA).The Paris-based forecaster said that 17m battery electric vehicles and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles will be sold in 2024, up more than 20% compared with 2023. Continue reading... Read more... |
‘Will cost lives’: addiction experts condemn decision to scrap proposed safe injecting room in Melbourne’s CBD World news | The Guardian 23 Avr 2024 06:35 Government claims no appropriate location could be found for long-mooted second facilityFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastA proposed safe injecting room in Melbourne’s CBD has been rejected by the Victorian government, with addiction experts warning the decision will “cost lives”.The government on Tuesday announced that a trial facility, recommended by a former police commissioner and which would complement the existing service in North Richmond – will not proceed, after concluding there was no site that could balance the needs of drug users with the broader... Read more... |
World Bank suspends Tanzania tourism funding after claims of killings and evictions World news | The Guardian 23 Avr 2024 06:00 Plan to expand Ruaha national park has been beset by allegations of abuse, leading bank to withhold final $50m of $150m budgetThe World Bank has suspended financing intended to develop tourism in southern Tanzania after allegations of killings, rape and forced evictions.The bank began investigating last year after being accused of enabling abuses around Ruaha national park, which was due to double in size as part of a World Bank-supported programme. Continue reading... Read more... |
Queensland police say man stole three cars and pointed a loaded rifle at officers before he was fatally shot World news | The Guardian 23 Avr 2024 05:34 The 36-year-old Cairns man was shot dead by police while stopped on the Bruce Highway near Colosseum on Monday morningFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastQueensland police believe a man they shot and killed in a standoff outside Gladstone yesterday had stolen three vehicles before pointing a stolen loaded rifle at officers.Det Insp Darrin Shadlow told media on Tuesday a police patrol came across the 36-year-old Cairns man at about 11.50am on Monday, while he was travelling in a stolen ute on the Bruce Highway near... Read more... |
NT government deal to buy Beetaloo Basin gas from US company labelled ‘carbon bomb’ World news | The Guardian 23 Avr 2024 05:20 Climate groups criticise nine-year agreement with Tamboran Resources, while chief minister says it will provide ‘competitively priced gas’ for the territoryFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe Northern Territory government has signed a major deal to buy fracked gas from the Beetaloo basin south of Katherine a year after it gave the green light for production in the region.The chief minister, Eva Lawler, said the government was “backing the growth of the territory’s onshore gas industry” and had signed a nine-year gas sales agreement with the... Read more... |
Joy in Taiwan – and praise from the president – as Nymphia Wind wins RuPaul’s Drag Race World news | The Guardian 23 Avr 2024 04:56 Drag star celebrated with massive support at home after taking top prize in the long-running US reality showA drag queen has sparked national celebration as the “pride of Taiwan” and won praise and congratulations from the island’s president after winning RuPaul’s Drag Race at the weekend.On Saturday, the long-running, Emmy award-winning US reality show, in which drag queens compete in challenges including lip-sync performances, revealed the winner of its 16th season as Nymphia Wind, the drag personality creation of Leo Tsao, a 28-year-old Taiwanese designer. Continue reading... Read more... |