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Read More Australia’s foreign minister says ‘it’s a matter for those countries’ after being questioned on the matter five times by Penny Wong The foreign minister Marise Payne says Australia “acknowledges” decisions by Japan and South Korea to adopt net zero targets for 2050, but she has declined to welcome that development, despite Australia’s status…

Read More The fatal shooting of another Black man on America’s streets by police — with subsequent unrest — has brought the fraught issues of policing and racism in the nation back to the fore of the presidential election in its closing days. Philadelphia police say Walter Wallace Jr., 27, was shot earlier this week…

Read More Tong Chung, who was arrested on Tuesday as he attempted to shelter in the US consulate, is the second to be charged under national security law A Hong Kong court has denied bail to a 19-year-old activist who was arrested under the national security law while attempting to shelter inside the US consulate.…

Read MoreThe fourth storm to hit Vietnam in a month, Molave damaged some 56,000 homes and left millions without electricity.The fourth storm to hit Vietnam in a month, Molave damaged some 56,000 homes and left millions without electricity.

Read More President Donald Trump and Democratic rival Joe Biden are set to chase votes in Florida, a state all but essential to the Republican’s pathway to another term as both nominees turn their focus to encouraging voters to turn out on Election Day. More than 73 million Americans have already voted, absentee or by…

Read More (BOSTON) — Federal agencies warned that cybercriminals are unleashing a major ransomware assault against the U.S. healthcare system. Independent security experts say it has already hobbled at least five U.S. hospitals this week, and could potentially impact hundreds more. In a joint alert Wednesday, the FBI and two federal agencies warned that they…

Read More In a speech last week to commemorate 70 years since China’s entry into the Korean War, President Xi Jinping launched a thinly-veiled attack on the U.S. “No blackmailing, blocking or extreme pressuring will work” for those seeking to become “boss of the world,” Xi told veterans and cadres crammed into Beijing’s Great Hall…

Read More “This is an enormous number of children who are being summarily sent back without any due process, potentially to serious or fatal danger.” View Entire Post › “This is an enormous number of children who are being summarily sent back without any due process, potentially to serious or fatal danger.”View Entire Post ›

Read More The United Nations is not doing enough to investigate reported abuses in China’s Xinjiang region against members of Muslim minority groups, the U.S. envoy for women’s issues said Thursday. Citing reports of forced birth control, home visits and sexual violence in detention centers, Ambassador-at-Large on Women’s Issues Kelley Currie said such practices show…

Read More More than 10 dead following torrential rains brought by strongest storm in decades Vietnam deployed hundreds of soldiers and heavy machinery on Thursday to search for survivors after landslides triggered by torrential rains from Typhoon Molave, one of the strongest typhoons in the region in decades, the government said. The landslides, which hit…

Read More Labor and the LNP expect wildly different results from different parts of the state, with only a narrow path to outright victory The likelihood of a minority government in Queensland has increased significantly since the start of the state election campaign, analysts say, as both major parties find themselves with narrowing paths to…

Read More Teenager arrested in south London after 24-year-old man found with serious injuries in Crawley A teenage girl has been arrested over the murder of a man in West Sussex. Emergency services were called to Russell Way in Three Bridges, Crawley, at 9pm on Tuesday where they found a 24-year-old man with serious injuries,…

Read MoreNew Zealanders were asked whether they supported a bill allowing people with terminal illnesses to end their lives.New Zealanders were asked whether they supported a bill allowing people with terminal illnesses to end their lives.

Read More RÃO DE JANEIRO, Oct 28 (IPS) – “Showing solidarity is consuming the energy generated in your own municipality” – this is the motto of a project of distributed electricity generation in one of Brazil’s many poor neighbourhoods. Read the full story, “Distributed Generation Provides Hope of Energy for the Poor in Brazil”, on…

Read More Court decision allows extension of absentee ballot deadlines in swing states of Pennsylvania and North Carolina The US supreme court has rejected a last-minute plea from Pennsylvania Republicans to overturn a three-day extension of the absentee ballot deadline, a hugely consequential ruling in one of the most closely watched swing states in the…

Read More JAKARTA, Oct 28 (IPS) – In West Jakarta, Indonesia, teachers at the private Santo Kristoforus High School are so environmentally conscious they make other schools seem a little bit green when it comes to environmental education. “We integrate environmental issues into science, especially natural science subjects. At school we teach them to conserve…

Read More (WASHINGTON) — The Justice Department has charged eight people with working on behalf of the Chinese government in a pressure campaign aimed at coercing a New Jersey man who was wanted by Beijing into returning to China to face charges, officials said Wednesday. The prosecution, which Justice Department officials said was the first…

Read MoreThe president says Mr Biden will cancel family gatherings, while the Democrat pledges to follow science.The president says Mr Biden will cancel family gatherings, while the Democrat pledges to follow science.

Read More Two arrested after cousins found dead on rocks following accident Two arrested after cousins found dead on rocks following accident

Read MoreThe parents of two Parkland victims share different views on the issue of gun violence in the US.The parents of two Parkland victims share different views on the issue of gun violence in the US.

Read More France reimposes national lockdown; Germany imposes drastic curbs; Italy sets daily infection record. Follow latest updates Germany to bring in new rules after record surge in cases EU leaders urged to aid transfer of patients between countries US adds nearly 500,000 cases in a week; Europe faces more lockdowns 1.18am GMT Phil Taylor…

Read MoreThe order comes after two days of looting and violent unrest sparked by the shooting of Walter Wallace Jr.The order comes after two days of looting and violent unrest sparked by the shooting of Walter Wallace Jr.

Read More Property market posted an 11% rise in median values, masking rising homelessness and a widening social divide, critics say New Zealand house prices have defied the Covid-19 recession and soared to record levels, prompting warnings that the hot property market will damage the country’s long-term economic wellbeing and widen inequality. New Zealand, which…

Read More The Supreme Court on Wednesday handed Democrats major victories in election legal battles in two critical swing states, letting extended deadlines for mail-in ballots in North Carolina and Pennsylvania remain in place for now. The Supreme Court declined to expedite a decision on Pennsylvania’s extended deadline for receiving mail-in ballots, virtually guaranteeing it…

Read MoreMiles Taylor, a senior official at the Department of Homeland Security, wrote the excoriating op-ed in 2018.Miles Taylor, a senior official at the Department of Homeland Security, wrote the excoriating op-ed in 2018.

Read MoreThe US claims Haji Najibullah was involved in the 2008 kidnapping of a US journalist and two Afghan nationals.The US claims Haji Najibullah was involved in the 2008 kidnapping of a US journalist and two Afghan nationals.

Read More  ‘A chief of staff *to* the chief of staff … for a cabinet secretary. The Times handed Dwight Schrute their editorial platform’  ‘A chief of staff *to* the chief of staff … for a cabinet secretary. The Times handed Dwight Schrute their editorial platform’

Read MoreFrancis, 83, again eschewed a protective mask even when he greeted a few maskless clergymen.Francis, 83, again eschewed a protective mask even when he greeted a few maskless clergymen.

Read More If former Vice President Biden wins, here’s a look at who might be on his foreign policy team. If former Vice President Biden wins, here’s a look at who might be on his foreign policy team.

Read MoreGerman Chancellor Angela Merkel urged people to stay home in November so families and friends can meet again during the Christmas season.German Chancellor Angela Merkel urged people to stay home in November so families and friends can meet again during the Christmas season.

Read MoreZeta threatened to push up to 9 feet of sea water inland and batter homes and businesses with fierce winds.Zeta threatened to push up to 9 feet of sea water inland and batter homes and businesses with fierce winds.

Read MoreDemand for baking goods spiked 3,400 percent from a year earlier in the three weeks through October 13.Demand for baking goods spiked 3,400 percent from a year earlier in the three weeks through October 13.

Read More It’s 2018 in Chicago, and Mayor Rahm Emanuel—then approaching the end of a second term stained by his mishandling of CPD officer Jason Van Dyke’s murder of Black teenager Laquan McDonald four years earlier—has announced he won’t seek reelection. In the city’s predominantly Black South Shore neighborhood, a few men in a barbershop…

Read MoreTwo foreigners were detained prior to the alleged attack on the Amuay Refinery on Venezuela’s northern Caribbean coast.Two foreigners were detained prior to the alleged attack on the Amuay Refinery on Venezuela’s northern Caribbean coast.

Read More Former Australian PM says he was ‘blindsided’ by revelations the convicted paedophile donated money to the Internat­ional Peace Institute. Follow all the latest news and updates, live 9.18pm GMT There are plenty of predictions about the Queensland election result, but as I have said before, the only safe prediction is that it is…