MrPrawnflipped into End of the WorldPollution Hermit crabs no match for human waste on remote islands abc.net.au - Chris Rowbottom Dr Jennifer Lavers first visited Henderson Island in 2015 to study rats — but what she would tell the world about what she and others saw there would …
MrPrawnflipped into fascist AustraliaAustralia Australia's economy can't be fixed by stimulus alone, says former Treasury boss abc.net.au - Michael Janda Former Treasury boss Ken Henry says "something is desperately wrong" with Australia's economy, which is beset by "structural deficiencies" that …
MrPrawnflipped into End of the WorldWorld News More than 800,000 people march against Macron as strikes grip France The Guardian - Angelique Chrisafis in ParisMore than 800,000 people have marched in cities across France as railway workers, teachers and hospital staff held one of the biggest public sector strikes in decades against Emmanuel Macron’s plans to
MrPrawnflipped into End of the WorldClimate Change Climate models have accurately predicted global heating, study finds The Guardian - Dana NuccitelliClimate models have accurately predicted global heating for the past 50 years, a study has found. The findings confirm that since as early as 1970, climate scientists have had a solid fundamental understanding
MrPrawnflipped into End of the WorldEducation Free breakfasts to form part of Labour plan to 'poverty-proof' schools The Guardian - Heather Stewart and Richard AdamsLabour is to promise free, healthy breakfasts for all primary-age children as part of a multibillion pound plan to “poverty-proof” England’s schools and boost educational standards. The shadow education
MrPrawnflipped into End of the WorldTechnology China gene-edited baby experiment 'may have created unintended mutations' The Guardian - Agence France-PresseThe gene editing performed on Chinese twins to immunise them against HIV may have failed and created unintended mutations, scientists have said after the original research was made public for the first
MrPrawnflipped into End of the WorldHealth (UK) Child life expectancy projections cut by years bbc.co.uk - James Gallagher Years have been knocked off official projections of children's life expectancies in the UK, an Office for National Statistics (ONS) report shows.
MrPrawnflipped into fascist AustraliaWorld News Australia bushfires: Victim takes home's remains to parliament bbc.co.uk - BBC News A woman in Australia has placed the remains of her home outside the country's parliament building, calling for action on climate change.
MrPrawnflipped into End of the WorldUK News Why the floods in East Africa are so bad bbc.co.uk - BBC NewsRain-triggered disasters, including flash floods and landslides, have killed at least 250 people and affected some 3 million people across East Africa in recent weeks, with about half of the deaths occurring
MrPrawnflipped into End of the WorldDonald Trump Trump campaign denies press credentials to Bloomberg News bbc.co.uk - BBC News The Trump campaign says it will refuse credentials to reporters with Bloomberg News, the outlet owned by Democratic presidential hopeful Michael Bloomberg.
MrPrawnflipped into fascist AustraliaGeorge Pell Tony Abbott filmed leaving the prison where Cardinal George Pell is being held Australia News - Graham ReadfearnThe former prime minister Tony Abbott has been filmed leaving the Melbourne prison where the convicted paedophile Cardinal George Pell is being held, with the former Coalition leader saying he was there
MrPrawnflipped into fascist AustraliaAustralian Greens Offshore detention costs taxpayers up to $573,000 each person a year, report finds Australia News - Sarah MartinOffshore detention costs Australian taxpayers as much as $573,000 a person each year, according to a report from advocacy groups released as the independent senator Jacqui Lambie weighed up whether to
MrPrawnflipped into fascist AustraliaBusiness Cash-ban law could create more sophisticated criminal activity, Senate inquiry told abc.net.au - Nassim Khadem A Senate inquiry into the Federal Government's bill to ban cash payments of $10,000 and impose two-year jail sentences for people using cash for …
MrPrawnflipped into fascist AustraliaJulian Assange Kerry O'Brien warns of loss of press freedom is 'how fascism begins' abc.net.au Former 7.30 host Kerry O'Brien has called for journalists to unite to protect press freedoms in a powerful opening speech for the Walkley Awards for …
MrPrawnflipped into fascist AustraliaAustralian Capital Territory Greens denounce secret prisoner case as evidence Australia is an 'authoritarian state' Australia News - Christopher KnausThe federal government’s failure to provide any meaningful explanation of the secret imprisonment of a mystery prisoner in the ACT has prompted accusations it has engaged in an “abuse of state power”.
MrPrawnflipped into End of the WorldHong Kong As Hong Kong suffers, China risks losing its financial window on the world The Guardian - Martin Farrer and Kalyeena MakortoffAlmost six months after the protest movement that has upended life in Hong Kong began, the region is now facing serious questions about its future as Asia’s leading international business centre. The recent
MrPrawnflipped into End of the WorldEnvironment UN calls for push to cut greenhouse gas levels to avoid climate chaos The Guardian - Fiona Harvey Environment correspondentCountries must make an unprecedented effort to cut their levels of greenhouse gases in the next decade to avoid climate chaos, the UN has warned, as it emerged that emissions hit a new high last year.
MrPrawnflipped into fascist AustraliaFossil Fuels We push fossil fuels with the zeal of a drug lord – we do not care about the misery we are creating The Guardian - Greg BourneThe Coalition is too closely linked to the fossil fuel industry to be able to contemplate a future without coal, oil or gas. As climate change-induced crises continue through Australia, they must distance
MrPrawnflipped into End of the WorldBushfire Sydney smoke: city covered in thick haze as more than 50 bushfires burn across NSW Australia News - Australian Associated PressSydney woke up to a thick blanket of smoke over the city on Tuesday as New South Wales headed into the first of two “tough days” this week, with temperatures likely to rise to the 40s and little-to-no
MrPrawnflipped into fascist AustraliaAustralia Minister Payne: for the sake of Australia's reputation, you must publish our war history now The Guardian - Robert O'Neill, Peter Edwards and David HornerMedia reports that officials of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade are impeding the publication of the first volume of the Official History of Australian Operations in Iraq and Afghanistan and
MrPrawnflipped into End of the WorldOpinion The collapse of the information ecosystem poses profound risks for humanity The Guardian - Lydia PolgreenThe collapse of the information ecosystem has already wreaked havoc on our political systems The scale of the threat is hard to overstate For the last few years, scientists have argued that we’re living
MrPrawnflipped into fascist AustraliaAustralian News 'See the devastation': Craig Foster pleads for medevac to be preserved Australia News - Katharine Murphy Political editorFormer Socceroos captain and sports broadcaster Craig Foster has launched an impassioned plea to preserve the medevac regime, declaring people in Nauru and Manus Island are now “long past any threshold
MrPrawnflipped into End of the WorldGlobal Warming 35 years of climate change in one video weforum.org - Johnny Wood • A new time-lapse video shows sea ice off the coast of Greenland is melting fast, with just 5% of the original mass remaining. • The oldest and thickest …
MrPrawnflipped into End of the WorldPolitics Monday briefing: Protesters under siege in Hong Kong standoff The Guardian - Kate Lyons and Martin FarrerGood morning and welcome to the briefing. We’re going to start with developments in Hong Kong overnight and then take a look at what we expect to see on the campaign trail today. The parties have rolled
MrPrawnflipped into End of the WorldWorld News China records third case of deadly bubonic plague The Guardian - ReutersChina’s Inner Mongolia has reported a fresh, confirmed case of bubonic plague despite an earlier declaration by the country’s health officials that the risk of an outbreak was minimal. The health commission
MrPrawnflipped into fascist AustraliaEnvironment Queensland Farmers' Federation boss's denial of science sparks call to suspend reef grants The Guardian - Ben SmeeThe Queensland Farmers’ Federation’s newly elected president once called Great Barrier Reef science “unsubstantiated scaremongering”, which has prompted calls for the suspension of the organisation’s foundation
MrPrawnflipped into End of the WorldNews US states saw drop in vaccine rates for children as anti-vaxx theories spread Guardian US - Ed Pilkington in New YorkMore than half the states in America have seen a decline over the past decade in the take-up rates among kindergarten children of vaccines against diseases such as measles, mumps, hepatitis B and polio,
MrPrawnflipped into End of the WorldEnvironment ‘Insect apocalypse’ poses risk to all life on Earth, conservationists warn The Guardian - Damian Carrington Environment editorThe “unnoticed insect apocalypse” should set alarm bells ringing, according to conservationists, who said that without a halt there will be profound consequences for humans and all life on Earth. A new
MrPrawnflipped into End of the WorldGlobal Warming Ice loss causing Arctic to reflect less heat bbc.co.uk - BBC News A loss of snow and ice cover are the main reasons for a reduction in the Arctic's ability to reflect heat, not soot as had been previously thought.
MrPrawnflipped into End of the WorldClimate Change Climate change: Bigger hurricanes are now more damaging bbc.co.uk - Matt McGrath The biggest and most damaging hurricanes are now three times more frequent than they were 100 years ago, say researchers.
Peter Crabtreeflipped into Travels around Portugal On the waterfront: Lisbon's riverside regeneration The Guardian - Boyd TonkinBoyd Tonkin finds great buildings, a bold new art gallery and custard pies to die for in Portugal’s capital Everyone in Lisbon says that, since Portugal’s great age of exploration, the city has looked
