NSW police unlawfully arrested and choked man then tried to delete footage, watchdog finds pred 1 uro in 48 minutami Two police officers should be dismissed and potentially face criminal charges over the incident, Law Enforcement Conduct Commission recommendsFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA New South Wales police officer unlawfully arrested a man, choked him, made offensive comments and tried to delete the man’s recording of the incident, an investigation by the police watchdog has found.It recommended that two police officers involved be dismissed from the force, and said it would seek advice from the director of public prosecutions about whether they should be charged. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Woodside Energy’s Meg O’Neill, who criticised ‘zealous’ young climate activists, moves to BP pred 2 urama in 57 minutami O’Neill tapped to lead global oil and gas giant, which has broken from net zero strategy and will ramp up fossil fuelsGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastMeg O’Neill, the Woodside Energy CEO who has previously criticised young people for taking an “ideological” stance against fossil fuels, will step down as head of the Australian gas giant after being tapped to lead one of the world’s biggest emitters.BP, which earlier this year broke from its net zero emissions strategy and pivoted back to fossil fuels, announced on Thursday that it had appointed O’Neill as chief executive. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Jane’s Addiction call it quits after a tumultuous 15 months: ‘The legacy will remain’ pred 2 urama in 57 minutami US alt-rock band announce they are finally parting ways, following fisticuffs, accusations and lawsuitsUS alt-rock band Jane’s Addiction has announced they are parting ways after a tumultuous 15 months of fisticuffs, accusations and lawsuits.The veteran Californian group, who have a history of drama, dust-ups and bust-ups, prematurely terminated the US leg of their reunion tour in September last year after an onstage altercation in Boston between frontman Perry Farrell and guitarist Dave Navarro led to blows and, ultimately, a $10m lawsuit. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Peter Arnett, Pulitzer prize-winner who reported on Vietnam and Gulf wars, dies aged 91 pred 3 urami in 13 minutami Arnett won 1966 Pulitzer Prize for international reporting for his Vietnam War coverage for the Associated PressPeter Arnett, the Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter who spent decades dodging bullets and bombs to bring the world eyewitness accounts of war from the rice paddies of Vietnam to the deserts of Iraq, has died at 91.Arnett, who won the 1966 Pulitzer Prize for international reporting for his Vietnam War coverage for the Associated Press, died on Wednesday in Newport Beach, California, and was surrounded by friends and family, said his son Andrew Arnett. He had entered hospice on Saturday while suffering from prostate cancer. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
US government admits negligence in helicopter-plane collision that killed 67 pred 3 urami in 47 minutami Official response to lawsuit filed by victims’ relatives admits FAA and army failures played role in Washington DC crashThe US government admitted Wednesday that the Federal Aviation Administration and the army played a role in causing the collision in January between an airliner and a Black Hawk helicopter near the nation’s capital, killing 67 people in the deadliest crash on American soil in more than two decades.The official response to the first lawsuit filed by one of the victims’ families said that the government is liable in the crash partly because the air traffic controller violated procedures about when to rely on pilots to maintain visual separation that night. Plus, the filing said, the army helicopter pilots’ “failure to maintain vigilance so as to see and avoid” the airline jet makes the government liable. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
US military carried out lethal strike on vessel in Pacific, killing four, says Pete Hegseth pred 3 urami in 52 minutami Announcement comes day after Trump said a blockade of all sanctioned oil tankers entering and leaving VenezuelaThe US military carried out a lethal strike on a vessel in the eastern Pacific, killing four people, according to defense secretary Pete Hegseth.In a post on Twitter/X, Hegseth wrote: “Joint Task Force Southern Spear conducted a lethal kinetic strike on a vessel operated by a Designated Terrorist Organizations in international waters. Intelligence confirmed that the vessel was transiting along a known narco-trafficking route in the Eastern Pacific and was engaged in narco-trafficking operations. A total of four male narco-terrorists were killed, and no US military forces were harmed.” Continue reading...(The Guardian)
ANZ shareholders reject executive pay plan for second year in a row pred 5 urami in 18 minutami More than 32% of shareholder votes oppose executive pay report at heated Sydney AGM, after a year when bank was fined $240m by the financial regulatorFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastANZ shareholders delivered a “second strike” against the bank’s executive pay plans at a heated annual general meeting on Thursday, amid simmering anger over a string of regulatory breaches that included failing to refund fees charged to thousands of dead customers.The bank was recently hit with a record $240m in penalties to settle four investigations by the corporate regulator into widespread misconduct that put public funds at risk, and affected tens of thousands of customers. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
China to hike tax on condoms in attempt to boost falling birth rate pred 5 urami in 24 minutami From 1 January, contraceptives will be subject to a 13% VAT rate – part of a carrot-and-stick approach by the government to increase birthsChina is set to impose a value-added tax (VAT) on condoms and other contraceptives for the first time in three decades, as the country tries to boost its birthrate and modernise its tax laws.From 1 January, condoms and contraceptives will be subject to a 13% VAT rate – a tax from which the goods have been exempt since China introduced nationwide VAT in 1993. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Albanese announces new laws cracking down on hate speech and preachers of hate after Bondi beach attack pred 5 urami in 28 minutami Australian prime minister unveils new measures to combat antisemitism in wake of Sunday’s massacre in Sydney The federal government will significantly strengthen hate speech laws – including to target religious preachers – and create new powers to cancel or reject visas of people who spread “hate and division” as part of a major escalation in its response to the Bondi massacre.The prime minister, Anthony Albanese, unveiled the measures on Thursday after days of intensifying pressure to do more to stamp out anti-Jewish hate in the wake of Sunday’s terrorist attack on a Hanukah celebration. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Health workers decry hasty House bills to ban gender-affirming care for children: ‘They hurt people’ pred 6 urami in 1 minuto Two bills, one passing House, mark first time Congress votes over national care bans and escalation of anti-trans rhetoricUS politics live – latest updatesNicholas Mitchell took a deep breath and reached for the door handle. He never knew what to expect inside. Sometimes, the staffers for US House representatives were friendly; sometimes, he’d heard, they tore up their copies of the informational sheets Mitchell carried on a clipboard.This time, they were receptive. A policy aide for a Democratic representative said he had five minutes to talk, and Mitchell didn’t waste any time as they settled into a conference room. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
