Papua New Guinea ‘not happy’ as Australia walks away from bid to host Cop31 pred 21 urami in 58 minutami Australia had been pushing to host climate conference next year with south Pacific nations, which are increasingly threatened by rising seas and climate-fuelled disastersPapua New Guinea has voiced frustration after Australia ditched a bid to co-host next year’s UN climate talks with its Pacific island neighbours.“We are all not happy. And disappointed it’s ended up like this,” foreign minister Justin Tkatchenko told Agence France-Presse after Australia ceded hosting rights to Turkey. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Democratic Florida lawmaker indicted for allegedly stealing $5m in Fema funds pred 22 urami in 31 minutami Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick accused of funneling money to family healthcare business for 2021 congressional campaignDemocratic representative Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick of Florida was indicted by a federal grand jury for allegedly funneling more than $5m worth of federal disaster funds from her company into her 2021 congressional campaign.The indictment states that Cherfilus-McCormick and her brother, Edwin Cherfilus, stole $5m in Fema overpayments that their family healthcare company received, moving the money through multiple accounts to hide its origins. The indictment alleges that the majority of the money was used for Cherfilus-McCormick’s congressional campaign, as well as for the personal benefit of the defendants. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
‘Shock’ loophole in NSW law meant to protect children against incarceration could mean more will be locked up pred 22 urami in 36 minutami Minns government bill says presumption known as doli incapax can be overturned if child knew conduct was ‘seriously wrong’Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe Minns government is seeking to create a loophole in a law meant to provide protection against the incarceration of children, which could mean more children will be locked up.On Tuesday, the New South Wales government announced it was strengthening protections for children aged 10 to 14 by legislating a common law presumption known as doli incapax, which means children cannot commit an offence because they do not understand the difference between right and wrong. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Dog and cat abandonment soars in UK as owners struggle with cost of living pred 23 urami in 35 minutami RSPCA says pet abandonments in England and Wales rose by almost 25% in 2025 compared with 2024There is an “epidemic” of dogs, cats and other pets being abandoned as owners struggle to cope with the cost of living crisis, the UK’s largest animal welfare charity has said.The RSPCA said abandonments in England and Wales had risen by almost 25% in 2025 compared with last year, reaching their highest rate for at least five years. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Pinprick blood test could detect disease 10 years before symptoms appear, study finds pred 23 urami in 35 minutami Molecular profiles will give detailed snapshot of person’s physiology and predict diseases from diabetes to cancer and dementiaThe world’s largest study into key substances in the bloodstream has paved the way for a swathe of pinprick tests that can detect early signs of disease more than a decade before symptoms appear, researchers say.Work on the tests follows the completion of a project by the UK Biobank to measure the levels of nearly 250 different proteins, sugars, fats and other compounds in blood collected from half a million volunteers. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Electroconvulsive therapy may have more adverse effects than thought pred 23 urami in 35 minutami Study calls for depression treatment to be suspended for more research after reports of heart problems and emotional bluntingElectroconvulsive therapy could be causing a wider range of adverse effects when used to treat depression than previously understood, according to a paper that calls for the practice to be suspended pending more robust research.Although short- and long-term memory loss is widely known to result from ECT, the research identified 25 further concerning side effects, which included cardiovascular problems, fatigue and emotional blunting. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Nvidia earnings: Wall Street sighs with relief after AI wave doesn’t crash pred 23 urami in 49 minutami Amid a blackout of data due to the government shutdown, the $5tn chipmaker’s report took on wider significanceMarkets expectations around Wednesday’s quarterly earnings report by the most valuable publicly traded company in the world had risen to a fever pitch. Anxiety over billions in investment in artificial intelligence pervaded, in part because the US has been starved of reliable economic data by the recent government shutdown.Investors hoped that both questions would be in part answered by Nvidia’s earnings and by a jobs report due on Thursday morning. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
‘California sober’: marijuana may help you drink less, study finds pred 1 dnevom in 26 minutami Brown University researchers run joint-and-drink study to find alcohol consumption falls after smoking cannabisIt turns out that going “California sober” may actually help you stay away from alcohol, according to new research published in the the American Journal of Psychiatry.A team of Brown University researchers conducted a study in which participants were given marijuana joints to smoke and then sent out to a controlled “bar lab”, in which they then were given the choice to have up to eight mini alcoholic beverages. The experiment was conducted three separate times: once with 7.2% THC cannabis, once with 3.1% THC cannabis and once with 0.03% THC cannabis, which was considered a placebo. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
New Zealand bans puberty blockers for young transgender people pred 1 dnevom in 57 minutami Critics warn move could have devastating impact on lives and wellbeing of those affectedNew Zealand has announced it is banning new prescriptions of puberty-blocking drugs for young transgender people, in a move that critics warned could worsen the mental health of those affected.The step comes amid growing global debate about the number of adolescents seeking to change gender, dividing those concerned about hastiness in prescribing such medications and those worried about access to remedies they deem lifesaving. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Top judge resumes contempt inquiry into Trump El Salvador deportations pred 1 dnevom, 1 uro in 43 minutami James Boasberg demands sworn testimony to determine whether US officials defied March court orderA federal judge on Wednesday said he was resuming his long-stalled court proceeding to determine whether Trump administration officials willfully violated a court order by deporting hundreds of men to El Salvador in March.US district judge James Boasberg said he would demand sworn testimony from administration officials to determine whether they defied his March court order to turn around aircraft that were removing the men from US territory. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
