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French President Emmanuel Macron is seeking to replace European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and is currently discussing options with other EU leaders, Bloomberg reported on Wednesday, citing sources.

We must always condemn violence. There must be no tolerance for brutality, and we must take action to diminish violence whether it is tied to family violence, a chronic lack of support for crucial mental health work or to sectarianism. The stabbing of Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel on the weekend during his church service, days…

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By Frances Goold He asked if we had anything planned for Anzac Day. “A big rest” was all I could come up with. “What about you?” “We’ll go to the Dawn Service.” “Kids too?” “The kids have been coming with us to the Dawn Service since they were babies. Later there’s a few of us…

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Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba has praised the US Senate’s decision to approve a $61 billion funding package, but warned that it won’t be enough to make a difference on the battlefield.

After months of wrangling, Republicans caved in to the ruling Democrats and backed the White House aid proposal in a 79-18 vote on Tuesday night. 

“Hallelujah,” Kuleba told The Guardian in an exclusive interview on Wednesday.

it's time for being earnest.....

Letter to the Prime Minister of Australia,

The Honourable Anthony Albanese

I accuse!

First Published: NEW DAWN of yourdemocracy.net, 30 October 2022.

By Gus Leonisky

Sir,

Peaceful protesters are facing extreme and multiple punishments for the same offence: the offence of trying to defend Earth systems.

By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 19th April 2024

On April 16, Australia’s eSafety commissioner, Julie Inman Grant, issued with authoritarian glee legal notices to X Corp and Meta, which owns Facebook and Instagram, to remove material within 24 hours depicting what her office declared to be “gratuitous or offensive violence with a high degree of impact and detail.” The relevant material featured a live…

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As readers of this blog may know, we are downsizing from a house to a unit, as in the former, we only use about half the space. Going through a filing cabinet with the aim of culling stuff, turned up a few letters from my parents and letters from mates, cards from relatives and friends on birthdays and other events, but we also stumbled across some postcards in a small plastic bag which had been stuffed in the hanging file.

Melbourne-based shared solar pioneer revealed among winners in US government’s $7 billion Solar for All program, as part of Florida coalition awarded $US156 million to put solar on apartments.

JKM netback is sitting just above $13Gj today, while local spot gas prices are still threatening to violate the $12 contract price cap: Local electricity prices continue to track the new global gas price shock higher: On a QTRMA basis, $100MW/h prices are double what they should be. Your bills have already priced this in

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This is my favourite white teeshirt. Or it was. It is, of course, no longer white.

I spoke about the upcoming budget and the immigration overflow during an interview with Sky News’ Danica De Giorgio on Monday night. I explain that the federal budget is likely to include rental and energy subsidies to cover its policy failures. I also explain why the federal budget will come under pressure as unemployment rises,

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There will only be real cooperation between Africa and Russia on the basis of real sovereignty of African states, experts say. It comes down more and more often, in our time, to deterrence through brutal force. Also, in the impossibility of affording the luxury of a nuclear deterrent weapon, we would have to find here and now the ersatz force necessary.