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Ukraine spares clowns from military draft – RIACircus performers have been declared a category of special strategic importance not subject to conscription

The government in Kiev has designated several circus troupes as enterprises of critical importance, whose employees will be exempt from mobilization, two lawmakers confirmed on Monday.

Iron ore went nuts yesterday, as it is want to do on the Dalian exchange: Coking coal was a less volatile partner: There was zero support from Chinese steel futures but SGX joined in: There was some data to excite the uninitiated. CISA late March steel output climbed. But it remains well down year on

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Number of mini solar PV systems, dubbed "balcony solar" reaches 400,000 in Germany, but actual number might be much bigger.

Zen Energy signs long term off take deals with two wind farms, including the oldest facility in South Australia, which will be 31 years old when the contract expires.

U.S. President Joe Biden seems to be using a foreign acquisition of an American company as a rallying point for his upcoming re-election bid. Biden says Nippon Steel’s acquiring U.S. Steel will be a threat to national security, and the loss of a “national treasure.” The question is, “Is this Japanese buyout really the central issue?” By the time you’re done reading this report, you’ll understand why it is not.

My latest in The Guardian

Supermarkets are the public face of inflation. Every time we go shopping, we are reminded that just about everything costs more than it did before Covid. And shrinkflation, once subtle and insidious, has become blatant. A standard chocolate bar is now what used to be called “fun size”. A natural response, particularly for politicians seeking to divert attention from themselves, is to blame greed and monopoly power.

Last week’s dwelling approvals data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) showed that the nation approved only 12,400 homes for construction in February in trend terms: This was the worst monthly result since April 2012 and represents a run rate around 40% below the Albanese government’s 1.2 million housing target, which requires 20,000 homes

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ActionAid Media Release   “It is difficult for us to choose a child and give them priority over another child so that they can live”: Doctors forced to make heartbreaking decisions over babies’ lives in Gaza amid soaring demand and equipment shortage. As World Health Day is marked globally today, doctors in Gaza are having to…

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A mixed start to the trading week here in Asia following the US jobs report on Friday night which came in hotter than expected and caused Wall Street to spike higher. This hasn’t translated into gains on Asian share markets today however with some pushback on USD as well, with the Australian dollar for instance

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Australia's biggest battery, designed to be a giant "shock absorber" for the grid, gets technical green light to ensure it is connected on schedule.

Lord Charlton and Lady Pharcus need your help: Labor’s replacement treasurer Andrew Charlton (kidding, Jim) has found himself bereft of a tenant in one of the many luxury homes that he and barrister wife Phoebe Arcus own in their property portfolio. The going rate is $2250 per week for their empty $5m-plus terrace in Woollahra;

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... In a scathing column in the Daily Mail, Johnson wrote that the attacks on the WCK convoy were “shattering” but then defended Israel, claiming it was sending warnings of the IDF’s attacks, which are “trying to use precision munitions”.

They are using precision munitions. They murder innocent people with them, including white people on aid missions.

Like everything else associated with the Coalition’s nuclear policy, the plan to win over communities in coal regions has hit a snag.