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View all →Japan beer giants raided over suspicions they colluded to set the price of beverages
Japan's Fair Trade Commission raided the offices of Asahi Breweries, Kirin Brewery, Suntory Beer and Sapporo Breweries this week on suspicion of price…
EU negotiators head to China hoping to curb cheap imports of hybrid electric cars
EU trade negotiators led by Commissioner Maroš Šefčovič travel to China this week for talks aimed at restricting Chinese exports of cheap hybrid elect…
Ikea to pilot online buyback service for secondhand furniture
Ikea will pilot an online buyback service for secondhand furniture in Spain and Portugal before the end of December, with a potential UK launch if the…
Technology
View all →Google told to halt work on datacentres in Finland over environmental concerns
Google has been ordered to halt construction on two datacentres in Finland after failing to complete required environmental impact assessments, accord…
OpenAI says its review into hacks, including on Australian government sites, is costing $500,000 a day
OpenAI says its investigation into unauthorised access to government and research websites is costing the company more than $500,000 per day. The comp…
AI tool that copied actor’s ‘lustrous’ voice violated his rights, Tokyo court rules
A Tokyo court has ruled that an AI tool violated actor Kenjiro Tsuda's rights by cloning his voice for TikTok videos, marking a landmark legal decisio…
World
View all →Ethiopia launches drone attack against Eritrean troops who crossed into Tigray
Eritrean troops crossed into Ethiopia's Tigray region on Wednesday, prompting a drone strike from Ethiopian government forces. The incursion marks an …
Canada to indefinitely bar mental illness as sole reason for access to euthanasia
Canada's federal government announced Wednesday it will pursue legislation to indefinitely block access to physician-assisted death for people whose s…
Bachelor star Sam Wood denied bail as police allege he choked wife until she ‘thought she would die’
Sam Wood, a 46-year-old wellness influencer and former star of the Australian version of Bachelor, was denied bail in Queensland court on Thursday. Po…
Health
View all →Abortion pill access jumps almost 50% after Australia eases restrictions for pharmacies
Australia saw pharmacy access to an abortion pill jump nearly 50 percent after the Therapeutic Goods Administration relaxed prescribing restrictions i…
Kenya confirms first Ebola case as virus ‘surges’ in DR Congo province
Kenya reported its first-ever Ebola death on Tuesday, according to the country's health minister. The patient was a citizen who arrived from the Democ…
Lebanon: One in five children goes to bed hungry, says UNICEF
Lebanon's humanitarian crisis has deepened to the point where one in five children regularly goes to bed hungry, according to UNICEF. Four in five hou…
Environment
View all →Extreme heat warnings issued for parts of southern California
The National Weather Service issued extreme heat warnings for parts of southern California, including Los Angeles, through Thursday, with temperatures…
Worst ever outbreak of bluetongue hits British farms
Britain is experiencing its worst bluetongue outbreak on record, with case numbers already exceeding the total from the previous three years combined,…
May heatwaves, deaths, ruined harvests: study of Europe’s summer paints grim picture for the future
Europe's summer heat this year reached record-breaking intensity, with surface air temperatures in western Europe running 2.5 degrees Celsius above th…
Entertainment
View all →Queensland literary awards: ‘stunning’ debut inspired by segregated shantytown wins top prize
Lenora Thaker has won the top prize at Queensland's literary awards for her debut novel "The Pearl of Tagai Town," which draws on her family's history…
Sass Jordan, Canadian rock singer-songwriter, dies aged 65
Sass Jordan, a Canadian rock singer-songwriter who achieved prominence in the country's music scene during the 1990s, died on 2 October at age 65. No …
Daredevil Jaan Roose completes slackline walk high above central Seoul
Estonian aerial athlete Jaan Roose completed a 160-metre slackline walk suspended 120 metres above central Seoul on Thursday, according to The Guardia…