‘Socialist’ teachers target eight Victorian Labor MPs including education minister – as it happened
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‘Socialist’ teachers target eight Victorian Labor MPs including education minister – as it happened

This blog is now closed‘We’re cohesive’: PM says after muted ALP national conferenceThe prime minister, Anthony Albanese, spoke with David Speers on Insiders as Labor’s 50th national conference in Adelaide was wrapping up.Well, our government does listen to people but [there was a] broad consensus about the direction in which we’re taking government … A government that doesn’t sit idle. We don’t j...

Typhoon Noul grounds 1,800 flights and halts trains as southern China hit by heavy rains
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Typhoon Noul grounds 1,800 flights and halts trains as southern China hit by heavy rains

High-speed rail services and flights across Guangdong province were cancelled on Sunday after Typhoon Noul made landfall in the province, bringing heavy rainfall to large parts of southern China. Noul – the strongest typhoon to hit China so far this year – made landfall at Huizhou city in Guangdong at around 3.50am on Sunday. The National Meteorological Centre issued its first red typhoon warning ...

Typhoon Noul brings travel chaos to southern Chinese tech hubs Shenzhen and Guangzhou
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Typhoon Noul brings travel chaos to southern Chinese tech hubs Shenzhen and Guangzhou

High-speed rail services and flights across Guangdong province were cancelled on Sunday after Typhoon Noul made landfall in the province, bringing heavy rainfall to large parts of southern China. Noul – the strongest typhoon to hit China so far this year – made landfall at Huizhou city in Guangdong at around 3.50am on Sunday. The National Meteorological Centre issued its first red typhoon warning ...

Typhoon Noul: China’s strongest storm of the year hits tech and manufacturing hubs

Typhoon Noul: China’s strongest storm of the year hits tech and manufacturing hubs

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High-speed rail services and flights across Guangdong province were cancelled on Sunday after Typhoon Noul made landfall in the province, bringing heavy rainfall to large parts of southern China. Noul – the strongest typhoon to hit China so far this year – made landfall at Huizhou city in Guangdong at around 3.50am on Sunday. The National Meteorological Centre issued its first red typhoon warning ...

Hong Kong expands after-school care but some families say they still lack access

Hong Kong expands after-school care but some families say they still lack access

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Hong Kong’s after-school care scheme has expanded rapidly since the government removed its quota cap this school year, with some operators saying they have sufficient capacity to meet demand, while others are already recruiting more staff to keep pace. While some mothers said the programme had freed them up to return to work after years of full-time caregiving, manpower constraints at some centres...

Why new US tariffs threaten Trump government’s credibility in Asean

Why new US tariffs threaten Trump government’s credibility in Asean

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A new wave of US tariffs that hit seven Southeast Asian countries is set to reinforce perceptions of Washington as an unreliable partner to the region, according to analysts. Citing what it said were forced labour practices uncovered in its latest investigations, the US on Thursday imposed levies ranging from 10 to 12.5 per cent on 60 economies – with the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietn...

Rare medical condition causes Chinese man’s scalp to thicken and fold, resembling human brain

Rare medical condition causes Chinese man’s scalp to thicken and fold, resembling human brain

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A man from central China had long been troubled by a thickening scalp that developed folds resembling the creases of a brain, but he eventually found a plastic surgeon who could address his condition. The 23-year-old man from Hunan province, surnamed Li, recently had his issue resolved at the Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University in Hubei. Li first noticed the hardening of his scalp several years ...

How Chinese scientists created an alloy that can survive 2,400 degrees Celsius

How Chinese scientists created an alloy that can survive 2,400 degrees Celsius

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A team of Chinese scientists says it has developed an alloy that retains strength at ultra-high temperatures using tantalum – a very hard and flexible metal. For applications in aerospace, hypersonic vehicles and nuclear reactors, materials must endure both extreme heat and heavy loads. But most metals fail above 2,000 degrees Celsius (3,632 degrees Fahrenheit) – they either melt or soften to a pu...

「飛鳥・藤原の宮都」世界文化遺産に登録決定 国内で27件に

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奈良県内の飛鳥時代の遺跡群、「飛鳥・藤原の宮都」が世界文化遺産として登録されることが、韓国で開かれたユネスコの世界遺産委員会で決まりました。今回の決定で、日本国内の世界遺産は文化遺産と自然遺産をあわせて27件となります。

“米は迎撃ミサイル枯渇懸念しイラン攻撃強化を保留か”報道

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アメリカとイランの間ではおよそ2週間にわたって攻撃の応酬が続きましたが、25日から26日朝にかけていずれも直接の攻撃は伝えられていません。アメリカのメディアは、トランプ大統領が中東に展開するアメリカ軍の部隊を防衛するための弾薬が尽きる懸念などから、イランへの攻撃の強化を保留したようだと伝えました。

Malaysian police receive report against Sanusi over race-linked campaign remarks

Malaysian police receive report against Sanusi over race-linked campaign remarks

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Malaysian police have received a report against Perikatan Nasional election director Muhammad Sanusi Md Nor over remarks allegedly made during a speech while campaigning for the Negeri Sembilan election. Negeri Sembilan police chief Alzafny Ahmad said the report was lodged by a 40-year-old man at the Bandar Seri Jempol police station on Friday. “The complainant was ­unhappy with a news report publ...

ドジャース 山本由伸 日米通算100勝に到達

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大リーグ、ドジャースの山本由伸投手が、25日、ニューヨークでメッツ戦に先発登板し、6回を1失点に抑えて、今シーズンの11勝目をあげました。大リーグ通算30勝目で、プロ野球のオリックス時代にあげた70勝と合わせて、日米通算100勝に到達です。

茨城 同居生活で唇縫うよう強要疑い ほかにも唇に針と糸の傷

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茨城県古河市の住宅で同居していた女性を脅し、自分の唇を縫うよう強要したとして、容疑者が再逮捕された事件で、女性の唇にはほかにも針と糸で縫ったような傷があったことが、警察への取材でわかりました。警察は、同居生活の中でトラブルがあった際に同じような強要を繰り返していた疑いがあるとみて調べています。調べに対し容疑を否認しているということです。

Albanese at odds with Labor policy which now says telehealth should be allowed for euthanasia consultations

Albanese at odds with Labor policy which now says telehealth should be allowed for euthanasia consultations

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Campaigners say existing federal ban on phone or video calls for assisted dying consultations adversely affects people living in regional AustraliaFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastLabor will come under pressure to allow Australians to access voluntary assisted dying through telehealth services, with the Greens and inde...

Labor under pressure to allow telehealth access for euthanasia but PM says ‘it should be face-to-face’

Labor under pressure to allow telehealth access for euthanasia but PM says ‘it should be face-to-face’

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Campaigners say existing federal ban on phone or video calls for assisted dying consultations adversely affects people living in regional AustraliaFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastLabor will come under pressure to implement changes to its national policy platform and allow Australians to access voluntary assisted dying...