Nepal flash flood live updates: 270 bodies recovered with hundreds more missing

Nepal flash flood live updates: 270 bodies recovered with hundreds more missing

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Foreign nationals from India, US, UK, Australia, Malaysia and Ukraine among those missingFlash floods leave scores dead and hundreds missingVisual guide: how the deadly flooding unfoldedTell us: have you been affected by the flash floods?Eyewitness accounts have been emerging from the Tibetan side of the border, with a woman saying she was travelling from Gyirong town towards Nepal on Wednesday mo...

Nepal flash flood: 270 bodies recovered with hundreds more missing – latest updates

Nepal flash flood: 270 bodies recovered with hundreds more missing – latest updates

The Guardian

Foreign nationals from India, US, UK, Australia, Malaysia and Ukraine among those missingFlash floods leave scores dead and hundreds missingVisual guide: how the deadly flooding unfoldedTell us: have you been affected by the flash floods?Eyewitness accounts have been emerging from the Tibetan side of the border, with a woman saying she was travelling from Gyirong town towards Nepal on Wednesday mo...

Gates pitches US-China AI cooperation ahead of Xi meeting

Gates pitches US-China AI cooperation ahead of Xi meeting

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Bill Gates is likely to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping later this year as the Microsoft co-founder seeks to rally support for global cooperation on artificial intelligence (AI) risks. A meeting may take place in November, Reuters reported on Wednesday citing a Gates spokesman. Xi last met his “old friend” in 2023, when Gates became the first foreign business leader to visit the Chinese presiden...

Queensland concedes law imposing mandatory jail on some offenders as young as 10 breaches human rights

Queensland concedes law imposing mandatory jail on some offenders as young as 10 breaches human rights

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State government says ‘breach bail, go to jail’ laws risks overcrowding in jails, while one expert warns they may lead to ‘cruel outcomes’The Queensland government’s latest law and order crackdown – subjecting some children as young as 10 to a mandatory sentence of a year behind bars – could lead to “cruel outcomes”, according to human rights lawyers.In documents tabled with the legislation on Thu...

UK’s small power plants face higher cyber risk into 2030s despite Iran-linked hack

UK’s small power plants face higher cyber risk into 2030s despite Iran-linked hack

The Guardian

Decision not to improve resilience sooner described as ‘unacceptable gamble with our national security’Hundreds of Britain’s smallest power plants could remain at a higher risk to state-sponsored cyber-attacks until the 2030s despite a successful Iran-linked hack last month, it has emerged.Officials this week briefed energy bosses on the breach, which is understood to have shut an unnamed small ga...

UK’s small power plants face higher cyber risk into 2030s despite Iran hack

UK’s small power plants face higher cyber risk into 2030s despite Iran hack

The Guardian

Decision not to improve resilience sooner described as ‘unacceptable gamble with our national security’Hundreds of Britain’s smallest power plants could remain at a higher risk to state-sponsored cyber-attacks until the 2030s despite a successful Iran-linked hack last month, it has emerged.Officials this week briefed energy bosses on the breach, which is understood to have shut an unnamed small ga...

UK’s small power plants face continued cyber risk after Iran-linked hack

UK’s small power plants face continued cyber risk after Iran-linked hack

The Guardian

Government measures to improve resilience are not due until 2030 and July’s hack has not altered this timeline Hundreds of Britain’s smallest power plants could remain at a higher risk to state-sponsored cyber-attacks until the 2030s despite a successful Iran-linked hack last month, it has emerged.Officials this week briefed energy bosses on the breach, which is understood to have shut an unnamed...

Vulnerable children deliberately self-harming to stay in care, research finds

Vulnerable children deliberately self-harming to stay in care, research finds

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Report shines light on ‘catastrophic situation’ where young people make themselves more ill to avoid losing supportSome of the most vulnerable children and young people in care are deliberately self-harming to avoid being abandoned when they get better or turn 18 and face a “cliff edge” of no further support, according to research.Abi Booth, a psychotherapist who works with children and young peop...

Hong Kong lowers heat stress warning system thresholds after calls for revamp

Hong Kong lowers heat stress warning system thresholds after calls for revamp

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Hong Kong labour authorities have unveiled changes to the system that sends out warnings to workers about overexertion during very hot weather, reducing thresholds so higher-tier alerts can be issued more easily following intense criticism of the mechanism. The Labour Department said on Thursday that two new conditions would be introduced to the Heat Stress at Work Warning system from Friday. The ...

Hong Kong lowers heat stress warning system thresholds after criticism

Hong Kong lowers heat stress warning system thresholds after criticism

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Hong Kong’s Heat Stress at Work warning system will be automatically upgraded when temperatures reach 35 degrees Celsius (95 Fahrenheit) across multiple districts, after labour authorities lowered its activation thresholds following criticism. Two weeks after the system — which advises outdoor workers to take measures to prevent heatstroke — drew criticism for failing to issue higher-level alerts ...