Pressure rising on pollution
EIGHT months ago Australia supported a global effort to hold global warming to “well below 2C”, and to try to limit it to 1.5C above pre-industrial levels.We would do this, we agreed in Article 2 of the Paris Agreement, because “this would significantly reduce the risks and impacts of climate change”. The agreement becomes legally binding when 55 countries representing at least 55 per cent of global greenhouse emissions have ratified it. In Australia, that can be done by executive action.In Apri..>> view originalSuicide Bomber Attacks Chinese Embassy in Kyrgyzstan
Photo Investigators, Interior Ministry officials and members of the security forces near the site of a bombing at the Chinese Embassy in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, on Tuesday. Credit Vladimir Pirogov/Reuters MOSCOW — A suicide bomber blew himself up inside the Chinese Embassy’s compound in Bishkek, the capital of Kyrgyzstan, on Tuesday morning, wounding three Kyrgyz staff members, according to local officials.The attacker rammed the gates of the embassy with a Mitsubishi Deli..>> view originalPolice 'took off' before KFC brawl - witness
Police were called to a south Auckland KFC about 45 minutes before a mass brawl broke out yesterday - only to show up and then leave, according to a witness. About 100 people were involved in the early evening brawl, police were told. Photo: RNZ / Joanna MacKenzieThe fighting erupted outside a KFC restaurant on Massey Road about 5pm yesterday, involving 80 to 100 students, and some adults. Some of the brawlers were armed with knives and pieces of wood, but it was not known if anyone was injure..>> view originalFrench restaurant bans Muslim women from its premises
Top Parisian restaurant refuses to serve Muslim women1:23A Muslim women films on her phone as top Parisian restaurant, 'Le Cenacle' refuses to serve her. Courtesy: Verdant Servan/Youtube Video of a restaurant owner’s racist rant has gone viral.Peter Allen and Neal BakerThe SunTWO women wearing headscarves were thrown out of a Paris restaurant after being threatened by its self-confessed racist owner who said: “Terrorists are Muslims, and all Muslims are terrorists.”The disturbing scenes at Le C..>> view originalMaldives: Islamist terror could sink Indian Ocean paradise
Unseal USA Gymnastics sex-abuse records, judge says
Lawyers wait for an order from Judge Ronald Thompson. Thompson decided to unseal documents that could reveal identities of as many as 54 gymnastics coaches with a history of sexual abuse allegations. (Photo: Robert Scheer, The Indianapolis Star) A Georgia judge ruled that sexual abuse complaint files that USA Gymnastics compiled should be released to the public, offering a look into the Olympic organization’s policies for handling child abuse.Some former gymnasts who wer..>> view originalSupport grows for Cory Bernardi's change to section 18C
Trapped driver pulled from burning wreckage after 10 car pile-up
A woman has been pulled from her burning car by a group of strangers after an out-of-control semi trailer caused traffic chaos in the US.Dash cam footage captured the disastrous chain of events in the town of Binghamton in New York state last week.The truck ploughed through a line of traffic on a highway, causing a huge 10-car pile up.One vehicle was forced into the concrete dividing wall, immediately bursting into flames.Passengers from nearby cars quickly rush to help the female driver, trapp..>> view originalCity insider given 10 years in prison for red light cameras scandal
John Bills, the insider convicted in one of the most brazen City Hall corruption cases in Chicago’s storied history of graft, was sentenced to 10 years in prison Monday by a federal judge who decried the damage done to public faith in government.Bills’ voice broke with emotion as he acknowledged “ethical and moral” mistakes, but he denied masterminding the massive bribery scheme in exchange for growing the city’s controversial network of red light cameras into the largest in the nation. The 10-..>> view original
Wednesday, October 5, 2016
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