The government has great aspirations. It has committed to end extinctions and expand our protected areas to cover 30% of every Australian ecosystem by 2030. This is part of its Nature Positive Plan, aligned with the 2022 Kunming-Montreal global biodiversity pact. The goal is
His statement comes after CCTV appeared to show him attacking singer Casandra "Cassie" Ventura.
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President Kais Saied has repeatedly accused activists, civil society groups, and his opponents of being traitors
Famed content creator Ms Rachel says she became the target of online 'bullying' after raising funds for children in Gaza.
"I was disgusted then when I did it and I’m disgusted now," Combs says after 2016 hotel surveillance video surfaces
Ben Carson, who served as the secretary of Housing and Urban Development under former President Trump, said his ex-boss "does not like to surround himself with yes people" when asked about his stance on abortion laws. CNN's Jake Tapper pressed Carson on "State of the Union" to
Starlink, the satellite internet company that’s a subsidiary of Elon Musk’s SpaceX, is bringing internet access to the 17,000 islands of Indonesia. Read more...
Brandon Johnson promised to address the city’s longstanding inequities – advocates want to make the most of the moment On the campaign trail, Brandon Johnson often talked about the asthma he suffered growing up just west of Chicago, connecting it to industrial pollution . “For
Lying bedridden in her room at the recently reopened Nasser hospital in Khan Yunis in Gaza, Alaa Abu Ahmed is relieved that she can finally restart her medical treatment. Displacement because of fighting between Israeli forces and Hamas militants in the Palestinian territory
President Joe Biden told students on Sunday at the former university of civil rights icon Martin Luther King Jr that he heard their voices over the protests against the war in Gaza that have roiled US campuses. As one student stood with his back to Biden during the graduation
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Ukraine’s struggle to fend off Russia’s massive offensive in the Kharkiv region has underscored a pressing issue that Kyiv has long tried to overturn: a ban on firing U.S. weapons to hit inside of Russia. Russia launched its Kharkiv offensive from the neighboring Belgorod
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The Biden administration’s tangled web of federal rules and guidances, designed to force-feed progressive fantasies about gender, go beyond our schools.
A new poll shows some trouble for President Biden's chances against former President Trump in Arizona — a state that Biden carried in 2020. A new CBS News poll found Trump leading Biden by 5 percentage points in Arizona, with 52 percent support among likely voters and 47
Hundreds of Tunisians marched through the streets of Jebeniana on Saturday to protest the presence of sub-Saharan migrants stranded in the town, as the country ramps up border patrol efforts.
Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) on Sunday predicted former President Trump will not have the opportunity to sign a national abortion ban even if he is reelected and wanted to, arguing the issue will never enough support in Congress. When asked on NBC News's "Meet the Press," if he
'Anyone who dares to undertake the mission will be a contractor who cannot withstand pressure at best or under Israeli patronage at worst,' a prominent figure in Gaza told Haaretz. A proposal for a multinational force and diplomatic process, however, is finding more support
Sean “Diddy” Combs has apologized for his behavior in a recently surfaced 2016 video, which shows the rapper attacking his then-girlfriend, R&B singer Cassie. “It’s so difficult to reflect on the darkest times in your life, but sometimes you gotta do that. I was fucked up. I
"The album was famously creatively fraught and everyone was sleeping with each other, so it made sense to us," co-director Galen Johnson says
It’s no secret that child care is expensive – but in some U.S. states, it can cost at least twice as much as rent for families with more than one kid.
A few days ago, surveillance video was released by CNN that showed Sean “Diddy” Combs physically assaulting his ex Cassie Ventura in 2016. Last year, Cassie sued Diddy for rape and repeated physical abuse. While that lawsuit was settled within a couple days, numerous other
Assange's legal team say he could be on a plane to the US within 24 hours of the decision, could be released from jail, or his case could return to court
Milford Haven, Southampton and Immingham top the list for emissions of gases and particulates Ships calling at the UK’s most-polluted ports produce more nitrogen oxides than all the cars registered in the same cities or regions, analysis has shown. A report from Transport &
Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) on Sunday brushed off the recent polls showing President Biden's slight lead over former President Trump in his home state of Wiscoin, noting he does not trust early polling. "Well, as somebody who has run statewide three times and seeing polls wildly
A mighty river is flowing out of the Amazon rainforest, and it's not the one you're thinking of. In the first kilometer above the forest canopy, a "flying river" is transporting moisture evaporated from Amazonian trees southwards along the Andes mountains towards Rio Grande do
President Biden decried the "humanitarian crisis in Gaza" in his commencement address at Morehouse College on Sunday, which marked his first appearance on a college campus since student protests erupted nationwide over the Israel-Hamas war. “What's happening in Gaza and Israel
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I make a lot of Timelapse and have tried a lot of ways to make Timelapses using python etc, today I found the easiest one using FFMpeg :) ffmpeg -framerate 30 -pattern_type glob -i '*.JPG' -c:v libx264 -r 30 -pix_fmt yuv420p timelapse.mp4 Comments URL:
Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas) is launching "A Crockett Clapback Collection" of t-shirts meant to raise money for Democratic candidates following the attention on her clash with Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.). Crockett wrote on social media platform X on Friday that she
French distribution company UFO has secured the rights to American filmmaker Ryan J. Sloan’s New psychological thriller “Gazer,” which will world premiere at this year’s Directors’ Fortnight on May 22. Set in New Jersey and starring Sloan’s partner Ariella Mastroianni, “Gazer”
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Police say two people have died and five are missing following a boat collision on the Danube River in Hungary.
Congo's army thwarted a coup attempt in Kinshasa, arresting several perpetrators including foreigners, amid political unrest within President Tshisekedi's ruling party and escalating opposition threats.
Not exactly the opening weekend that dreams are made of. Director John Krasinski’s “IF,” a fantasy-comedy that promises your imaginary friends from childhood are real, fell slightly short of box office expectations with $35 million. Heading into the weekend, “IF” was expected
A helicopter carrying Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi was involved in "an accident" in poor weather conditions on Sunday, state media reported, with a search underway and no news yet on his condition. "An accident happened to the helicopter carrying the president" in the Jofa
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Getting 10,000 steps a day started as a marketing ploy — so is it really something to aim for?