Bill Shorten insists Labor MPs who want the party to abandon support for a massive trade deal are having a fair dinkum debate about tough issues – not being… Via: Labor's TPP debate not disunity: Shorten
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) – Greenpeace says global consumer brands continue to buy palm oil from companies that are cutting down Indonesia’s rainforests… Via: Greenpeace links forest destruction for palm oil to brands
Government of Moon Jae-in faces backlash for trying to soften citizens’ impression of North Korean dictatorWhen President Moon Jae-in of South Korea embraced Kim Jong-un with a broad smile on an airport tarmac in Pyongyang, a crowd of North Koreans released a deafening cheer. But in Seoul, Choi Hyo-joo winced Read more
Man was filmed dancing while on his break Via: Paramedic suspended after being filmed dancing in uniform at techno festival where two people died
‘I think we have normalised these declines that we talk about so freely … We need to be more terrified about what they actually mean’ Via: 'People's manifesto' to save British wildlife from 'mass extinction in our own backyard' launched by Chris Packham
Controversial database deemed counterproductive because it ‘increases disdain for police’, which can in turn lead to increased criminal offending, campaigners warn Via: Met Police's 'disproportionate' gangs matrix making crime more likely, finds report
Leaked document shows BusinessEurope group would oppose more ambitious goalsCompanies including Facebook, Google and Microsoft have failed to distance themselves from a lobby group’s proposal to fight any effort by the EU to set more ambitious climate change goals.A leaked document shows that BusinessEurope, Europe’s biggest business lobbying group, will Read more
UK advertising watchdog says firm broke rules on junk food promotion by using games and videos of toys for toddlersA series of websites, an app and a YouTube channel promoting Kinder chocolate and toys have been banned in the UK for aiming junk food advertising at children.The homepage of the Read more
Exams and social media blamed for finding that only 25% of respondents describe themselves as very happy There has been a sharp decline in happiness among girls and young women in the UK in the last decade, with the majority of them blaming exams and social media for causing stress, Read more
The seasoned presenter is on arresting form as she meets victims, perpetrators and those trying to stop the decades old practice of kneecappingNorthern Irish teenager John left home one evening knowing he would be shot, so he changed into his tracksuit bottoms first. “Me mummy was, like: ‘Where are you Read more