A teenager is in critical condition in a British Columbia children’s hospital, in what is believed to be Canada’s first human case of bird flu. “This was a healthy teenager prior to this, so no underlying conditions,” said the provincial health officer Bonnie Henry in a news conference on Tuesday. “It just reminds us that…
The heatwave baking northern Australia with temperatures of up to 43C is expected to continue into next week, with southern parts of the country facing warm weather and possible severe storms. A severe heatwave warning was current for much of inland Queensland, with highs of 43C at Longreach, Boulia and Richmond and 41C in Mount…
Firefighters in southern California working to contain a wildfire that has destroyed more than 130 structures in two days are hoping the current weather forecast bears out and that fierce wind gusts that have been fanning flames ease on Friday. The Mountain fire that started on Wednesday morning in Ventura county had grown to 20,485…
An “anticyclonic gloom” has been blamed for cloudy weather across parts of England, with one village receiving absolutely no sunshine since October. Odiham, in Hampshire, has reportedly recorded zero minutes of sunshine since October, but forecasters are predicting that the fog, drizzle and low cloud should start clearing from Sunday. The phenomenon, dubbed an “anticyclonic…
A New South Wales real estate agent who exposed the personal details of a tenant who left a bad Google review broke privacy laws, Australia’s information commission has found. After the tenant, who has not been named for legal reasons, gave Noonan Real Estate Agency a one-star review in 2021, the agency responded by disclosing…
The French foreign minister Jean-Noël Barrot has abandoned a visit to a holy site in Jerusalem under French control after armed Israeli police entered the site and briefly arrested two French gendarmes. France has summoned the Israeli ambassador over the incident, the latest of several controversies involving the Eleona sanctuary on the Mount of Olives,…
A new Star Wars trilogy is in the works from Lucasfilm and X-Men’s Simon Kinberg. According to Deadline, the new films will reportedly take place after the most recent trilogy that concluded with The Rise of Skywalker in 2019. It will allegedly involve new characters and a new storyline, although the return of known names…
House majority leader, Steve Scalise, outlines plans for Trump’s first 100 days During Trump’s first 100 days in office, Republicans will “lock in the Trump tax cuts”, “unleash American energy” and “surge resources to the southern border”, among other measures, Scalise writes in his letter. On energy, these policies include mandating lease sales, opening federal…
For 15 minutes on Sunday morning, ABC local radio listeners were treated to a rant from Dick Smith as the millionaire attacked Australia’s transition away from fossil fuels, claiming renewables would make electricity unaffordable and cause sweeping blackouts. “It seems we have been sold a pup and we are not getting the full truth all…
For 15 minutes on Sunday morning, ABC local radio listeners were treated to a rant from Dick Smith as the millionaire attacked Australia’s transition away from fossil fuels, claiming renewables would make electricity unaffordable and cause sweeping blackouts. “It seems we have been sold a pup and we are not getting the full truth all…
