It’s not unusual to see individuals championed as heroes of climate action, with their efforts to install rooftop solar and buy electric cars promoted as pivotal in the fight to save the planet. Hero figures can motivate others to follow suit, but a University of Sydney study suggests the way the energy sector shapes this…
Chrystia Freeland, Canada’s former deputy prime minister, kicked off her bid to lead Canada by boasting: “Donald Trump doesn’t like me very much” in a campaign video that quickly went viral. For Freeland, who led Canada’s re-negotiation of the North American Free Trade agreement (Nafta) with the United States and Mexico during Trump’s first term,…
Two judges have been killed in a shooting on Saturday at the supreme court building in Tehran, Iranian state media has reported. “This morning, a gunman infiltrated the supreme court in a planned act of assassination of two brave and experienced judges. The two judges were martyred in the act,” the judiciary’s Mizan Online website…
A fuel tanker exploded after flipping over in central Nigeria on Saturday, killing 70 people who had scrambled to take the fuel. Kumar Tsukwam, the head of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Niger State, said a truck carrying 60,000 litres of gasoline had an accident at about 10am at the Dikko junction on…
The UK is set to introduce digital driving licences this year as the government looks to use technology to “transform public services”. The digital version of driving licences will be available in a virtual wallet in a government app, instead of being added to existing Google or Apple wallets. It could be accepted as a…
A ski lift has collapsed at a Spanish resort, injuring dozens of people, nine of them very seriously and eight seriously, the regional government has said. Around 80 people remained trapped, hanging in the chairlift at the ski resort of Astún, in the region of Aragon, according to the state TV channel TVE. “It’s like…
Israel has ‘failed to achieve its aggressive goals’ in Gaza, says Hamas Hamas said on Saturday that Israel had “failed to achieve its aggressive goals” in Gaza, a day before the start of a ceasefire and hostage release deal it agreed with Israel. Israel “only succeeded in committing war crimes that disgrace the dignity of…
“Illegal or barely legal” working practices are rife in the UK’s TV industry, new research has revealed. Workers in post-production roles, including editors, designers and special effects artists, are regularly being paid below the minimum wage and experiencing “unacceptable” conditions, such as hours spent in dark, unventilated rooms and exposure to traumatic content with no…
A police volunteer has been found guilty of the rape and murder of a trainee doctor who was on duty in Kolkata, a crime that sparked protests across India amid concern about violence against women and girls. The outcry over the killing of the 31-year-old physician in August led to the trial being fast-tracked through…
Italy’s prime minister, Giorgia Meloni, will attend Donald Trump’s inauguration as US president, joining other European far-right figures including Éric Zemmour, a one-time French presidential candidate known for his xenophobia. Meloni’s attendance at the event in Washington DC on Monday was confirmed by her office and will be seen as further cementing relations with the…
