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Australia’s new environmental protection agency approves coal project, angering climate groups

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-09-03T02:23:37+00:00

Queensland open-cut Saraji mine will be able to keep digging until 2055 as Anthony Albanese denies tensions with Pacific leaders over fossil fuelsFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAustralia’s new national agency for environmental protection has approved its first coal project, allowing a Queensland open-cut mine to keep digging until 2055 while clearing threatened woodland and koala habitat.The confirmation of the extension of the Saraji mine, which digs and exports coal for steel making, comes after the prime minis

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Molly Ticehurst’s father tells DV murderer he hopes daughter’s screams will haunt him forever

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-09-03T02:06:32+00:00

Tony Ticehurst confronts Daniel Billings during sentence hearing in regional NSW, stating: ‘When she died, part of me died with her’Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe family of Molly Ticehurst, who was murdered by her abusive ex-boyfriend Daniel Billings in her home in central western New South Wales in 2024, has come face-to-face with her killer.Tony Ticehurst on Thursday described his 28-year-old daughter as big-hearted and deeply loved. She was his best friend and confidant, he told the supreme court in Orange

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L’Algérie va ouvrir une prison pour narcotrafiquants dans le désert du Tanezrouft

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-09-03T02:00:57+00:00

La transformation d’une caserne militaire en établissement de haute sécurité destiné aux « barons de la drogue » intervient alors que les autorités multiplient les mises en garde contre l’essor du trafic de stupéfiants dans le pays.

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Trump doubles down on Canada trade war as talks remain stalled – as it happened

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-09-03T01:58:14+00:00

This live blog is now closed.Sign up for the US Breaking News emailAs tensions flare in the mideast with American military forces resuming strikes on Iran, Donald Trump has taken to social media to discuss his ballroom project.“We have hundreds of happy construction workers in D.C. busily doing their job building the finest Ballroom/Military complex anywhere in the World,” Trump said in a truth social post Wednesday morning. “There is nothing like it, and never will be! It was a long, hard, fight in the Court System, but the winner is, as always under ‘TRUMP,’ the U.S.A.” Continue reading...

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Главное из выступления Сергея Лаврова на ВЭФ-2026

Source: Vedomosti – All Articles · Published: 2026-09-03T01:54:01+00:00

Глава МИД России Сергей Лавров выступил в рамках лектория Российского общества «Знание» на полях XI Восточного экономического форума. Это первое выступление министра перед молодежью на ВЭФ . В ходе открытого диалога со студентами Лавров затронул вопросы национальной идентичности, отношений с Западом, развития евразийских интеграционных объединений и формирования многополярного мира.

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Le Parlement du Liechtenstein approuve une initiative citoyenne visant à légaliser l’avortement

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-09-03T01:51:34+00:00

Les élus du Landtag ont voté à une courte majorité, mercredi 2 septembre, en faveur de cette démarche qui a recueilli un nombre important de signatures. Mais le régent de la principauté, le prince héritier Aloïs, est opposé à l’initiative et dispose d’un droit de véto.

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News live: Vanuatu minister condemns Australia ‘not doing enough’ on climate crisis; Marles and Hegseth talk weapons in US

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-09-03T01:34:58+00:00

Meanwhile investors fret that soaring oil prices will reignite inflationary pressures. Follow the day’s news live.Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastShadow treasurer says tobacco plans would bring in extra billions and stop people buying from the ‘black market’Tim Wilson, the shadow treasurer, said the tobacco proposal would bring in an extra $2bn a year as it would stop people “buying products from the black market”.We’ve been looking at this policy for a long time, but what we’ve been looking at is how do you break it down for the different parts of the market so that

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Why Nepal floods should worry India

Source: BBC News - World · Published: 2026-09-03T00:58:44+00:00

The disaster comes as a warning as climate change raises shared Himalayan risks.

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Maduro seeks to fend off narco-terrorism trial, arguing he has immunity

Source: Washington Post - World · Published: 2026-09-03T00:36:37+00:00

Deposed Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro launched a sweeping attack on the U.S. criminal case against him, urging a judge to dismiss the charges as an an unlawful effort to prosecute a foreign head of state.

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Boy charged after teenager's hand nearly cut off in Sydney

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-09-03T00:24:33+00:00

NSW police called to Redfern on Wednesday night found a 17-year-old with a partially severed handFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA teenage boy will face court today after a “near-complete amputation” of a boy’s hand during an alleged assault in Sydney on Wednesday night.New South Wales police were called to Redfern about 6pm last night and found a 17-year-old with a partially severed hand. Continue reading...

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Australia news live: Marles says US relationship ‘transcends governments of the day’; Sydney to get new ferry stop

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-09-03T00:18:11+00:00

Meanwhile investors fret that soaring oil prices will reignite inflationary pressures. Follow the day’s news live.Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastShadow treasurer says tobacco plans would bring in extra billions and stop people buying from the ‘black market’Tim Wilson, the shadow treasurer, said the tobacco proposal would bring in an extra $2bn a year as it would stop people “buying products from the black market”.We’ve been looking at this policy for a long time, but what we’ve been looking at is how do you break it down for the different parts of the market so that

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Teenager charged after ‘near-complete amputation’ of boy’s hand in Sydney

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-09-03T00:08:43+00:00

NSW police called to Redfern on Wednesday night found a 17-year-old with a partially severed handFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA teenage boy will face court today after a “near-complete amputation” of a boy’s hand during an alleged assault in Sydney on Wednesday night.New South Wales police were called to Redfern about 6pm last night and found a 17-year-old with a partially severed hand. Continue reading...

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Australia news live: Marles says US relationship ‘transcends governments of the day’; markets price in 80% chance of RBA rate hike

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-09-03T00:04:37+00:00

Investors fret that soaring oil prices will reignite inflationary pressures. Follow the day’s news live.Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastShadow treasurer says tobacco plans would bring in extra billions and stop people buying from the ‘black market’Tim Wilson, the shadow treasurer, said the tobacco proposal would bring in an extra $2bn a year as it would stop people “buying products from the black market”.We’ve been looking at this policy for a long time, but what we’ve been looking at is how do you break it down for the different parts of the market so that we can ac

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Dutch central bank moves 86 tonnes of gold to UK from US and Canada, citing ‘geopolitical unrest’

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-09-02T23:47:15+00:00

Bank says gold reserves held in London could be traded more easily and the move will allow it to respond more rapidly in a ‘crisis situation’The Dutch central bank says it has moved 86 tonnes of its gold reserves out of the US and Canada to London, citing “increasing geopolitical unrest”.De Nederlandsche Bank (DNB) said gold reserves held in London could be traded more easily than those held in New York and Ottawa. Continue reading...

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In Small Iranian Town, a U.S. Attack Turns a Wedding Into a Tragedy

Source: New York Times - World · Published: 2026-09-02T23:38:27+00:00

The bomb that hit the residential area was American, according to a weapons expert and a visual analysis by The Times. It killed five people and wounded 67 others, the Iranian authorities said.

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