Now a ban on boiling live lobsters is a step closer as ministers recognise crustaceans as sentient beings The Government has recognised crabs, octopus and lobsters as sentient beings A report for ministers confirmed evidence of sentience in decapod crustaceans It recommended that they should be included in animal protection legislation A ban on boiling lobsters […]
WITH Black Friday in six days and Christmas on the horizon, millions of us will be turning to Amazon to bag some bargains. But while we are all grinning over the money and time we’ve saved shopping online, workers in the company’s warehouses will not be sharing in our delight. Today, one former Amazon employee […]
More than 30 years have passed, but Robert Richter, QC, still remembers the 1989 phone call. A hunt was underway for Nazi war criminals who had fled to Australia and the nation’s most senior prosecutor, Mark Weinberg, QC, wanted Richter’s help to bring the men to justice. But it was not just the extraordinary assignment […]
Singapore: The day after Chinese President Xi Jinping and US President Joe Biden met for three hours of the most candid talks between the two superpowers in years, the European Union quietly shelved its plans to upgrade its trade ties with Taiwan. Brussels, suddenly aware of its position in the spotlight leading negotiations with a […]
IT'S almost time for Thanksgiving and a special stargazing event. On November 25 you could be able to spot Venus, Jupiter and Saturn shining in a diagonal line. What time is the Thanksgiving alignment of Venus, Jupiter and Saturn? The best time to look will be just after dark in your area as Jupiter and […]
Putin is playing ‘close attention’ to Britain’s flagship aircraft carrier: Prince Charles cancels trip to HMS Queen Elizabeth as Russian planes track it across the Mediterranean during hunt for wreck of F35 stealth jet Prince Charles has today been forced to cancel his visit to the HMS Queen Elizabeth aircraft carrier The ship, which is […]
Australian cricket captain Tim Paine QUITS immediately after the married father-of-two was caught ‘sending a female co-worker a lewd pic’ and a string of VERY rude messages Tim Paine admitted sending a stream of explicit text messages to a female staffer in November 2017 He included a photo of his penis which he followed up […]
Sen. Johnson: Rittenhouse trial embodies ‘vast divide’ in this nation Wisconsin Republican weighs in on the ‘bizarre’ murder trial manipulated by the media. Several teenage girls seen in a viral video attacking another group of teens aboard a Philadelphia subway train during an incident that was motivated by race are expected to be charged with […]
By Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Biden administration's push for a coordinated release of oil stockpiles serves as a warning to the OPEC+ production group that it should pump more oil to address concerns of high fuel prices in powerhouse economies like the United States, China and others. For weeks, the White House and […]
MINISTERS were dangerously unprepared for lockdowns despite knowing a pandemic was a major threat to the UK. They had no plans for shielding, furlough, working from home or closing schools — so the Government made it up on the hoof, a National Audit Office report has found. Preparations focused on how to help hospitals and […]
