Australia to ban single-use vape imports from 2024 | Health News

Australia to ban single-use vape imports from 2024 | Health News

Australia is also planning legislation to ban the manufacture, advertising or supply of disposable vapes. Australia will bar imports of single-use e-cigarettes starting next year, cracking down on the nicotine products that are popular with youth. The ban will come into effect on January 1, Australia’s government announced on Tuesday,…

Gaza truce appears set to extend as Israel receives new list of captives | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Gaza truce appears set to extend as Israel receives new list of captives | Israel-Palestine conflict News

A truce in the Israel-Hamas war appeared to be extending into a fifth day as the two sides completed their fourth release of captives from Gaza in exchange for Palestinians held in Israeli jails under an original four-day truce deal while mediators said the process would continue. Qatar, which along…

For Hong Kong’s arrested pro-democracy activists, justice must wait | Civil Rights News

For Hong Kong’s arrested pro-democracy activists, justice must wait | Civil Rights News

Taipei, Taiwan – Closing arguments are due to begin in Hong Kong on Wednesday in the high-profile trial of 16 pro-democracy activists and legislators, more than 1,000 days after they were arrested by national security police. Ten days have been set aside for prosecutors and defence lawyers to summarise their…

US rights advocates launch hunger strike for Israel-Hamas ceasefire | Israel-Palestine conflict News

US rights advocates launch hunger strike for Israel-Hamas ceasefire | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Washington, DC – State lawmakers and Palestinian rights supporters, joined by actor and progressive advocate Cynthia Nixon, have launched a five-day hunger strike outside the White House to demand a ceasefire in Gaza. At a news conference on Monday, the activists decried United States President Joe Biden’s role in supporting…

Hamas releases 11 more captives from Gaza, Israeli army says | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Hamas releases 11 more captives from Gaza, Israeli army says | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Release comes after mediator Qatar says Israel-Hamas truce in Gaza extended by two days. The Israeli military says 11 hostages have been released by the Palestinian armed group Hamas and are on their way to Israel, the latest in a series of exchanges during a four-day humanitarian pause. “Based on…

Sierra Leone says 20 people killed in weekend attack on military barracks | Conflict News

Sierra Leone says 20 people killed in weekend attack on military barracks | Conflict News

President says most of the leaders arrested after attacks on military barracks and prisons in the West African nation. At least 20 people have been killed, including 13 soldiers, and several wounded in a series of attacks over the weekend that targeted military barracks and prisons in Sierra Leone, according…

US says Somali pirates likely behind attempted tanker seizure near Yemen | Houthis News

US says Somali pirates likely behind attempted tanker seizure near Yemen | Houthis News

The Pentagon has said that the attempted hijacking was likely the work of Somali pirates rather than Houthi fighters. The United States has said that a group of attackers who tried to seize an Israel-linked cargo ship over the weekend were probably Somali pirates rather than Houthi fighters from nearby…

Gaza truce extended by two days, Qatar and Hamas say | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Gaza truce extended by two days, Qatar and Hamas say | Israel-Palestine conflict News

A humanitarian pause in fighting between Israel and Hamas will be extended by two days, mediator Qatar and Hamas say, hours before an initial four-day truce in Gaza had been set to expire. “The State of Qatar announces that, as part of the ongoing mediation, an agreement has been reached…

Lorries line up at Poland-Ukraine border as truckers expand blockade | transport News

Lorries line up at Poland-Ukraine border as truckers expand blockade | transport News

Polish truckers and farmers are staging an around-the-clock blockade of the southeastern Medyka crossing. Polish truckers and farmers have started a blockade of one of the busiest border crossings with Ukraine, expanding a protest against what they say is unfair competition from Ukraine and demanding more government support. The Polish…

Mozambique to present new bn energy transition plan at COP28 | Climate Crisis News

Mozambique to present new $80bn energy transition plan at COP28 | Climate Crisis News

President Nyusi is expected to officially present the energy strategy to the international community during COP28. Mozambique has approved an ambitious new energy transition plan until 2050, hoping to attract investments of some $80bn to boost renewable energy capacity and increase electricity availability, a senior energy official said on Monday….