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Trump’s big leap backward on climate
BRADY: Idsal says the industry is improving its practices, and technology to detect methane leaks also is getting better. The first would scrap New Source Performance Standards for emissions of methane and other volatile organic compounds (VOCs) from oil and gas transmission and storage infrastructure and remove methane limits for oil and gas production and processing equipment. [Full Article...]
Biloela Tamil Family Moved To Christmas Island In Dead Of Night
A Tamil asylum seeker family has been moved to Christmas Island after being given a reprieve towards deportation from Australia till Wednesday. "This is the second flight in as many days under the cover of darkness, taking this family even further away from the support of the community that loves them", said family friend and journalist Rebekah Holt. [Full Article...]
Pope Francis gets stuck in lift for 25 minutes at Vatican
He then asked the crowd for a round of applause for the firefighters, BBC reported. Television networks in Italy which broadcast the prayer live had been concerned the unprecedented delay might have been due to health reasons, AFP news agency reports. [Full Article...]
Brazil's Amazon basin fires keep surging
Brazil has found an ally in the United States where President Donald Trump praised Bolsonaro's handling of the crisis and offered USA assistance. Eduardo Bolsonaro will travel with Brazil foreign minister to give his thanks to Donald Tump. [Full Article...]
96-year-old Second World War veteran ‘breaks Scuba diving record’
Great-grandfather Ray Woolley, who has been diving for 59 years, celebrated his 96th birthday by exploring a shipwreck site for 48 minutes at a depth of 42.4m (139ft). The 174-metre (571ft) ferry Zenobia which was carrying 108 trucks capsized and sank off Larnaca in 1980. Underwater images showed Mr Woolley and other divers sitting on the hull of the submerged ship as fish, and the occasional turt... [Full Article...]
Justice Ginsburg Says She Feels Very Much Alive After Cancer Treatment
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg: "I was called up about a month or so ago by Jennifer Lopez , and she said she would like to meet me and introduce her fiance Alex Rodriguez ". Ginsburg, who's Brooklyn born, was coy in revealing what she specifically told Lopez, who's from the Bronx. Stevens responded: "Stay longer". "It is the best and hardest job that I ever had". [Full Article...]
Yemen President Hadi accuses UAE of 'injustice, aggression' with
Stephane Dujarric, spokesman for UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, said on Thursday that streets in Aden are empty and flights to and from the airport are temporarily suspended, Xinhua news agency reported. Both the STC and the government had been united with the Arab coalition, that includes Saudi Arabia and the UAE, in fighting the Houthis. "To whoever said the Southern Resistance has fle... [Full Article...]
Air Strikes Launched On Houthi Military, Prison Hit: Saudi-Led Coalition
In 2015, a Houthi-run detention centre in Dhamar was struck by a Saudi-led coalition airstrike, killing at least 25 prisoners. In a statement carried on Saudi state television, the coalition said it had launched air raids on Houthi military targets in Dhamar and destroyed a site storing drones and missiles. [Full Article...]