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Revealed: the undisclosed safety data emerging as weedkiller maker faces Parkinson’s lawsuits in US

Revealed: the undisclosed safety data emerging as weedkiller maker faces Parkinson’s lawsuits in US

Syngenta denies keeping relevant data from the EPA as paraquat stays in the US market despite global bans Sweden started ringing the alarm bell more than 20 years ago, calling for a ban on the weedkilling chemical paraquat in 2004. One by one, dozens of other countries did the same as evidence of paraquat risks to human health mounted. Even the Chinese government, which owns the longtime paraquat maker Syngenta, halted domestic use of the pesticide a decade ago after conducting its own studies on paraquat safety and finding troubling results. In the US, two states – Vermont and California – have recently also banned paraquat, citing risks that include an association between paraquat and Parkinson’s disease shown in years of scientific research. And California regulators announced in August that paraquat makers voluntarily agreed to stop selling the chemical after the state identified health concerns in connection with its use in new research. Several federal lawmakers have pushed for a nationwide ban.

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The GuardianHumanitySydney
Bruce Pascoe’s new book may spark another culture war. He hopes for ‘decency and intellectual curiosity’ this time

Bruce Pascoe’s new book may spark another culture war. He hopes for ‘decency and intellectual curiosity’ this time

The Dark Emu author rails against Christianity, capitalism and colonialism – and Shakespeare and Charles Dickens cop a serve too. He’s ready for blowback On the eve of publication of his new book, Bruce Pascoe is steeling himself for potential controversy that could rival the bitter storm that battered and bruised him for years over the 2014 book that rewrote Australian history: Dark Emu. Where Dark Emu contentiously sought to reframe pre-invasion Australian First Nations people from hunter-gatherers into more complex farmer-cultivators, Pascoe’s new book, The European Mind: Colonialism, Capitalism, Christianity and How to Recover, sheets home the blame for the most heinous excesses of racism and dispossession on to a troika of western shibboleths: Christianity, capitalism and colonialism.

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The GuardianDiplomacy
‘We hope he’ll accept’: US invites Putin to G20 summit at Trump golf club

‘We hope he’ll accept’: US invites Putin to G20 summit at Trump golf club

Kremlin yet to respond publicly to US invitation that is likely to raise concerns from Ukraine and EU countries The United States has invited Vladimir Putin to take part in the G20 scheduled in Miami in December in what would be the first major summit with the Russian leader present since he launched his invasion of Ukraine in 2022. The invitation, which marks a significant reversal by the Trump administration of Russia’s international isolation, was announced by secretary of state Marco Rubio during a press conference on the sidelines of the United Nations conference in New York.

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The TelegraphHumanityUnited Kingdom
Nursing union told members to treat children in self-identified gender

Nursing union told members to treat children in self-identified gender

The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) advised its members to treat children in line with their self-identified gender even if they claimed to be eunuchs, an employment tribunal involving Sandie Peggie has heard. Norman Provan, the trade union’s associate director of employment relations in Scotland, admitted that its guidance to nurses on how to treat transgender patients could be “taken” that way.

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The GuardianScandalNorth West England
Manchester City v Premier League: how the legal teams lined up

Manchester City v Premier League: how the legal teams lined up

David Pannick may not earn as much as Erling Haaland but the club spared no expense to defend themselves against more than 100 charges The result is finally in from a highly anticipated Premier League match-up: the legal battle which pitted the league against Manchester City, the team that have dominated the competition in recent years. As befitting such a heavyweight clash, both sides fielded an impressive team of lawyers, which lined up as follows:

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The GuardianEconomyUnited Kingdom
Iran war drives UK diesel price to near record high, and makes interest rate rise ‘hard to avoid’ – business live

Iran war drives UK diesel price to near record high, and makes interest rate rise ‘hard to avoid’ – business live

Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey warns high oil and gas prices, if they continue, make it hard to resist pressure to raise interest rates Capital gains tax: how it works, benefits and pitfalls of another hike TalkTalk is scrambling to secure its future amid the threat of administration, closing in on deals to sell its consumer and broadband arms as it seeks to save 900 jobs. The telecoms company said on Friday it is in the final stages of sealing deals to sell its consumer business as well as its wholesale operation, PXC.

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The GuardianPublic PolicyUnited Kingdom
UK interest rate rise ‘increasingly likely’ with high energy prices; inflation fears hit bonds – business live

UK interest rate rise ‘increasingly likely’ with high energy prices; inflation fears hit bonds – business live

BoE deputy governor cites risks from energy prices, as US 30-year bond yields hits highest since 2004 Newsflash: A Bank of England deputy governor is warning that interest rates will be raised, if necessary, to combat the risk of persistent inflationary pressures from higher oil prices. Clare Lombardelli is telling the Sixth Biennial Conference on Macroeconomic Policy in Warsaw that the energy shock due to the conflict in the Middle East is likely to keep pushing UK inflation higher in the coming months. Strong demand for AI components is already pushing up global export prices and weather-related shocks add upside risks. On the other hand, trade diversion is reducing inflation. The longer higher energy prices persist, the greater the risk that indirect effects build and that inflation expectations, wage bargaining and price-setting behaviour begin to adjust in response. On that basis, policy is increasingly likely to need to tighten if elevated energy prices persist, absent clear evidence of disinflation or weaker activity. But this is by no means suggesting that monetary policy should respond mechanically to movements in energy prices. The key issue is not the spot price of energy itself but the interaction of the underlying economy, higher energy prices, and the nature of their transmission. That, ultimately, is what will determine whether Bank Rate needs to rise.

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The GuardianHealth AlertsUSA
Delays in Covid shots for kids is latest bid by Trump officials to restrict vaccines

Delays in Covid shots for kids is latest bid by Trump officials to restrict vaccines

Administration is holding back Covid vaccines for all children in at least 11 states and one US territory The Trump administration is holding back Covid vaccines for all children in at least 11 states and one US territory, and officials have not indicated when or whether the shots will become available. It’s the latest step by top officials to restrict vaccines in America – and it sets a precedent for holding back other immunizations, experts said.

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The GuardianScandalWorld
Israel and the US have battered the international legal order. The impunity must stop | Varsha Gandikota

Israel and the US have battered the international legal order. The impunity must stop | Varsha Gandikota

A group of nations will gather on Friday to address the crisis. The only response to unilateral bullying is collective action The international legal order is in shambles. But from the ruins of impunity and lawbreaking, a group of nations is working to enforce accountability. On Monday, the UN general assembly’s high-level meetings opened to news that Washington had drawn up sanctions against the international criminal court, targeting its bank accounts, software, insurers and staff.

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The GuardianScandalNew York City
Netanyahu’s speech at UN spurs protests in New York City: ‘Let Gaza live’

Netanyahu’s speech at UN spurs protests in New York City: ‘Let Gaza live’

Protest outside UN headquarters drew hundreds of people as Israeli prime minister prepared to speak As the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, prepared to deliver his speech at the UN headquarters in New York City on Thursday, hundreds of people blocked traffic on the streets outside, with dozens of people arrested as of early afternoon. The protest outside the UN, one of several this week against the embattled Israeli leader, drew hundreds of Jewish, Palestinian, Iranian and Lebanese New Yorkers, among others, as well as several elected officials and candidates in the November election, and a number of celebrities.

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Middle East ForumEducation
Berkeley's Judith Butler, Who Called Oct. 7 'An Act of Armed Resistance,' Lectures Italians on 'Gender'

Berkeley's Judith Butler, Who Called Oct. 7 'An Act of Armed Resistance,' Lectures Italians on 'Gender'

Judith Butler is a renowned professor at Berkeley, whose book Gender Trouble has reshaped our vocabulary, rendered performative what was previously believed to be natural, and fuelled an academic industry that today presents itself as secular theology in Europe and the United States, the ‘woke 1’. Butler will be teaching at the Scuola Normale Superiore, just as Ciampi did.

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The GuardianScandalBrisbane
In 1906 Australia’s high court backed ethnic cleansing. That historical wrong and error of law must be put right | Peter Prince and (Waskam) Emelda Davis

In 1906 Australia’s high court backed ethnic cleansing. That historical wrong and error of law must be put right | Peter Prince and (Waskam) Emelda Davis

A disturbing precedent that branded British subjects ‘aliens’ is made even more dangerous by the rise of populism today In Robtelmes v Brenan 120 years ago, Australia’s newly established high court approved an act of ethnic cleansing. Between 4,000 and 6,000 Australian South Sea Islanders were to be forcibly expelled as “aliens”, despite the majority having full legal belonging as “British subjects”. To this day, the high court still cites Robtelmes for the right to expel or detain non-citizens “for any reason”. Ominously, the commonwealth also argues that potentially half the permanent population of Australia are “aliens” and subject to this power.

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The GuardianHumanitySouth East England
Overcrowding and racism at Manston asylum centre linked to government decisions, inquiry hears

Overcrowding and racism at Manston asylum centre linked to government decisions, inquiry hears

Kent facility became dangerously overburdened after ministers halted transfers to hotels A catalogue of failures including racism, use of force and chronic overcrowding at a Home Office processing site for people who arrive on small boat were linked to decisions made at the highest level of government, an independent inquiry has heard. The government commissioned the Manston independent inquiry to look at problems under the Conservative government between 1 June and 22 November 2022 at the facility in Kent.

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Daily PostScandalAbuja
Colleen Yesufu under fire over alleged link to Rebecca Omokamo’s Nigerian Passport

Colleen Yesufu under fire over alleged link to Rebecca Omokamo’s Nigerian Passport

OPEN LETTER TO NIGERIANS ON ESTABLISHMENT OF VENDETTA AND VINDICTIVENESS AGAINST ME BY 80 YEAR OLD COLLEEN MERO YESUFU NOW A SUSPECT IN LAND FRAUD: WHAT DOES COLLEEN MERO YESUFU HAVE TO DO WITH REBECCA OMOKAMO GODWIN ISAAC’S NIGERIAN PASSPORT? After years of property disputes, petitions, EFCC proceedings and relentless adverse publicity, Rebecca Omokamo Godwin […] Colleen Yesufu under fire over alleged link to Rebecca Omokamo’s Nigerian Passport

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