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Aug 10, 2022 - World

In Devon, a series of dramatic cliff falls were reported in the coastal areas, leaving behind huge clouds of dust, according to The Telegraph.

Aug 10, 2022 - World

The heaving wards of a ramshackle clinic in southern Afghanistan are just one sign of the catastrophic humanitarian crisis that has gripped the war-ravaged country since the Taliban returned to power...

Aug 10, 2022 - World

Chinese ambassador to Australia says Beijing will use ‘all necessary means’ for Taiwan ‘unification’Australia retires $21m CovidSafe contact-tracing app that found just two unique casesGet our free news app, morning email briefing or daily news podcastNew South Wales recorded 11,356 new Covid cases in the last reporting period and 30 deaths. There were 2,212 people in hospital and 55 in intensive care.Bulk-billing statistics dishonest, minister saysThe former government was not honest with Australians about the true state of bulk billing in Australia by selectively quoting only this [88%] figurePrimary care is in its worst shape since Medicare began. Across the country we hear stories of Australians not being able to get in to see a bulk-billing doctor, or GPs changing from bulk billing to mixed billing. Continue reading...

Aug 10, 2022 - World

Russian forces to sever power at Europe’s largest nuclear plant to connect it to Crimea in ‘extremely dangerous’ process, Ukraine’s Energoatom warnsRussian airbase in Crimea damaged in explosionsWhat we know on day 168 of the invasionUkrainian officials are reporting that 11 people were killed and 13 wounded by Russian shelling in the Nikopol district in Ukraine’s Dnipropetrovsk region overnight.Residential homes were reportedly damaged in the attack and as many as 1,000 people are without gas, the regional regional military administration said.Russia likely plans to resource a large proportion of 3 AC from newly formed ‘volunteer’ battalions, which are being raised across the country, and which group together recruits from the same areas.Russian regional politicians have confirmed that potential 3 AC recruits are being offered lucrative cash bonuses once they deploy to Ukraine. Continue reading...

Aug 10, 2022 - World

The beluga whale stranded in the river Seine in northern France was removed from the water early Wednesday in the first stage of a rescue operation.