At COP27 climate talks, US midterms make waves
Wind turbines in front of a lignite-fired power plant near Niederaussem in western Germany
The US midterms made waves Wednesday at a UN climate summit on the shores of Egypt, with activists urging President Joe Biden to take bolder action against global warming regardless of the result.
"I think it would be a catastrophic mistake if President Biden does not seize this literally once-in-the-universe opportunity now to be the climate president that the world needs him to be," said Jean Su, energy justice programme director at the Center for Biological Diversity, a US environmental group.
Horror day as two die in crashes
It’s been a horror day on the roads in one state, with two men dying in separate crashes.
Chilling note at Jewish bakery in Sydney
A popular inner-city bakery has been defaced with a Hamas terror symbol along with a chilling note left for the owners.