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Fast food giant says it will stop taking breakfast orders from 10:30am instead of midday due to egg supply crunch.McDonald’s restaurants in Australia have cut their breakfast service short due to a crunch in egg supplies caused by an outbreak of bird flu. The fast food giant announced this week that it would temporarily cease its breakfast service from 10:30am instead of midday as usual due to the “current industry challenges” around securing eggs. “We are working hard with our Aussie farmers and suppliers to return this back to normal as soon as possible. So, from Tuesday July 2nd, for…

Bangkok, Thailand – For three decades, Dujruedee Thaithumnus has presided over symbolic weddings between same-sex couples on the white sand beaches of Thailand’s Samui island. As Thailand prepares to legalise LGBTQ marriages, Dujruedee is looking forward to officiating legally recognised ceremonies for the first time – and cashing in on the “pink baht”. “Samui has all the ecosystem required to organise weddings, the island is a one-stop shop. I have no doubt after the bill passes, we’re going to be on the world map as an LGBTQ wedding destination,” Dujruedee, who charges anywhere between $1,000 and $50,000 for her beach…

The four protesters rolled out several banners that said, ‘From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free’ and ‘No peace on stolen land’.Pro-Palestine protesters have climbed the roof of Australia’s Parliament House in Canberra and unfurled several banners, one of them reading, “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free”. The demonstration at the national parliament on Thursday followed recent divisions within Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s Labor government, which suspended a Muslim Senator who crossed the floor to vote in favour of Australia recognising a Palestinian state. Four people from the Renegade Activists group, dressed in…

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is awaiting the results of an inquiry into the release of a prominent Palestinian doctor. The outcome of the investigation by the domestic intelligence agency, Shin Bet, ordered by Netanyahu, into the “serious mistake” of releasing al-Shifa Hospital Director Muhammad Abu Salmiya, who has attracted global attention with claims that detainees from Gaza are being routinely abused, was expected on Tuesday. The chief of what was Gaza’s largest hospital before it was largely reduced to rubble by Israeli bombardment was freed on Monday alongside 54 other prisoners. He was arrested seven months ago as the…

blinking-dotLive updatesLive updates, Strike kills 7 in Khan Younis as UN official says no ‘safe refuge’ in Gaza, which is the only place in the world where civilians ‘can’t leave the front line’. Source link

Marengo also describes them as a place of resistance. Now 72, he joined Franja de Oro in 1962, following in the footsteps of his grandfather who had been the group’s treasurer. A decade later, in the 1970s, Argentina would descend into dictatorship, when the military and other right-wing forces took power. As many as 30,000 people were killed, as the dictatorship sought to wipe out political rivals, left-wing dissidents and anyone perceived as a threat. Marengo himself was a leftist activist in his youth. Even though voting was prohibited under the dictatorship, he credits the clubs with keeping residents politically…

NewsFeedPalestinian civilians have been forced to leave Khan Younis in Gaza once again, after evacuation orders were sent by the Israeli military.Published On 2 Jul 20242 Jul 2024 Source link

Emissions from certain vehicles were 10 percent more on average than GM’s initial compliance testing claimed.General Motors will pay nearly $146m in penalties to the federal government because 5.9 million of its older vehicles do not comply with emissions and fuel economy standards. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said in a statement Wednesday that certain GM vehicles from the 2012 through 2018 model years did not comply with federal fuel economy requirements. The fine came after the Environmental Protection Agency said its testing showed the GM pickup trucks and SUVs emit 10 percent more carbon dioxide on average than GM’s initial compliance…

EXPLAINERWith this year’s hurricane season under way, Al Jazeera visualises the differences between various storm systems.Hurricane Beryl, the earliest hurricane on record to reach Category 5 strength in the Atlantic season, is barrelling towards Jamaica after battering the southeastern Caribbean, killing at least six people and leaving widespread destruction. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) predicts an 85 percent chance that this year’s hurricane season will be more active than usual, driven primarily by La Nina conditions and warmer than average ocean temperatures. The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) publishes an alphabetical list of names for upcoming tropical cyclones. [Al…

Record 71 million people are expected to travel on upcoming long weekend, a growth trajectory similar to pre-pandemic.High fuel costs and the threat of a hurricane are not expected to dampen Americans’ desire to hit the road, with vacationers preparing for record travel to kick off Fourth of July holiday festivities. Motorist group AAA expects a record of almost 71 million people to travel around the United States Independence Day holiday, growth similar to a pre-pandemic trajectory. Some 60 million people will drive with nearly 6 million flying to their destinations, while approximately 4.6 million people will take buses, trains…