Primary schools and non-exam secondary school classes are to remain closed on Tuesday as a result of the Tropical Storm Warning in effect in Trinidad and Tobago. A release from the Ministry of Education on Monday night stated all primary schools will remain closed, secondarys chools which do not have CAPE examinations scheduled on Tuesday […]
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MOSCOW/SAO PAULO, June 27 (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Brazilian counterpart, Jair Bolsonaro, discussed global food security and confirmed their intention to strengthen their strategic partnership, the Kremlin said on Monday. Putin assured Bolsonaro in a phone call that Russia would fulfil all its obligations to supply fertilisers to Brazil, the Kremlin […]
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By Vivian Sequera and Matt Spetalnick CARACAS/WASHINGTON, June 27 (Reuters) – President Joe Biden’s chief hostage negotiator led a U.S. delegation on a visit to Caracas on Monday in the latest bid to secure the release of Americans detained in Venezuela, according to a U.S. official and other sources familiar with the matter. A […]
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Israel has eased its regulations on abortion access in what the country’s health minister said was a response to last week's “sad” US Supreme Court ruling overturning Roe v. Wade.
The new rules, approved on Monday by a parliamentary committee, grant women access to abortion pills through the country’s universal health system and remove a longstanding requirement that women appear physically before a special committee before they are permitted to terminate a pregnancy.
The decision came after the US Supreme Court on Friday stripped away women’s constitutional protections for abortion, a fundamental and deeply personal change for Americans’ lives after nearly a half-century under Roe v. Wade.
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The decision has triggered protests across the US and set the stage for a wave of litigation.
Health Minister Nitzan Horowitz, who heads the small liberal Meretz party, said the US decision had turned back the clock for women’s rights.
“A woman has a complete right over her body,” he said. “The SCOTUS decision to negate a woman’s right to make a choice over her own body is a sad process of women’s repression, setting the leader of the free and liberal world a hundred years back.”
Abortion is widely available in Israel and far less controversial than in the US, but women still don’t automatically have the right to the procedure.
Under the new rules, Israeli women will now have access to abortion pills at their local health clinics. They also will no longer need to physically appear before an abortion approval committee, and the application form will be shortened and simplified.
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Abortion approval committees have been heavily criticised in Israel over the years. While most requests are approved, women have objected to being subject to bureaucracy and a humiliating and intrusive process. Women also can face long wait times before they can be seen by a committee.
Instead, the process will be digitised, and a requirement to meet with a social worker will become optional. The new regulations are set to take effect in three months.
“The reform we approved today will create a simpler process, that is more respectful, advanced, and maintains a woman’s right to make decisions over her own body – a basic human right,” Horowitz said.
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A woman in her 50s has died after suffering a medical episode while snorkelling on the Great Barrier Reef.
Police confirmed the woman had been on a snorkeling and boat tour in the Whitsundays when the episode occurred on Tuesday afternoon.
Emergency Services were called and the woman was transported to an Airlie Beach Marina.
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A Queensland Police spokesperson said police were notified of the incident around 12.45pm and attended the scene.
A report will be prepared for the coroner regarding the woman's death.
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By Will Grant BBC News, San Salvador, El Salvador The news from the US that women face tighter restrictions on abortion has been felt in El Salvador, which itself has very strict laws preventing access. In February, four women sat down before the full glare of El Salvador’s press. Between them, they had served nearly […]
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By Angelica Casas, in San Antonio, & Leo Sands BBC News At least 46 people have been found dead in an abandoned lorry on the outskirts of San Antonio, Texas. A fire official said 16 people, including four children, had also been taken to hospital. The survivors were “hot to the touch” and suffering from […]
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NIA CHARLESTOWN NEVIS (June 27, 2022) — Expectant mothers and new mothers on Nevis will be able to benefit from a maternity guide, the first of its kind, which was launched on Friday, June 24, 2022. The booklet was produced by the Ministry of Health and Gender Affairs, through its Community Health Nursing Services and the Alexandra […]
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The wife of a former bikie killed in a "targeted" attack in Sydney's Inner West last night witnessed the shooting.
Yusuf Nazlioglu, a former Lone Wolf bikie, was shot as he got out of his car in the underground car park of an apartment complex in Rhodes about 6.30pm.
His wife, who he married in January, was in the car with him and watched on as he was shot up to ten times.
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Confronting footage shows Nazlioglu badly injured as he is rushed away on a stretcher, being heavily monitored by paramedics as he was loaded into an ambulance.
The 40-year-old, who had recently been released from jail on weapons charges, was taken to hospital in a critical condition, where he died earlier this morning.
"The attack, in our view, was a targeted attack," Superintendent Martin Haysten said today.
"The person who approached the 40-year-old male and shot him clearly was there to do that."
Police have set up a crime scene in the area, and a vehicle was found burnt-out nearby a short time after the shooting.
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Nazlioglu was found not guilty in 2020 of the murder of former Comanchero boss Mick Hawi, who was gunned down outside a Rockdale gym in 2018.
His co-accused, alleged getaway driver Jamal Eljaidi, was also acquitted.
Police have appealed for witnesses or anyone with dashcam footage of the incident to contact them.
Anyone with information should contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.
