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Dirty laundry: what really happens to your clothes when you donate them to charity?

Only a fraction gets resold on the domestic secondhand market, but there are ways consumers can help reduce wasteChange by degrees offers life hacks and sustainable living tips each Saturday

A lucky rascal or a feral critter that ‘should be euthanised’? Hunt for Valerie the dachshund divides Kangaroo Island

Wildlife groups claim the resourceful miniature sausage dog was sighted again this week. But not everyone is on Team ValerieElection 2025 live updates: Australia federal election campaignGet our afternoon election

Bigger than Texas: the true size of Australia’s devastating floods

In outback Queensland, an area four times the size of the UK has been inundated with torrential rain, leaving many cut off or forced to abandon homesThe extent of flood

Climate observatory with edge over satellites faces DOGE ax

Scientists fear an "irreplaceable" loss of key climate data as Trump's cost-cutting plans target a key CO2 monitoring site in Hawaii. Why is the Mauna Loa Observatory so important?

US ports to use Covid-like tests to identify illegally trafficked seafood species

Devices similar to those used during pandemic to be deployed to help stamp out trade in threatened fishLast year, a colleague of Diego Cardeñosa sent the international shark trade researcher

Myanmar military’s attacks continue despite quake truce, warns UN’s Türk

Myanmar’s military has continued to launch airstrikes and other attacks against opposition forces in the devastated country, one week since a 7.7 magnitude earthquake struck and despite announcing a ceasefire,

Sudan: Suffering continues amid massive destruction across Khartoum

The people of Sudan are trapped in siege-like conditions “with no escape, no hope, and often forced to face unspeakable abuse,” a senior official with the UN International Organization for

UN rolls out key initiative to combat antisemitism

Amid rising concerns over antisemitism worldwide, the UN on Friday announced the roll out of a major action plan to combat the scourge – aimed at enhancing monitoring and response

UN rights office calls for end to Israel’s ‘illegal presence’ in the Occupied Palestinian Territory

Amid reports of escalating settler violence in the West Bank, the UN rights office, OHCHR, briefed the Palestinian rights committee at UN Headquarters in New York, which also featured a

World News in Brief: Cholera surges worldwide, DR Congo update, WHO leads global health emergency exercise

A global surge in cholera is threatening vulnerable people from Angola to Myanmar, fuelled by conflict, natural disasters and climate change, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday. ​ 

Gaza: Paramedic still missing after aid worker killings, Palestinian Red Crescent Society calls for answers

The Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) on Friday called for urgent answers over the whereabouts of a missing paramedic, coupled with a full independent investigation into the killing of 15

Pluralistic: End-stage capitalism (04 Apr 2025)

Today's links End-stage capitalism: A transitional phase between feudalism and gangsterism. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: 2005, 2010, 2020, 2024 Upcoming appearances: Where to find me.