A council in Australia is poised to effectively ban cats from being outdoors unless they are on a lead. Planned reform in Freemantle, Western Australia, would see felines prohibited from all council owned areas, including roads, verges and bushlands. Councillors argue the move would protect wildlife and remove the risk of cats being hit by cars. “In the 1970s dogs would roam our streets and I expect roaming cats will also become a thing of the past,” said one.
Man attacked by otters thought he was going to die
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The year’s most mispronounced words revealed
Omicron, Tsitsipas and Dogecoin have all feature on a list of the year’s most mispronounced words. A TV subtitling company in the US polled its members to produce a rundown of the words that television presenters and newsreaders have been getting wrong. “Newscasters have struggled with 2021’s new words and names while reporting on key sporting events, viral internet trends and emerging celebrities,” said a spokesperson.
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World’s oldest rock art discovered in IndonesiaUnder the Radar Ancient handprint on Sulawesi cave wall suggests complexity of thought, challenging long-held belief that human intelligence erupted in Europe
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Claude Code: the viral AI coding app making a splash in techThe Explainer Engineers and noncoders alike are helping the app go viral
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‘Human trafficking isn’t something that happens “somewhere else”’Instant Opinion Opinion, comment and editorials of the day
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China’s Xi targets top general in growing purgeSpeed Read Zhang Youxia is being investigated over ‘grave violations’ of the law
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Panama and Canada are negotiating over a crucial copper mineIn the Spotlight Panama is set to make a final decision on the mine this summer
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Why Greenland’s natural resources are nearly impossible to mineThe Explainer The country’s natural landscape makes the task extremely difficult
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Iran cuts internet as protests escalateSpeed Reada Government buildings across the country have been set on fire
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US nabs ‘shadow’ tanker claimed by RussiaSpeed Read The ship was one of two vessels seized by the US military
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Australia weighs new gun laws after antisemitic attackSpeed Read A father and son opened fire on Jewish families at Sydney’s Bondi Beach, killing at least 15
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How Bulgaria’s government fell amid mass protestsThe Explainer The country’s prime minister resigned as part of the fallout
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Femicide: Italy’s newest crimeThe Explainer Landmark law to criminalise murder of a woman as an ‘act of hatred’ or ‘subjugation’ but critics say Italy is still deeply patriarchal
