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Tokyo government workers swap suits for shorts
AFP, Published on 24/04/2026
» TOKYO - Tokyo's metropolitan government is encouraging staff to wear shorts to work to cut reliance on air conditioning, an official said on Friday, as concerns grow over high energy costs linked to the Middle East War.
What are EU countries doing to counter energy price rises?
Reuters, Published on 22/04/2026
» BRUSSELS - The European Commission will set out plans on Wednesday to cut electricity taxes as it seeks to reduce the price impact of the Iran war and to coordinate the refilling of countries' gas storage ahead of the increase in heating demand later this year.
Fiji villagers reject plan for 'Pacific ashtray' in beach paradise
AFP, Published on 22/04/2026
» SYDNEY - An Australian billionaire's plan to burn rubbish for energy in Fiji amounts to "waste colonialism" and risks spoiling a "beach paradise", villagers and the Pacific nation's UN ambassador said.
Australian soldier accused of war crimes in Afghanistan granted bail
AFP, Published on 17/04/2026
» SYDNEY — An Australian court granted bail on Friday to former soldier Ben Roberts-Smith, charged with murdering unarmed prisoners captured in Afghanistan following a sweeping war crimes probe.
Starmer says NATO in US's 'interests' as Gulf tour ends
AFP, Published on 11/04/2026
» DOHA - British Prime Minister Keir Starmer insisted on Friday that NATO was "in America's interests", at the end of a three-day visit to the Gulf to discuss bolstering the "fragile" Middle East truce.
New Jersey city spurns data centre as defiance spreads
AFP, Published on 10/04/2026
» NEW BRUNSWICK (UNITED STATES) - Residents of a New Jersey city mobilised within days to kill a planned data centre -- and now activists nationwide want to know how they did it.
Orban gives himself an edge in Hungary’s vote
AFP, Published on 09/04/2026
» BUDAPEST - Observers and NGOs have raised concerns about Sunday’s Hungarian presidential election taking place on an “uneven playing field” as nationalist Prime Minister Viktor Orban faces popular challenger Peter Magyar.
‘Total victory’ or TACO? Trump’s Iran deal scrutinised
AFP, Published on 09/04/2026
» WASHINGTON - Donald Trump claimed “total” victory after a ceasefire with Iran. But critics say the deal is a fresh example of their maxim that the tough-talking US president always “chickens out”.
Kuwait says Iranian drones strike oil sector complex, power, government sites
Reuters, Published on 05/04/2026
» Kuwait Petroleum Corporation said a fire broke out in its Shuwaikh oil sector complex, which houses the oil ministry and KPC headquarters, after a drone attack, the Kuwaiti state news agency reported early on Sunday.
First US fighter jet shot down over Iran
News Agencies, Published on 03/04/2026
» A US fighter jet has been shot down over Iran and a search and rescue operation was under way for any survivors, a US official said on Friday, in the first such known incident since the the war began on Feb 28.