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Native birds in captivity to be vaccinated against H5 bird flu as Australia prepares for more mass mortalities

Federal government also hopes to vaccinate some wild birds but admits catching them once, let alone twice for both doses, is ‘difficult’

Vaccinations against H5 bird flu will be rolled out for Australian native bird species in captivity as the deadly virus continues to spread across the country.

The federal agriculture minister, Julie Collins, said on Tuesday that target native species in captivity would be prioritised with the first vaccinations to commence “in the coming days and weeks”.

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Why did Saudi Arabia just spend billions on a video games company? – podcast

Last week Saudi Arabia’s wealth fund and a group of investors spent $55bn (£41bn) on Electronic Arts, the video games company behind the Sims, Madden NFL and Battlefield. Keith Stuart and George Osborn tell Annie Kelly why this soft-power move is worrying many in the industry

Saudi Arabia’s crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman, loves a video game. That might explain why Saudi Arabia has borrowed billions to buy Electronic Arts. And that’s just the latest in a long list of ways the Middle Eastern powerhouse has invested in esports.

But why would such a powerful government take a risk with video games? As Keith Stuart and George Osborn tell Annie Kelly, it’s part of a pattern of superpowers and authoritarian regimes seeing games as handy propaganda tools. And this is why critics are worried about countries such as Saudi Arabia having ready access to billions of players around the world

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Ukraine war briefing: Russia bans voting against the war

Every candidate of Yabloko – the last anti-war party – barred from September elections; warning over ‘Russian Starlink’ progress. What we know on day 1,630

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Dodental aardbeving Colombia loopt opnieuw op

PEREIRA (ANP) - Het dodental ten gevolge van de aardbeving met een kracht van 7.4 in Colombia is opgelopen tot zeker 132 mensen. Dat melden onder meer de Colombiaanse radiozenders Caracol en Blu op basis van cijfers van de Colombiaanse Vereniging van Hoofdsteden, Asocapitales.

De meeste doden vielen in Pereira, waar zestig mensen omkwamen. Op vijftien 'kritieke punten' in de stad wordt naar overlevenden gezocht. Het vliegveld van de stad is vanwege schade gesloten.

De Colombiaanse autoriteiten verwachten nog steeds dat het dodental zal oplopen. Behalve Pereira werden de steden Quibdó, Manizales, Armenia en Cali zwaar getroffen.

De Amerikaanse regering heeft 15,5 miljoen dollar (ruim 13,4 miljoen euro) aan steun toegezegd en ook de Europese Unie heeft hulp aangekondigd.


Tasmanian MW in Mono

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Tasmanian MW in Mono

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