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Jan 29, 2025 - World

Pilgrims are desperately searching for missing loved ones after deadly crushes in Prayagraj where world’s largest religious gathering is taking place Dozens feared dead in India at Kumbh Mela religious festivalWednesday is when the sadhus (holy people), all 13 sects of them, take their holy baths in the Ganges.The holy bathing time is at 4am and that is around the time that the crowd crushes are thought to have started. It appears three separate crushes took place, as people surged forward, into groups of people who were sitting or lying on the ground on the banks of the river. Continue reading...

Jan 29, 2025 - World

Follow today’s news liveUnderlying inflation rate falls to 3.2% to bolster case for RBA rate cut next monthGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastLabor adds homelessness focus to disability strategyAustralians with disabilities experiencing homelessness will be prioritised as the government commits to disability reforms, months after a scathing royal commission into the sector, AAP reports.For the first time, they also include a number of national actions that all governments will work on together, with the disability community, to ensure people with disability right across Australia experience the benefits.Some students, especially those in our cities, can see a career in agriculture as something that’s only for those who live in the regions or for those whose family own land that can be used to operate an agribusiness.AgConnections aims to break down these misconceptions and build on the diversity of the industry, by highlighting and encouraging women and Indigenous Australians wanting to pursue a career in agriculture. Continue reading...

Jan 29, 2025 - World

Public accounts committee finds DHSC and NHS England leaders appear short of the energy and urgency neededPlans to radically reform the health service are at risk because senior leaders of both NHS England and the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) are “complacent” and lack dynamism, MPs have said.In an excoriating report the public accounts committee (PAC) warns that officials in England have neither the ideas nor the drive to implement the health service transformation required by Keir Starmer and Wes Streeting. Continue reading...

Jan 29, 2025 - World

Behaviour of ‘remarkable predators’ also seen off coast of South Africa could affect ecosystem, researchers sayFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastOrcas have a taste for shark liver and prey on great white sharks in Australian waters, researchers have confirmed by using DNA analysis.In October 2023, the maimed carcass of a 4.7m great white shark washed ashore near Portland, in southwest Victoria, missing its liver, digestive and reproductive organs.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...

Jan 29, 2025 - World

A US district court judge on Tuesday temporarily blocked President Donald Trump's freeze on funding for federal aid programs, US media reported.