European Parliament votes to freeze EU-China investment deal
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20/05/2021 - 18:00 One of the buildings of the European Parliament. On 20 May, members voted on a resolution regarding Chinese sanctions against MEP s. AFP - SEBASTIEN BOZON 4 min With an overwhelming majority, the European Parliament passed a motion recommending to formally freeze the EU-China Comprehensive Agreement for Investment (CAI).Tension has escalated since Brussels condemned China s human rights situation in Hong Kong and Xinjiang, resulting in tit-for-tat sanctions. Advertising Read more
The Parliament voted 599 in favor, 30 against and 58 absentions to postpone ratifying the CAI. Its resolution states that China s human rights record was at its worst since the Tiananmen Square Massacre and focused on violations in Hong Kong and Xinjiang.
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Aussie mouse plague: PETA cops big backlash for telling farmers not to kill pests
18 May, 2021 09:20 PM
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The mouse plague has spread across rural communities in eastern Australia. Video / news.com.au
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By: Anton Nilsson
A global animal rights organisation has pleaded with farmers not to kill the mice plaguing regional Australia, arguing the rodents should not be denied their right to food because of the dangerous notion of human supremacy .
The comments from People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) during the height of a devastating mouse plague has infuriated farmers and prompted Deputy PM Michael McCormack to slam the activists as idiots who have never been outside the city .
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19 MAY 2021
Scholarships valued at $46,800 were presented to 13 recipients at the annual Charles Sturt University scholarship presentation ceremony at Dubbo RSL Club from 6pm to 8pm on Tuesday 18 May.
In 2021 Charles Sturt University will award
370
scholarships worth more than $1.8 million
At Charles Sturt in Dubbo 13 students received scholarships worth
$46,800 in total
Nursing student Ms Emily James from
Parkes, NSW, received the Moya Crowe Memorial Scholarship and the Indyamarra
Scholarship
Scholarships valued at $46,800 were presented to 13 recipients at the annual Charles Sturt University scholarship presentation ceremony at Dubbo RSL Club from 6pm to 8pm on Tuesday 18 May.
At Charles Sturt in Dubbo Ms Emily James (pictured centre) from Parkes, NSW, was the 2021 recipient of the Moya Crowe Memorial