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French Socialists’ Olivier Faure says no one from his party would participate in Barnier-led governmentThe French Socialists’ Olivier Faure said no one from his party would participate in a Michel Barnier-led government, arguing that Barnier depends on the far right.Michel Barnier, France’s new rightwing prime minister, has vowed to address the nation’s feelings of anger, abandonment and injustice, promising a “new era” and a break with the past. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/sep/06/france-michel-barnier-french-prime-minister-emmanuel-macron-europe-live Author : Lili Bayer Publish date : 2024-09-06 08:09:26 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Exclusive: Reliance on fossil fuels fell in August to less than one-fifth of all electricity generated across countryGreat Britain’s electricity system has recorded its greenest ever summer after growing numbers of wind and solar farms cut the need for gas power plants to fresh lows.Analysis of energy generation data, commissioned by the Guardian, revealed that Britain’s reliance on fossil fuels fell in August to less than one-fifth of all electricity, or 4 terawatt hours (TWh), its lowest ever level for a one-month period. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/business/article/2024/sep/06/wind-solar-farms-greenest-summer-ever-energy-generation Author : Jillian Ambrose Energy correspondent Publish date : 2024-09-06 07:00:21

It follows similar wage theft class actions in Western Australia, where $165m was awarded, and in Queensland, where $190m was awardedFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe federal government will pay up to $202m compensation to thousands of Indigenous workers whose wages were stolen while working in the Northern Territory last century.The payout is part of the settlement of a class action on behalf of workers and their families who were subject to Commonwealth wage control legislation between 1933 to 1971. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/article/2024/sep/06/nt-indigenous-worker-stolen-wages-class-action-pay-out-albanese-government Author

María Corina Machado wants struggle against Maduro’s ‘criminal tyranny’ to mirror anti-apartheid movementThe Venezuelan opposition leader, María Corina Machado, has called for a global movement, similar to the international campaign against apartheid in South Africa, to help rescue her country from Nicolás Maduro’s “criminal tyranny”.Speaking to foreign journalists as Maduro stepped up his post-election crackdown, Machado said she hoped Venezuela’s struggle for democracy would become “a world cause” just as South Africa’s did in the 60s, 70s and 80s. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/sep/06/venezuelas-opposition-leader-calls-for-global-movement-to-rescue-country Author : Tom Phillips in Rio de Janeiro Publish date : 2024-09-06 05:00:18 Copyright for