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• El laborismo bajo presión para eliminar los group voting tickets mientras Avi Yemini detalla su plan para desviar votos hacia partidos conservadores en las elecciones estatales • El plan de un provocador de derecha para registrar el “Free Palestine party” y usarlo para canalizar votos hacia partidos conservadores en las elecciones estatales de Victoria ha renovado la preocupación sobre el sistema de votación del estado. • Avi Yemini, un exsoldado israelí y autodenominado periodista de investigación que crea contenido para su canal de YouTube Rebel News Australia, anunció el martes sus planes para registrar el partido, el cual afirmó que serviría para “derivar nuestras preferencias a partidos que quieran liberar a Palestina de Hamas” en los comicios de noviembre.

El Politburó, el máximo órgano de decisión del gobernante Partido Comunista, fue citado por la agencia de noticias estatal Xinhua afirmando que la economía tuvo un inicio de año mejor de lo esperado.

• The Taliban government announced restrictions on international health NGOs operating in Afghanistan on Monday, citing concerns over 'political interference' and threatening revocation of licenses for non-compliant organizations. • Medical organizations warned that the restrictions would devastate maternal and pediatric health services, particularly in rural areas where international agencies provide 70 percent of healthcare capacity. • The U.S. State Department condemned the move as undermining humanitarian efforts and expressed concern for vulnerable populations, with officials exploring alternative delivery mechanisms for critical medical assistance.

Soaring cost of building materials, lack of affordability and planning bottlenecks are some of the obstacles thwarting housing targetAt South and City College in Birmingham, dozens of young people clad in hi-vis vests and hard hats are building mini-walls and plastering half-formed rooms.Some weave in and out of stacks of bricks with wheelbarrows, while others use spirit levels to check the walls are straight and flat. In a few days time, these walls will be demolished and the plastering scraped away, for a new class to come in and try their hands. Continue reading...

• The Snohomish County Board of Health approved new protections mandating septic system inspections prior to any home sale. • Ordinance aims to prevent buyer exposure to faulty systems, promoting public health and property safety. • Impacts thousands of rural Washington homes reliant on septic over municipal sewer.

The drug industry’s self-regulatory body criticised Theramex for ‘alarming’ compliance issuesOne of the biggest producers of hormone replacement therapy has been censured by regulators for “systemic failures” that put patient safety in jeopardy.Theramex, the UK producer of HRT drugs Evorel and Intrarosa was found to have breached fundamental compliance standards including not updating crucial prescribing information – in some cases for several years – and not making it clear that a drug must not be used during pregnancy. Continue reading...