Aug 08, 2024 21:00:00Study finds that cats of all species may grieve the death of fellow petsCats are often considered to be unsociable and moody. However, no previous studies have shown whether cats react to the death of a pet. This means that we have mischaracterized cats,' the research team said.However, the research team pointed out that 'the greater the grief experienced by owners of deceased pets, the more likely they were to live farther away from their surviving cats. As a result, owners who experienced greater grief were more likely to report that their surviving cats were sleeping more frequently.' Therefore, the research team said, 'Further research is needed to determine whether this reflects owners projecting their own grief onto their bereaved pets, or whether cats are actually grieving the loss of their companions.'

Surveillance footage newly aired by Israel's Channel 12 showed what appeared to be Israeli soldiers sexually assaulting a Palestinian prisoner at the Sde Teiman detention facility in the south of the country. The incident took place in late July and led to the arrests of nine soldiers and an investigation into what Israel's advocate general said was the "suspected substantial abuse of a detainee". A spokesperson for the US state department said the reports were 'horrific' adding that they ought to be fully investigated by Israeli authorities. A spokesperson for Israel’s embassy in Washington did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Reuters. The Israeli daily newspaper Haaretz spoke to Yoel Donchin, the doctor who treated the prisoner in the incident who said he suffered from "a ruptured bowel, a severe injury to his anus, lung damage and broken ribs".

Power shutoffs or wildfire evacuations can be deadly for disabled people, especially nondrivers who may not have a way to get to a cooling center or evacuation point.

Power shutoffs or wildfire evacuations can be deadly for disabled people, especially nondrivers who may not have a way to get to a cooling center or evacuation point.

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Kamala Harris’s evening speech in Detroit, Michigan, was interrupted by protesters against the war in Gaza who chanted: 'Kamala, Kamala, you can't hide, we won't vote for genocide'. Harris responded by saying: 'If you want Donald Trump to win, then say that. Otherwise, I’m speaking'

And on behalf of the Australian Labor Party, I commit to the Uluru Statement from the Heart in full. We seek a Makarrata Commission to supervise a process of agreement-making between governments and First Nations and truth-telling about our history. The Makarrata Commission was considered an important enough item of business at Uluru to warrant its own paragraph. How exactly can Australia come together and work towards a more robust, genuine, inclusive and truthful tomorrow, if our government reneges on a proper Makarrata Commission? My key argument, to this day, is that the Uluru Statement had the order of business backwards.

Kamala Harris and her running mate, the Minnesota governor, Tim Walz, continued their swing-state tour yesterday with rallies in rural Wisconsin and Detroit, Michigan, that the campaign said brought out more than 10,000 people each. The Detroit rally on Wednesday night attracted 15,000 supporters in another crucial swing state, the Harris campaign told reporters. Walz called it “the largest rally of the campaign” so far. The big Detroit crowd repeatedly chanted: “We’re not going back,” Democrats’ counter to Trump’s anti-abortion politics and “make America great again” slogan. Sign upFirst Thing is delivered to thousands of inboxes every weekday.

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From pre-war grand prix veterans to the latest and greatest road and racing cars, some incredibly special machines have been put through their paces on the 1.16-mile course. Only a select number have been quick enough to trouble the top five fastest cars leaderboard over the years, though. These are the five machines that lay claim to the quickest times ever up the hill at the Festival of Speed. Gould GR51Best time 42.90sec42.90sec Year 2003When the 2002 British Hillclimb Champion Graeme Wight Jr rocked up to the following year’s Goodwood Festival of Speed, many expected a quick time from the driver. It’s testament to just how incredible Nick Heidfeld’s Goodwood hill climb run in 1999 was, then, that the time he set was the fastest ever seen at the Festival of Speed for 20 years.

By STEVE KARNOWSKI and DAN MERICAWhile former President Donald Trump and running mate JD Vance have been hammering Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz over his response to the violence that erupted after George Floyd’s murder, Trump told the governor at the time that he fully agreed with how Walz handled it. They went in and dominated, and it happened immediately,” Trump told Walz and other governors and officials in a phone call on June 1, 2020. Trump offered federal help to Walz later that day, but the governor did not take him up on it. There was finger-pointing between Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey and Walz on who bore responsibility for the delays.

Archaeologists are once again unearthing the site of an 8th-9th century monastery in Cookham. The land adjacent to Holy Trinity Church in Cookham is home to a rare, well-preserved Anglo-Saxon monastery first discovered in 2021 by staff from the University of Reading’s Archaeology Department. Professor Gabor Thomas, University of Reading’s early medieval archaeology professor and leader of the excavations at Cookham said the team are ‘going wider and deeper’ than before. Since Monday, the team have reopened two of last year’s trenches and will expand one northwards and eastwards. Site tours led by a senior archaeologist start today (Thursday) and places can be booked via www.ticketsource.co.uk.

PublicationWHS Law Briefing: August 2024Welcome to our WHS Law Briefing. This Briefing identifies key issues and emerging trends in WHS Law, and details significant legislative and case law developments to date in August 2024.

A new report from the state insurance department has revealed that heatwaves in California have killed hundreds and cost billions of dollars in the past decade. These costs come from lost wages and productivity, agricultural and manufacturing disruptions, power outages, and infrastructure damage, all while disproportionately affecting low-income communities.

Palestinians inspected damage caused to buildings and tents in Deir al-Balah on Wednesday after an overnight Israeli strike killed and wounded several people, Gaza’s health ministry said. People searched through rubble to find their belongings. Nidal Ashour, a Palestinian man in the area, said he saw a number of casualties in the aftermath of the strike. ‘The majority of them had their legs dismembered, their legs were amputated,’ he said. Most of Gaza's population has been displaced multiple times since the start of the war and the fighting has brought misery to thousands trapped in overcrowded tent shelters