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Activist hits back at Starmer for ‘demonising’ him as environmental ‘zealot’ | Planning policy newsthirst.

An activist singled out by Keir Starmer as an environmental “zealot” who must be stopped from making “vexatious” legal claims that thwart growth, has accused the prime minister of trying to lock people out of the planning process. Andrew Boswell, a 68-year-old former Green councillor, insisted his two-year legal fight over the expansion of the…

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UN alarm as M23 rebel group closes in on Goma in eastern DRC | Democratic Republic of the Congo newsthirst.

António Guterres has voiced alarm over the M23 rebel group’s advance towards eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo’s largest city in a renewed insurgency that has displaced more than 178,000 people in the past two weeks. In a statement though his spokesperson, the United Nations secretary general said M23’s advance had had a devastating toll…

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Epic Jet Engine-Mounted Truck Built to Fight L.A. Wildfires, Push Back Winds newsthirst.

L.A. Wildfires Fighting Fire With Jet Engines Published January 24, 2025 3:00 AM PST Wildfires continue to rampage across L.A. County … but now, there’s a new one-of-a-kind piece of technology created to extinguish dangerous flames with opposing force. Steve Wolf, a former film special effects coordinator and founder of Team Wildfire, tells TMZ ……

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Storm Éowyn: 715,000 homes without power in Ireland after record gusts hit | Ireland newsthirst.

More than 715,000 homes are without power in Ireland as Storm Éowyn continues to batter the island of Ireland, with record speed gusts of 113mph recorded in Galway. The Electricity Supply Board said the extent of the power cut was “unprecedented” and would get worse. “We anticipate significant further outages as Storm Éowyn continues to…

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UK to soften tax rules for wealthy foreigners after millionaire exodus, Rachel Reeves says newsthirst.

Rachel Reeves, UK Finance Minister, speaking on CNBC’s Squawk Box outside the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland on Jan. 22, 2025. Gerry Miller | CNBC The U.K. will soften some planned changes to its controversial non-dom tax rule following concerns of a millionaire exodus, the Treasury has confirmed. Britain’s 200-year-old non-dom regime permits people…

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