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Increase regulation of online sale of weight-loss jabs, pharmacists say | Drugs newsthirst.

Pharmacies are demanding tougher regulation of the online sale of weight-loss jabs amid a predicted new year’s boom in demand. The National Pharmacy Association (NPA), who represent independent community pharmacies, urged the regulator to require greater consultation with patients before dispensing weight-loss jabs and other high-risk medication online. Current rules, the NPA said, “leaves the…

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Trump tells US government to override California water policies if necessary | California wildfires newsthirst.

Donald Trump on Sunday issued an executive order directing the federal government to override the state of California’s water management practices if they are found to be ineffective. The order comes two days after the president visited the Los Angeles region, which has been devastated by a series of wildfires that have killed at least…

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‘There aren’t people on Mars’: Anthony Albanese criticises Sussan Ley’s First Fleet analogy | Australian politics newsthirst.

Anthony Albanese and Katy Gallagher have rebuked the deputy Liberal leader, Sussan Ley, for drawing parallels between the arrival of the First Fleet to Elon Musk’s SpaceX mission to reach Mars, describing the comparison as “disrespectful” and “nuts”. The prime minister said on Monday that the analogy Ley made in her Australia Day address was…

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Syrian fighters execute 35 in three days, war monitor says | Syria newsthirst.

Fighters affiliated with Syria’s new leaders have carried out 35 summary executions over 72 hours, mostly of Assad-era officers, a war monitor has said. The authorities, installed by the rebel forces that toppled longtime president Bashar al-Assad last month, said they had carried out multiple arrests in the western Homs area over unspecified “violations”. Official…

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Capital cities expecting hot public holiday as Melbourne braces for 41C | Australia weather newsthirst.

Multiple heatwave and bushfire warnings are in place for the Australia Day public holiday, with every Australian capital city expecting maximum temperatures above 30C and Melbourne forecast for a scorcher. On Monday Melbourne was forecast to hit 41C before a late cool change. Sydney was due for 31C, Brisbane 30C, Adelaide 35C, Perth 32C and…

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China’s top diplomat to visit UK in February for talks with David Lammy | Foreign policy newsthirst.

China’s top diplomat, Wang Yi, is due to visit the UK next month for talks with the British foreign secretary, David Lammy, the Guardian has learned. The Foreign Office (FCDO) is drawing up plans to host the Chinese foreign minister in mid-February, according to three people briefed on the plans. The FCDO declined to comment….

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