India asks Canada to withdraw dozens of diplomatic staff

India has asked Canada to withdraw about 40 diplomatic staff from India, reports say, in a sharp escalation of a weeks-long crisis. Those who stayed past 10 October would lose their diplomatic immunity, the Financial Times first reported. Last month, Canada said India may have been behind the killing of a Sikh separatist leader on […]

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‘Absolutely perverse’: climate scheme could reward Australian coalmines while emissions rise

Ten coalmines could increase their greenhouse gas pollution until 2030 while being financially rewarded under an Albanese government climate policy that is meant to cut industrial emissions, according to a new analysis. The analysis of how different facilities are treated under the safeguard mechanism – the government’s main policy to deal with major polluters – has prompted […]

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