by Agency Reporter | May 29, 2024 | Briefing
MSPs have backed legislation giving councils a new power to introduce a visitor levy that would raise funding for local visitor facilities and services. The Visitor Levy (Scotland) Bill will enable local authorities to apply a levy on overnight stays with all money...
by Agency Reporter | May 29, 2024 | Briefing
THIRTY SIX athletes from 11 different countries, hosted by 15 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) and competing across 12 sports have been named as members of the Refugee Olympic Team for Paris 2024. Appearing at the Olympic Games for the third time, the IOC Refugee...
by Agency Reporter | May 28, 2024 | Briefing
THE International Criminal Court should investigate as war crimes three Israeli airstrikes that killed 44 Palestinian civilians, including 32 children, in Gaza last month, Amnesty International said as it published the findings of a new investigation. The attacks, one...
by Agency Reporter | May 27, 2024 | Briefing
TESLA has announced that the company is exploring “the need for the establishment of a no-go zone for mining to protect indigenous and human rights, particularly those of uncontacted communities”, demonstrating that the rights of uncontacted Indigenous peoples can be...
by Agency Reporter | May 27, 2024 | Briefing
A heatwave in Pakistan is forcing schools to close, leaving more than half the country’s school-age children locked out of the classroom. At least 26 million children in Pakistan’s most populous province, Punjab (52 per cent of the country’s total number of...
