Thursday, November 14

Day: December 14, 2022

New Zealand imposes lifetime ban on young people buying cigarettes

New Zealand has passed into law a unique plan to phase out tobacco smoking by imposing a lifetime ban on young people buying cigarettes. The law states that tobacco can't ever be sold to anybody born on or after January 1, 2009. It means the minimum age for buying cigarettes will keep going up and up. In theory, somebody trying to buy a pack of cigarettes 50 years from now would need ID to show they were at least 63 years old. READ MORE: Officers 'fired upon' almost immediately after arriving at Queensland property But health authorities hope smoking will fade away well before then. They have a stated goal of making New Zealand smoke-free by 2025. The new law passed on Tuesday also reduces the number of retailers allowed to sell tobacco from about 6000 to 600 a...
‘We are living something spectacular’: Astonishing performance from Lionel Messi jet propels Argentina into World Cup final

‘We are living something spectacular’: Astonishing performance from Lionel Messi jet propels Argentina into World Cup final

Lionel Messi is back in the World Cup final with Argentina on his mission to win football's biggest prize for the first time. And, at 35, he could hardly be playing any better. Messi converted a penalty and had a hand in the other two goals by Julián Álvarez, leading Argentina to a 3-0 win over Croatia that set up a meeting with either France or Morocco at 1am on Monday (AEDT). AS IT HAPPENED: FIFA World Cup first semi-final READ MORE: 'Blistering' McKeon leg snares gold, world record READ MORE: Coach confronts jarring question amid Warner rut READ MORE: Call made on Hazlewood's Gabba replacement It will be Messi’s second World Cup final - Argentina lost the other one to Germany in 2014 - and likely, his final chance. He received the man of the match award after...

Elon Musk dethroned as world’s richest person

Elon Musk has been dethroned as the world's richest person after the top spot was usurped by Bernard Arnault, the French tycoon behind luxury goods powerhouse LVMH. The Tesla CEO and Twitter owner had held the position on Forbes' rich list since September 2021, after his wealth overtook Amazon founder Jeff Bezos. At the height of his success the billionaire businessman was worth as much as $US340 billion (A$496 billion) but a scandal-plagued year - marked by his controversial acquisition of the social media platform, increasing espousal of Far Right views and Tesla losses - has had a drastic impact on his fortune. READ MORE: Officers 'fired upon' almost immediately after arriving at property According to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index the 51-year-old is estimate...
Australian citizen and former US pilot faces charges over training Chinese military aviators

Australian citizen and former US pilot faces charges over training Chinese military aviators

Australian citizen and former US Marine pilot Daniel Duggan, who was arrested earlier this year in New South Wales, is accused of breaking American arms control law by training Chinese military pilots to land on aircraft carriers, according to an indictment unsealed by a US court. The 2017 indictment, released last Friday by the District of Columbia court, said "Duggan provided military training to PRC People's Republic of China) pilots" through a South African flight school on three occasions in 2010 and 2012. It lists unnamed co-conspirators including one South African and one British national who were executives of "a test flying academy based in South Africa with a presence in the PRC," and a Chinese national who acquired military information for the Chinese military. ...
Why fusion could be a clean-energy breakthrough

Why fusion could be a clean-energy breakthrough

The major advance in fusion research announced in Washington overnight was decades in coming, with scientists for the first time able to engineer a reaction that produced more power than was used to ignite it. Using powerful lasers to focus enormous energy on a miniature capsule half the size of a BB, scientists at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California started a reaction that produced about 1.5 times more energy than was contained in the light used to produce it. There are decades more to wait before fusion could one day — maybe — be used to produce electricity in the real world. READ MORE: Officers 'fired upon' almost immediately after arriving at Queensland property Fusion technology has taken a major leap forward. (AP) But the promise of fusio...
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