As minister says process needs to be ‘streamlined’, Greens and Lock the Gate say the legislation is ‘corrupt’ and tears up environmental protectionsGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastQueenslanders’ right to object to mining projects – including coal – would be “gutted” by new legislation that would ban opponents from being heard in court without the minister’s approval and then only if they owned a property within a 125km radius of the project.The Greens have called the move “corrupt” and community action group Lock the Gate Alliance said the state’s LNP government was “tearing up democratic and environmental protections just to make life easier for mining companies”. Continue reading...昆士兰州拟通过新法，限制居民就包括煤矿在内的采矿项目向法院提出异议的权利，并赋予相关决策者是否将异议提交法院的裁量权。州自然资源部长称此举旨在简化审批、加快决策，绿党及社区和环保团体则批评法案损害民主与环境保护。
Government says new legal complaints to be filed against firms exploring for oil near the Falkland Islands.阿根廷政府表示，将对在福克兰群岛附近勘探石油的企业提起新的法律诉讼，并准备立法加重对在该群岛经营的企业的制裁。英国政府则表示，支持群岛内一切合法经济活动。
More than a million people have left work to look after loved ones in the past two years, Carers UK saysAbout 1,500 Britons a day are quitting their jobs to become unpaid carers, as they try to balance their vulnerable relatives’ growing care needs with declining access to state-funded social care services.Research estimates that more than a million people have left the workplace to look after ageing, ill and disabled loved ones in the past two years, highlighting the social challenges caused by UK’s rapidly changing demographic profile. Continue reading...英国照护者协会的研究估计，过去两年，英国有逾100万人离开职场，照顾年迈、患病或残障的亲友，平均每天约1500人。该协会呼吁加强无偿照护者的就业权利，并通过成人社会照护制度改革，帮助他们兼顾工作与照护责任。
A $1tn sales pitch, more than 160 projects on offer, pivot to the EU amid a bitter trade war with the US - takeaways from the first Canada Investment Summit.首届加拿大投资峰会推出160多个项目，总理马克·卡尼力争在未来五年吸引1万亿加元投资，并推动机场引入私人投资和人工智能基础设施建设。在与美国的激烈贸易争端持续之际，加拿大一方面向美国释放合作信号，另一方面寻求深化与欧盟等伙伴的关系。
AI giants are working to create a standards body amid rising alarms about the dangers of the industry. Meanwhile, Trump has dismissed the warnings, and a divided US Congress has failed to act.在外界对人工智能行业风险的担忧日益加剧之际，人工智能巨头正着手建立一个标准制定机构。与此同时，特朗普对相关警告不以为然，意见分歧的美国国会也未能采取行动。
The British musician said it was important to "set out some facts" after US rapper voiced support for Palestine.美国说唱歌手麦克勒莫公开支持巴勒斯坦后，被移出艾德·希兰美国巡演阵容；这位英国音乐人表示，有必要“澄清一些事实”，并称这一决定由演出推广方作出。
