Growing Concerns Over Right-Wing “Nazi” Extremism in German City
The German city of Dresden has declared a “Nazi emergency” amid growing concern about far-right extremism and violence.
City councilors warn that there is an increasing problem of anti-democratic extremism and violence in the city.
“We have a Nazi problem in Dresden, and we have to do something about it,” said Councillor Max Aschenbach.
Politician has ear 'bitten off' during Hong Kong knife attack
A bloody knife fight in Hong Kong left six people wounded, including a local pro-democracy politician who had his ear bitten off, capping another chaotic day of political unrest in the city.
The violence was less sustained than Saturday when police and protesters fought hours of cat and mouse battles after thousands took to the streets for an unsanctioned march.
N.Y.C.K.: Wild Streak
- Since 2016 we’ve witnessed Melbourne duo N.Y.C.K offer songs that were patient and gentle in their approach to narrative. It is here in 2019 with the release of their debut album Wild Streak, that a full appreciation for process and production, for the integration of lived experience into storytelling illuminates that 3 years of releases is a public expression of a greater cultivation.
Jordan Merrick: Night Music
- Night Music is the debut album from Brisbane singer-songwriter, Jordan Merrick. A stalwart of the Brisbane music scene, Merrick also fronts the blues band Fugitive & The Vagabond. The young troubadour is an old soul with arcane influences that he reinvigorates to create music that is somehow simultaneously archaic and innovative. After a plethora of shorter releases, Merrick asserts himself an artist to watch with his first full length album, Night Music.
Clipping: There Existed An Addiction To Blood
- As 2019 draws to a close, it's worth admiring just how far hip-hop has come this decade. Assimilated by the internet, its culture has become more absurdist and its influences more extreme, co-habitated by chart-topping pop stars and underground radicals alike. Clipping have come to embody the latter's reckless sonic alchemy, first juxtaposing throwback gangsta rap with barren noise on 2013's midcity.
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McDonald’s has apologised for using the slogan “Sundae Bloody Sundae
McDonald’s has apologised for using the slogan “Sundae Bloody Sundae” in a campaign for a Halloween-themed dessert in Portugal.
A picture of the advert was posted to Twitter, along with the caption: “Portugal is cancelled”.
A spokeswoman for McDonald’s said, “The campaign was intended as a celebration of Halloween, not as an insensitive reference to any historical event or to upset or insult anyone in any way.”
“We sincerely apologise for any offence or distress this may have caused. All promotional material has been removed from restaurants.”
The world's most remarkable sites threatened
The World Monuments Fund (WMF) has added 25 of the world’s most remarkable sites to a 2020 “watch list”, which highlights threatened attractions that are in urgent need of protection.
WMF shared in a statement the sites “are facing daunting threats such as encroaching urbanisation, political turmoil, natural disaster, and violent conflicts, or present compelling conservation opportunities”.
Sydney and Melbourne likely exposes to more hail storms and tropical cyclones
Sydney and Melbourne will likely be exposed to more intense hail storms, tropical cyclones will track further south and bushfire risks will increase in most of Australia as the climate warms, new research shows.
The modelling based on a 3 degree temperature rise is contained in a severe weather report to be released on Friday by IAG, the country's largest general insurer, and the US National Centre for Atmospheric Research.
Research points to causes of severe ADHD
Scientists say research two decades in the making has pinpointed the cause of severe ADHD, and pointed to ways to control and even reverse it.
Dr Luca Cocchi, lead researcher and head of the Clinical Brain Networks team at QIMR said, “Our results suggest that elevated noise in the signal between sensory and cognitive regions of the brain and related to people having trouble maintaining their attention and controlling their hyperactivity, “
The research suggested medication was the best way to manage chronic ADHD.