The Australian Human Rights Commission has today released a set of resources to help organisations and businesses comply with the new Positive Duty in the Sex Discrimination Act. In December 2022, a positive duty on employers, businesses, and organisations to take 'reasonable and proportionate' steps to eliminate unlawful conduct in the workplace was included in the Sex Discrimination Act. This major piece of legislative reform was a key recommendation from the Commission's landmark Respect@Work report .

https://www.miragenews.com/new-tools-combat-workplace-harassment-1063011/

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CITY OF CALAPAN, Oriental Mindoro — Occidental Mindoro Gov. Eduardo Gadiano instructed on Thursday the Provincial Social Welfare and Development Office and the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (PDRRMO) to assist the families of eight of the 15 people killed in a fire that struck a printing shop in Tandang Sora, Quezon City. The victims' relatives, who are mostly from Rizal town of Occidental Mindoro, were already traveling to Manila to claim the bodies at a funeral parlor, according to Mary Jolence Soriano, officer in charge of the Rizal municipal DRRMO.

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KUALA LUMPUR: The government has been urged to hold special proceedings to further explain the treaties signed between Malaysia and Indonesia on the Territorial Sea Delimitation in the Sulawesi Sea and Straits of Melaka.  Datuk Seri Dr Ronald Kiandee (Beluran-PN) said although this could not  be done in the Dewan Rakyat, it can be presented to the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) or the Special Select Committee on Foreign Affairs.  "Malaysia initially did not agree to the agreement due to the issues but when the new government came in, it was signed abruptly.

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Silicon Hills Wealth Management LLC bought a new stake in Dimensional National Municipal Bond ETF ( NYSEARCA:DFNM – Get Rating ) during the fourth quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The institutional investor bought 21,240 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $1,015,000. A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in DFNM. First Ascent Asset Management LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Dimensional National Municipal Bond ETF during the 4th quarter valued at approximately $41,775,000.

https://www.dailypolitical.com/2023/06/08/21240-shares-in-dimensional-national-municipal-bond-etf-nysearcadfnm-purchased-by-silicon-hills-wealth-management-llc.html

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Nicaragua fans cheer before a World Baseball Classic game against Israel, Sunday, March 12, 2023, in Miami. (AP Photo/Marta Lavandier)

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The cargo ship MV Ultra Galaxy, which is grounded off the West Coast, has broken into two sections following severe weather and high swells over the weekend - w...

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What would a traveler from the future think if one day s/he could analyze the rocks that are currently forming on the planet? Surely, this person would find quite a few plastic fragments and wonder why this material was so abundant in rocks of a certain age on Earth. This is the same question that geologists and palaeontologists have asked themselves after many years of studying another material: amber, the fossilized resin from the Cretaceous that helps us reconstruct what the forests inhabited by dinosaurs were like.

https://www.miragenews.com/amber-abundance-in-cretaceous-rocks-explored-1042985/

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Dennis Trillo. Image: Courtesy of GMA Corporate Communications Dennis Trillo confessed that he doesn't have any 'what ifs' when it comes to relationships, but he couldn't help but wonder what would happen if he turned out to be gay. During the media conference for his upcoming series 'Love Before Sunrise,' Trillo confessed that there was some point in his life where he wondered what might have happened if he fell in love with another man. The topic was brought up after Trillo, along with his leading lady Bea Alonzo, was asked about 'what ifs,' while touching on the series' central theme.

https://entertainment.inquirer.net/519357/dennis-trillos-candid-what-if-confession-what-if-i-was-gay

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Optas LLC reduced its stake in AbbVie Inc. ( NYSE:ABBV – Free Report ) by 9.3% in the 2nd quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 4,333 shares of the company's stock after selling 445 shares during the quarter. Optas LLC's holdings in AbbVie were worth $584,000 at the end of the most recent quarter. Several other large investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. PFG Advisors grew its holdings in AbbVie by 10.

https://www.dailypolitical.com/2023/10/01/optas-llc-reduces-stake-in-abbvie-inc-nyseabbv.html

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Yoon-police Yoon meets police officers, firefighters on Chuseok holiday SEOUL, Sept. 30 (Yonhap) -- President Yoon Suk Yeol met with police officers and firefighters Saturday and expressed his appreciation for their service during the Chuseok holiday, his office said. Yoon visited an office affiliated with the Seoul Jungbu Police Station in central Seoul and thanked them for their work during the holiday, according to the presidential office. The extended six-day Chuseok holiday will continue through Tuesday.

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Genesis Vision ( GVT ) traded up 1.6% against the U.S. dollar during the 24-hour period ending at 18:00 PM E.T. on May 15th. Genesis Vision has a total market capitalization of $448,366.98 and $73.58 worth of Genesis Vision was traded on exchanges in the last day. One Genesis Vision token can currently be bought for approximately $0.10 or 0.00000370 BTC on major exchanges. Over the last seven days, Genesis Vision has traded down 20.2% against the U.S. dollar. Here's how other cryptocurrencies have performed over the last day: KILT Protocol (KILT) traded 4.

https://www.dailypolitical.com/2023/05/15/genesis-vision-gvt-market-capitalization-reaches-448366-98.html

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Meat & Livestock Australia (MLA) and National Meat Institute of Uruguay (INAC) have today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signalling their shared commitment to collaboration and knowledge transfer on a range of pre-competitive challenges facing their beef and sheepmeat sectors. The MOU, signed by MLA Chair, Alan Beckett, and INAC Strategy Manager, Pablo Caputi, provides a formal platform for Australia and Uruguay to work together to tackle a range of shared challenges including red meat sustainability, animal health, welfare and biosecurity and trade and market access.

https://www.miragenews.com/likeminded-partners-sign-collaboration-agreement-1099575/

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The Bank of England made its first interest rate cut of 2025 on Thursday amid ongoing concerns over sluggish growth in the British economy.

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Shareholders of Sy-led 2GO Group Inc. will ratify the company's voluntary delisting from the Philippine Stock Exchange during its annual stockholders' meeting on April 18 this year. This comes after the Sy family conglomerate, SM Investments Corp., approved plans to buy out all minority stockholders of 2GO with the aim of taking the 73-year-old logistics group private. Last Feb. 28, SM Investments said its board approved the tender offer for up to 378.82 million common shares, or 15.4 percent of the company, worth about P4.

https://business.inquirer.net/389314/2go-shareholders-set-to-ratify-delisting

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Lester Cohen/Getty Images for Omnipeace Foundation While news that Kevin Costner 's wife of 18 years, Christine Baumgartner , had filed for divorce came as a surprise to fans, People reports it wasn't a surprise to those closest to her. The Yellowstone patriarch had been pivoting away from that hit show — in fact, it was just announced Yellowstone will be ending when season 5 finishes — to another Western he directed and starred in, called Horizon . While the former show is shot in Montana, the latter was filmed in Utah.

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Kevin Durant gets to hear homecourt cheers with his new employer for the first time when his Phoenix Suns host the Oklahoma City Thunder on Wednesday night. Durant was acquired from the Brooklyn Nets on Feb. 9 while he was sidelined due to a knee injury. He returned to action on March 1 and has played in three road games, but the Wednesday contest will represent his Phoenix unveiling. 'I'm glad I was able to get a couple on the road to get my feet wet because I know it's going to be loud in there,' Durant said of his pending home debut.

https://sports.inquirer.net/499896/nba-kevin-durant-eager-for-home-suns-debut-vs-thunder

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SHAH ALAM: The Economy Ministry will open opportunities for the public to directly apply for allocations to carry out development and small infrastructure public projects in the next two to three weeks. Its Minister Rafizi Ramli said the application system is now in the final stage of preparation and his ministry will elaborate on the form of project applications that are allowed as well as related requirements when the system is introduced. According to him, when the system is launched later, the people no longer need to go through layers of application process, which normally takes a long time to be approved.

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PUTRAJAYA, Aug 9 — The number of live births in Malaysia increased by 13 per cent to 105,961 in the second quarter of 2023 from 93,799 births in the corresponding period last year, according to the Demographic Statistics released by the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM) today. Chief Statistician Datuk Seri Mohd Uzir Mahidin, in a statement today, said male babies outnumbered female babies in the second quarter of 2023 with 54,747 births compared to female babies at 51,214 births. 'Selangor recorded the highest live births with 20,477 births, while Labuan recorded the lowest at 357 births,' he said.

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Semmax Financial Advisors Inc. cut its position in McKesson Co. ( NYSE:MCK – Get Rating ) by 6.2% in the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm owned 1,202 shares of the company's stock after selling 79 shares during the period. Semmax Financial Advisors Inc.'s holdings in McKesson were worth $476,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period. Other institutional investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in the company.

https://www.dailypolitical.com/2023/03/09/semmax-financial-advisors-inc-sells-79-shares-of-mckesson-co-nysemck.html

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South Korean public support for going nuclear is increasing. Moon Chung-in on the country's nuclear debate and its relations with the US and Japan

https://www.ips-journal.eu/topics/foreign-and-security-policy/hardliners-argue-that-south-korea-should-have-its-own-nuclear-weapons-6915

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