20 June 2025
The exotic pet industry is booming, fuelled by global demand for rare parrots, reptiles and other wild creatures — but in Solomon Islands, one of the Pacific's most active wildlife trading hubs, it is under growing scrutiny, with concerns that weak regulation is driving biodiversity loss.
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20 Jun: Iran has spent decades building its "Axis of Resistance" across the Middle East, but its allies have been largely silent since Israel launched a series of attacks last week.... more
20 Jun: Israel has targeted five key Iranian nuclear facilities over the past week. Experts say attacks on uranium enrichment plants are mainly a "chemical problem", not radiological.... more
20 Jun: The federal government's decision to move diplomatic staff and their families out of Tehran comes amid growing fears about a major conflict in the region.... more
20 Jun: Donald Trump says he will give a decision on "whether or not to go" on Iran in two weeks, as he believes there is a "substantial chance of negotiations" with the Islamist regime over its nuclear program.... more
20 Jun: Lionel Messi's second-half free kick gives Inter Miami a come-from-behind 2-1 victory over Portuguese side FC Porto at the FIFA Club World Cup.... more
20 Jun: The comments about Iran's supreme leader by Israel's defence minister Israel Katz come after Iranian missiles struck a hospital in Beersheba.... more
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BUSINESS Our newsroom's revealed more than 200 people were able to enter New Zealand on work visas for defunct businesses later exposed as fronts for a network of cannabis grow houses in Auckland More...
