Thieves steal nearly $2K in cash, merchandise from Cleveland business

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CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) – Police are asking for help in identifying two suspects wanted for breaking into a business on the city’s West side and stealing nearly $2,000 in cash and merchandise.Business break-in suspects((Source: Cleveland police))Cleveland police said the crime happened around 2:40 a.m. on Dec. 15, 2024 at a business near w. 140th Street and Puritas Avenue.Police added the suspects also damaged the entrance of the business.Anyone with information, please call the First District Detective Unit at (216) 623-5118 or Crime Stoppers tip line (216) 252-7463.Copyright 2025 WOIO. All rights reserved.

Invest Now or Pay the Price: UK Tourism Losing its Global Position

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More than £60BN at stake 

London, UK: The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) today issued a stark warning to the UK Government: the UK’s successful Travel & Tourism industry faces stagnation and long-term decline. 

On the eve of the UK Government’s first Visitor Economy Advisory Council, the global tourism body revealed data that shows £60BN1 is at risk over the next 10 years, in lost tourism business.  

While forecasts indicate short-term stability, the long-term outlook is weak as the UK loses ground to European competitors.

The UK’s Travel & Tourism sector directly employs almost the same number of people as the NHS2. It contributed £280BN to the UK economy in 2024 (10.3%) and supported over 4.1MN jobs (11.3%)3. It also contributes c.£100BN annually to the Treasury in tax revenues, yet successive governments have shown little interest in Travel & Tourism.   The opportunity for growth is considerable. Global Travel & Tourism is expected to grow 3.7% annually over the next 10 years, compared to 2.4% for the wider global economy4.  However, in the UK, the future looks troubling. Over the next five years, the UK is expected to have one of the lowest growth rates in overnight international arrivals. It is set to lag other European tourism powerhouses, such as Spain, Germany, and Italy, which place Travel & Tourism at the heart of government decision-making.  WTTC has identified several key areas that urgently require government action to unlock the sector’s full potential: 

UK Travel & Tourism businesses are already impacted by the recent increase in National Insurance, and higher than European average VAT rates. With the increases in Air Passenger Duty (APD) and the introduction of an ETA, a visa waiver which could rise from £10 to £16 per visitor, the UK is pricing travellers out of the UK, toward other destinations 
As the organisation charged with promoting tourism in the UK, VisitBritain is seriously under-funded when compared to its competitors around the world, which in many cases receive double the government investment. Additional investment is crucial to continue attracting visitors, and ensure the economic benefits extend beyond London 
Global travellers are choosing other European destinations, attracted by the tax-free shopping removed in 2021, which could generate an estimated £3BN5 to UK Plc
The Treasury has mooted a central “hotel tax” that will further deter travellers, could cost jobs, and cause major hotel investors to look elsewhere 

Without targeted reforms, these barriers will continue to stifle competitiveness and deter high-value travellers from choosing the UK.

Julia Simpson, WTTC President & CEO said “The UK is at a critical juncture. The Government is looking for growth and its Travel & Tourism sector offers just that. As one of the country’s largest employers alongside the NHS, contributing £280BN to the UK economy last year, the sector has been misunderstood and poorly treated by successive governments.

“The Government cannot tax its way out of debt, it needs to invest to grow. UK taxes are higher than many of its competitors – VAT, no tax-free shopping, employers National Insurance, APD, and now a potential new hotel tax, making the UK expensive to operate in and expensive to visit. 

“Tourism promotion in the UK is chronically underinvested and it is arrogant to think tourists will always come to the UK. I applaud the initiative by the new Minister for Media, Tourism, & Creative Industries, Rt Hon Sir Chris Bryant MP, to get leaders round the table at the Visitor Economy Advisory Council to tackle this and ensure Travel & Tourism can continue to be a major engine to economic growth. 

“The new government has a unique opportunity to change the trajectory of Travel & Tourism in the UK. Despite the industry’s resilience, years of government inertia are taking their toll. We welcome the new government’s commitment to surpassing 50 million visitors by 2030, but this can only be achieved with the right policies in place.”

Travel & Tourism is not just a cornerstone of the UK economy – it’s a vital driver of tax revenue, job creation, and regional development. Yet systemic challenges threaten to undermine its potential and erode the country’s global tourism leadership.

Price Competitiveness: A Global Low The UK ranks a shocking 113th out of 119 countries for price competitiveness, according to the World Economic Forum’s 2024 Travel & Tourism Development Index. Key issues include high VAT, lack of VAT-free shopping, rising aviation taxes, and costly visa requirements – challenges further compounded by relatively low government investment in marketing and regional tourism.  

UK: Losing Ground to Competitors The UK’s overreliance on US visitors compounds this issue. As the largest inbound market in 2019 and 2023, US visitors account for a significant share of spending.

However, this dependence leaves the industry vulnerable to economic and policy changes in one market. Expanding source markets is essential for resilience and sustained growth.

Policymakers must act decisively. The choices made today will determine whether the UK thrives as a global tourism leader or becomes an also-ran in the face of growing international competition.

-ends-  Editor’s Note   

Forecast Growth for Overnight International Arrivals 

Country 

2029 vs 2024 (CAGR) 

Australia 

9.1% 

Switzerland 

7.4% 

Japan 

7.4% 

Germany 

5.9% 

Italy 

5.7% 

Spain 

4.9% 

Ireland 

3.2% 

United Kingdom 

3% 

France 

2.3% 

Source: Oxford Economics  According to Oxford Economics latest estimates, France is the most visited country in the world with almost 100MN visitors per year, whilst the UK had just under 42MN. 

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São Paulo’s Luiz Toledo Launches Filomena Productions to Accelerate Growth in the Global South Film-TV Industry  (EXCLUSIVE) 

Arts & Culture, Film & TV

Luiz Toledo, the formerly highly active director of investments and strategic partnerships at Spcine, the São Paulo Film Commission, has launched Filomena Productions, a private sector consultancy which aims to help supply missing links between burgeoning audiovisual hubs in Brazil, Latin America and the global South and established international markets. 
A mover and shaker on the São Paulo film-TV scene, Toledo was one of the architects of a pioneering Sao Paulo cash rebate for foreign and international Brazilian shoots – launched by São Paulo City Hall in 2019 and also embraced by São Paulo state from 2023 in a newly fortified edition. 

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Distinguished by requesting affirmative action policies in funding bids, along with a strong first wave of global streamer investment from 2016’s “3%,” through this November’s mega production “Senna,” the rebate has positioned Sao Paulo as not only the dominant but also most international-orientated of Brazil’s film-TV hubs. 

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Under his leadership, Spcine International Department attracted $366 million in business for its audiovisual sector, Toledo estimates. He also nurtured collaborations within Brazil, Latin America and in Africa.

Now Filomena Productions will further what Toledo loves – “boosting the international reach of productions and production companies,” he told Variety – but across a broad spectrum of consultancy services, aiming for the same growth and development of the global South industry, by offering a suite of consultancy services. 

One objective is to facilitate co-productions: Connecting filmmakers and producers in emerging markets with partners in established film industries, Toledo told Variety. Filomena also aims to attract international investment, identifying and securing funding opportunities from global investors for promising projects originating from the global South, and develop and implement market entry strategies, assisting companies in expanding their reach into new international markets and building sustainable global networks, he added. 

“By working closely with governments, industry stakeholders, and creative professionals, Filomena Productions aims to empower the global South to become a more significant player in the global film industry and to amplify diverse voices on the world stage,” Toledo said.

Two more services will be strategic guidance on navigating international film festivals and markets – offering expert advice on maximizing exposure and securing distribution deals – and assisting governments in the global South in developing and implementing policies to foster robust audiovisual industries: Working with governments to create a supportive environment for the growth of the audiovisual sector.

Filomena has inked a first contract with Brazil’s Mixer Films, producer of HBO Latin American Original “El Negocio” and multi-prized movie “Besouro.” Filomena is expected to announce more and significant consultancy arrangements shortly. 

Its launch comes at a significant time of far larger overseas profile for Brazilian film and TV as Walter Salles’ Oscar shortlisted “I’m Still Here” won a best actress Golden Globe for Fernanda Torres, and the Netflix/Gullane produced “Senna,” launched Nov. 29 the biggest budgeted Brazilian series in history. It featured in Netflix’s Top 10 non-English TV charts for weeks. 

“It’s a special moment for the international industry to see Brazil as a key production center. This is exactly the reason for creating Filomena. To ‘prove’ or guarantee to more developed film markets that the global South can deliver the same quality, but with lower prices and also new stories/narratives. The world can’t stand watching ‘Fast and Furious’ number 156 anymore,” Toledo told Variety.

Peaking in 2022 in volume, TV season orders by major global SVOD services looks to have halved in Brazil by 2024, according to Ampere Analysis.

That global streamer corrective has of course been felt worldwide. Increasingly production companies are looking outside Brazil, Latin America and the global South for co-production partners and financing. 

Filomena should be kept busy. 

Book on elderly fall prevention released

Arts & Culture, Books

‘Veezha Peruvazhvu’, a Tamil guide on preventing falls among the elderly, written by S. Kumaravel, Dean, K.A.P. Viswanatham Government Medical College, Tiruchi, was launched at the Chennai International Book Fair recently. The guide was one of 75 books released at the fair in Chennai on January 18 by Chief Minister M.K. Stalin in the presence of School Education Minister Anbil Mahesh Poyyamozhi, writer-politician Shashi Tharoor and senior officials. It would be made available by Tamil Nadu Textbook and Educational Services Corporation soon. “Conditions like hyponatremia, when the sodium level is lower than normal in the blood, mixing up of medications or poor vision, can cause the elderly to lose their balance. I began writing the guide for medical students to understand terminology and concepts in their mother tongue. The book will help caregivers and students alike,” Dr. Kumaravel said in a statement. Published – January 20, 2025 06:28 pm IST
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St. Stephen considers tourism accommodation

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A tourism accommodation levy could be coming to St. Stephen. Chief administrative officer Jeff Renaud presented the draft bylaw to the municipal council at its January committee of the whole meeting. 
The proposed levy is currently set at 3.5 per cent, the same as what accommodations in Saint Andrews charge.
“I think we do need to put something in place,” said Mayor Allan MacEachern, during the meeting. “We’ve always been putting this on the back burner because we didn’t have the big H beside us over there, the hotel.”
“But then I come to find out at a meeting with Saint Andrews, actually, there’s a lot of benefit to it, and it wouldn’t hurt to get this in place anyway because we’re going to have that soon.”
The accommodation levy bylaw would require those providing tourism accommodations to register with the municipality each year. It would then collect the tax from guests, and provide it to the town on a quarterly basis. 
Renaud said the money can then be used for tourism promotion, development, and fees required by the Southwest New Brunswick Service Commission. 
“It’s becoming expected by the most travelling public,” he said. “If it is a way for us, one, to offset the cost we incur through the RSC, support tourists and tourism events that bring local dollars into the downtown without hitting the taxpayer at the end of the day … it certainly has a lot of benefits.” 
He said it would be critical to implement it in the right manner. 
Coun. Emily Rodas, who said during the meeting that she recently opened an Airbnb, said she was concerned the levy would be perceived negatively given there are no major hotels in the area, only small operators. 
“It feels frustrating because there is nothing else here so it’s almost like a deterrence to starting those types of things,” she said at the meeting. 
“So, when we have a hotel, it’s different. But when we have nothing here and then you’re kind of expecting the business owners who are running these smaller places to be able to offer accommodations, then it feels frustrating because there’s nothing else here. So, it’s almost like a deterrence to starting those types of things.”
MacEachern said this might not come into effect right away, but the municipality will need it when the town secures a major hotelier. 
Coun. Earle Eastman said the registration of business might actually help the municipality understand how much accommodation is available. 
“For the levy itself, being hard, all you’ve got to do is make sure your invoice is done right. Because if your invoice is done right, you’re going to put in HST anyways, and you’re going to frigging put the levy in there. So, it’s not that hard,” he said.
For Coun. Joyce Wright, St. Stephen is lagging behind other places. 
“While I understand the frustration of another step involved, I also think that we are lagging behind, it’s almost unheard of. I’ve never stayed anywhere recently where there is not a levy,” she said. 
Wright said she also appreciates it would reduce the burden placed on the taxpayers of the municipality by a tourism levy imposed on them by the RSC. 
Renaud said there has been no evidence, based on discussions with hoteliers in the past, that a tourism levy would deter it from building or operating in the community. 
Coun. Wade Greenlaw said he would like to seek feedback from businesses on the tourism levy. 
“I’m sure there’s good examples of it in Saint Andrews,” he said. “They can say it’s not much extra work for whoever the business owner is, or it is a lot of work for the business owner.”
The council will need to bring the bylaw to a regular meeting of the council. It must receive three readings, pending any amendments, and go for a final vote.

Welcome to the era of gangster tech regulation

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Our tech overlords all have problems, and they want to buy the solutions.By Elizabeth Lopatto, a reporter who writes about tech, money, and human behavior. She joined The Verge in 2014 as science editor. Previously, she was a reporter at Bloomberg. President Donald Trump is being sworn in today, and we are about to find out what happens when the government is actually as corrupt as our most brain-rotted conspiracy theorists imagine.“Trump Inauguration, Awash in Cash, Runs Out of Perks for Big Donors,” The New York Times reported, somewhat inaccurately. Sure, the Trump people ran out of VIP tickets, but that’s not what the donors were buying. This is pure, obvious corruption — the kind that used to trigger shame, back when we were a populace that could still experience that emotion. Our tech overlords all have problems, and they want to buy the solutions. I guess it was easier than making products people actually like.“First Buddy” Elon Musk spent at least a quarter of a billion dollars electing Donald Trump. Corporations and wealthy donors have sent half a billion more since he was elected. Amazon, Google, Uber, Microsoft, and Meta donated $1 million each to Trump’s inauguration, as did Apple’s Tim Cook and OpenAI’s Sam Altman. (Joe Biden’s inauguration hardly received this kind of largesse.) “In the first term, everybody was fighting me,” Trump said in December.  “In this term, everybody wants to be my friend.”Musk, Jeff Bezos, and Mark Zuckerberg, the three wealthiest men on Earth, are reportedly attending the inauguration; they were to be seated with elected officials and cabinet nominees, before the ceremony was moved indoors. (Cook is also reportedly attending.) Musk will have office space in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building next to the White House, according to The New York Times. So what are these men buying?Real market opportunities are rarer than they used to be. Tech executives and investors have become openly resentful about their products’ societal repercussions and an unconscionable lack of adulation from the citizenry. Zuckerberg in particular seems bored with Facebook, his major moneymaker, and has been searching for a new toy.  He spent at least $46 billion plus the cost of a company rebrand on the  Metaverse, only to find that his Big New Thing didn’t have legs. His latest Big New Thing is AR glasses, which are heavily reliant on whatever AI (and, likely, tariff) policy Trump will dictate. Nearly every major tech company has at least one lawsuit pending. Apple has an antitrust suit pending. Google just lost one. There’s also a Federal Trade Commission suit that could peel Instagram and WhatsApp off Meta. Trump cares little about the actual purpose of antitrust enforcement: making companies compete for customers with good products. All the pending litigation is just leverage for Trump to punish anyone who doesn’t fall in line. And Silicon Valley is more disinterested in consumers than ever. “Get out of jail free” is a pretty famous card in the game of Monopoly, after all. Image: Mark Harris for The VergePerhaps nobody has spent more to buy a break from public scrutiny than the crypto industry. “The crypto guys are just blowing it out,” an anonymous Trump advisor told Axios. “It used to be $1 million was a big number. Now we’re looking at some folks giving like $10 [million] or $20 million.” They want a friendly Securities and Exchange Commission. Venture capitalist and PayPal Mafioso David Sacks has already been named as a “crypto czar.” And there’s a pending executive order to name crypto “a national imperative or priority — strategic wording intended to guide government agencies to work with the industry,” according to Bloomberg. We may even be about to witness our very first presidential meme coin pump-and-dump. Crypto is good for little besides crime and gambling, and less regulation means more chances for people to get scammed by the next FTX. (Speaking of gambling, Robinhood donated $2 million to the Trump inaugural fund.) On top of that, the executive order means a higher likelihood of crypto getting shoveled into new government projects — whether it’s useful or not. Crypto capture could even extend to soft-pedaling enforcement of the assorted criminal industries that rely on it.Then there’s the taxes, of course. The billionaires don’t want to pay them, and Trump is amenable to that. Scott Bessent, nominated for Treasury Secretary, said “the most important economic issue of the day” was making sure tax cuts for the ultra-wealthy stayed in place. Bessent is accused of being a tax dodge himself.But that’s all small potatoes. The real money is in the military. The venture capitalist Marc Andreessen — also a board member of Meta and major investor in X — has been recruiting Trump administration staffers and even influencing Defense Department and intelligence agency hiring, The Washington Post reports. As usual, he’s given the game away by bragging about it on a podcast.Silicon Valley investors generally have been bullish on defense tech like industry poster children Anduril and Palantir. (a16z is a major Anduril backer, and both companies are founded and owned by some of the Valley’s earliest MAGA faithful.) They want to shift Pentagon spending away from old-school contractors like Lockheed Martin, which appears to be so freaked out that when the “Big Tech Alert” X account noted it had unfollowed Musk, the Lockheed account DM’d to say it was “inadvertent.”Musk’s SpaceX has a number of contracts with the US military and intelligence agencies, including the so-called Starshield satellites. He’s used his influence to meddle in the war between Russia and Ukraine, and has even reportedly taken phone calls from Vladimir Putin. The military’s interest in artificial intelligence has also inspired a new race for everything from building out data centers to providing cloud computing. Musk’s xAI, something of an also-ran next to OpenAI, Meta, and Google, could legitimize itself with DoD contracts.Andreessen has already expressed his displeasure with Joe Biden’s executive order on AI, which will likely be repealed. The AI goldrush likely also interests Microsoft, Google, Meta, and Amazon — as well as an array of startups. As early as 2017, OpenAI cofounder Greg Brockman wrote to Elon Musk that the company should aim for a “Government project (when: ??).” (I’ve heard rumors that OpenAI asked for government funding around then; Microsoft also reportedly pitched DALL-E to the military in 2023.)  Microsoft has the most to lose in these negotiations — Senators Ron Wyden and Eric Schmitt have expressed concerns that the Defense Department is too dependent on it as a vendor. CEO Satya Nadella has already made a pilgrimage to Mar-A-Lago to grovel before Trump and Musk. Image: Mark Harris for The VergeMass privatization could make things even more profitable for the tech industry. Data/research stuff is an obvious bonanza, but Musk’s criticisms of the F-35 program suggest much broader targeting. Greater military investment in drones, for instance, would likely benefit Anduril. Musk already makes rockets, which means it’s a short leap for SpaceX to make missiles. And should the Trump administration carry out its mass deportation threats, there will doubtless be demand for more databases, mass tracking, and detention centers.But this isn’t a friendly clown car all these men have packed themselves into. Their interests simply do not align. Zuckerberg is the biggest beneficiary of a TikTok ban and has practically begged Trump to punish Apple for him. Trump may have changed his mind on banning TikTok, though, perhaps because a major conservative donor owns a 15 percent stake. Apple is dependent on Chinese manufacturing and needs exemptions from the Trump administration’s promised tariffs. Andreessen has asked for the breakup of Google, which is now appealing its monopoly judgment. Everyone wants to steal contracts from Microsoft. Jeff Bezos and Musk are rivals for space contacts. If we know anything from Trump’s first term, it’s that he loves people jockeying for his favor. Sure, that means mess, but it also means funny bedfellows. For instance, everyone hates the EU’s regulatory regime. It’s easy to imagine Zuckerberg, Musk, and Cook teaming up to get Trump to defang the EU’s Digital Services Act — and then immediately turning on each other. Being in Trump’s good graces is a zero sum game, and the prize is that the clown car is eventually going to go right over a cliff.Keeping Trump happy could be expensive, but cheaper than legal battles. Selective legal enforcement puts every company under a sword of Damocles — make the wrong move and you can be cut to shreds by lackeys in Congress or the FCC. Just look at TikTok’s fawning appeals to Dear Leader. The Supreme Court has upheld the TikTok ban, but if Trump only punishes the people he doesn’t like, nothing happens to TikTok. (Crucially, the law’s still on the books to keep other Chinese competitors in line.) Did I mention TikTok’s CEO Shou Chew got a front-row invite to Trump’s inauguration from the man himself?I suppose I have to explain why this makes the US a shittier place to live, given the “savvy” cynicism I’ve seen about how it’s all rotten here already. Tech companies, padding their bottom lines, have made their experiences worse, a phenomenon so widespread and well-recognized that now there’s slang for it. Whether the scandals are scams, child predation, worker exploitation, or violations of user privacy — pick your poison — Trump has offered tech a way to buy itself out of consequences. That makes life tangibly worse for everyone who isn’t a billionaire. There are those who will say that this is good — that the corruption is happening in the open instead of the shadows. But public, open corruption allows even more rottenness to fester in secret. Consider all the strongman governments; besides their advances in bribery, what did they innovate? Silicon Valley’s leaders fashion themselves as titans of industry, but what they’re really building is a golden age of grift.

‘Five star’ horror movie with ‘show-stopping’ Scream Queen performance is now streaming

Arts & Culture, Film & TV

A 2022 period horror flick has swiftly carved its way into the annals of great slasher movies, and it’s now frighteningly easy to enjoy from the comfort of your sofa.As a standout entry from one of the highly praised trilogies of recent times, this enthralling, emotionally charged thriller boasts a “show-stopping” turn by a renowned actor.Transporting audiences to the 1910s, the film acts as a prequel to Ti West’s X, plunging into the origins of that unforgettable tale with nightmarish flair.Mia Goth delivers a career-defining performance in the lead role of Pearl, a deranged hopeful of silver-screen fame driven insane by heart-wrenching rejection.Drawing dark parallels with The Wizard of Oz and the pursuit of stardom in a burgeoning Hollywood, this brooding psychological scare-fest resonated with cinephiles and is now streaming on Netflix, reports the Daily Record.If you find yourself captivated by Pearl’s twisted journey, keep an eye out for the equally enthralling third part, Maxxxine, available for rent or purchase on platforms like Prime Video and Apple TV.The movie has mesmerised audiences primarily due to Goth’s entrancing central portrayal.Praise rains down from Little White Lies, which remarked: “At the end of the day, Pearl is a film which will live or die on your tolerance for Goth’s nitro-powered performance, in which she plays a character who only projects in extremes.”The calculatedly rictus smile she wears during a failed dance audition flips on a dime into a roof-panel-shaking primal scream.”CGMagazine’s review observed: “Aesthetics aside, a movie like Pearl lives and dies off the lead performance, and Mia Goth delivers a show-stopping performance here.”On Google, an enthusiastic five-star review exclaimed: “I didn’t expect anything nearly as good as this. Flawlessly innovative and brave film-making.”The searing technicolour palette and score reference Douglas Sirk but the narrative and universe is dark, complex and very very edgy.””Mia Goth is a total triumph,” they added, “and her performance only makes me more furious that the Oscars turns its nose up at ‘horror’ so performances like this go unrewarded.”She is breathtaking in this and gives a startling, moving and unsettling performance the likes of which I don’t think I’ve ever seen before.”On Letterboxd, another glowing five-star review echoed the sentiment that Goth’s performance warranted major accolades.”I’m not saying that Mia Goth should get a Best Actress nomination, but Mia Goth should definitely get a Best Actress nomination. Just saying,” the review read.Another raved: “How is it that a film that features a bunch of brutal kills and a woman making out with a scarecrow is one of the saddest and deeply beautiful tragic horror films ever made? I have no idea.”In a perfect world, Mia Goth will be the number one front runner for winning Best Actress come this award season. But because award shows are allergic to performances in horror films for the most part, that sadly won’t happen.”Although she didn’t secure an Oscar nomination, Goth has been hailed as one of the emerging ‘Scream Queens’ of her era. Don’t miss her most memorable performance yet.Pearl is available to stream on Netflix.

EXPERT REACTION: Trust in scientists comparatively high in Aotearoa and Australia

Science and Health

A study of trust in scientists with nearly 72,000 survey respondents ranks Australia fifth and New Zealand ninth out of 68 countries. Trust was ‘moderately high’ globally, but varied between regions—for example, right-wing politics in Western nations were linked with lower trust in scientists. The researchers found a link between populism and low trust in science, but didn’t find evidence for higher trust being linked to science literacy and national education spending. While public perception of scientific integrity was high and people generally wanted scientists to be involved with policymaking, respondents were less convinced of scientists’ openness. The authors recommend genuine dialogue between scientists and their communities, and caution that lack of trust among even a small minority can influence evidence-based policymaking and change public opinion, especially if the minority includes policymakers and receives high media coverage.

Journal/conference: Nature Human Behaviour

Research: Paper

Organisation/s: Macquarie University, The University of Western Australia, The University of New South Wales, Victoria University of Wellington, University of Tasmania, University of Otago, The Australian National University, La Trobe University, University of Waikato, The University of Melbourne

Donald Trump Begins His Historic Second Term as 47th President of the United States in Washington, D.C.

2024 Election

Donald Trump has officially started his second term as President of the United States, taking the oath of office as the nation’s 47th president. This inauguration marks a dramatic political comeback for Trump, who secured a stunning victory over Kamala Harris in last year’s election. Ceremony Moves Indoors Due to Freezing Temperatures In a rare…

UK Government Considers Sending Senior Royals on a US Tour to Strengthen Relations with Donald Trump in 2026

2024 Election

After Donald Trump’s second inauguration as president, the UK government is reportedly exploring the idea of a royal tour to the United States in 2026. This visit, which is still in early discussions, would aim to strengthen the “special relationship” between the two countries. The potential royal visit could also coincide with the 250th anniversary…