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(19 Aug) - The owner of a cafe under investigation by the Fair Work Ombudsman after he reportedly refused to hire a black barista has himself become the target of racist attacks. Cafe owner Steven Hu (Photo: Channel 10) The Forbes & Burton cafe in Darlinghurst was the centre of a storm on Monday when Brazilian-born Australian... 

Clive Palmer (Source: Wikipedia) (19 Aug) - A larger-than-life Australian mining magnate turned lawmaker, Clive Palmer, was widely accused Tuesday of threatening Australia's relationship with its biggest trading partner through an extraordinary tirade against China. The 60-year-old multi-millionaire called the Chinese "bastards"... 

This is a pale grass blue butterfly, one of the most common species of butterfly in Japan. Recent research has revealed major impacts on this species from the radiation leaks at the Fukushima nuclear power plant. Credit: Joji Otaki, University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa, Japan (14 August)       Following the 1986 Chernobyl...