Australia & Pacific
A routine announcement about a planning day at Finland's embassy in Canberra has become a viral sensation.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese packed in the announcements this week before heading overseas for summits once again. But criticism, rumours and a viral Instagram post made it hard to get cut-through.
It all began when Arto Haapea fronted a video encouraging singles to enter a competition to travel to the Nordic country and dine with other singles. Then, they posted about a day-long closure for a staff planning day.
Finnish police cite ‘ambiguities and deficiencies in drainage’ at Google’s Muhos site as they open a Google Finland data centre investigation.
Google's subsidiary cleared more than 500 hectares of forest at two sites before mandatory environmental assessments were completed.
The tech giant allegedly cleared hundreds of hectares of forest before environmental checks were done.
The tech giant allegedly cleared hundreds of hectares of forest before environmental checks were done.
Authorities allege company may have breached Finnish environmental laws by forgoing required impact assessment
Science & Climate
Reuters reports that Finnish police said the criminal probe will look into “ambiguities and shortcomings in the drainage and water management at the construction site.” Google also reportedly cleared forests around the data center site near Muhos, Finland before completing required environmental impact assessments. [Link: Finland launches criminal probe of suspected environmental damage at Google data centre site | https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/finland-launches-criminal-probe-suspected-environmental-damage-google-data-2026-10-29/ | Reuters]
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