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Cocaine with a street value of up to 50 million euros (£42m) has been discovered at a Coca-Cola plant in France. (bbc.com)
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Chinese public overwhelmingly backs renewables push | Over 90 per cent of people in China are concerned about environmental pollution and more than 96 per cent believe 'green power' could help to tackle the air pollution that is afflicting many of the country's cities. (businessgreen.com)
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Dogs can understand human speech, scientists discover: Brain scans discover evidence that dogs process language in a similar way to humans and are only truly happy if a praising tone of voice is matched by the actual words spoken (independent.co.uk)
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Canadian surgeons urge people to throw out bristle BBQ brushes. 'None of us have figured out a surefire way to get rid of them,' says Dr. Ian Dempsey (cbc.ca)
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Gonorrhea Is Becoming Untreatable, U.N. Health Officials Warn - The U.N. health agency released new guidelines warning doctors that it no longer recommends an entire class of antibiotics, quinolones, because quinolone-resistant strains of the disease have emerged all over the world. (npr.org)
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The new TTIP? Meet TISA, the 'secret privatisation pact that poses a threat to democracy': Government insists 'public services are under no threat whatsoever from this deal'(independent.co.uk)
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Beijing bans entertainment news that promotes Western lifestyles and celebrities, or pokes fun at Chinese values (scmp.com)
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Malaysia: Three ISIS militants arrested for planning attack on temple in Batu Caves (indianexpress.com)
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Insurers worth $1.2tn tell G20 to stop funding fossil fuels by 2020 | Climate change is the “mother of all risks” says Aviva CEO, and hundreds of billions in annual government assistance to oil, gas and coal is “simply unsustainable” (climatechangenews.com)
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Australia steps up gas fracking bans despite supply crunch | Victoria state has gone further than any other in Australia to block shale and coal seam fracking, announcing a permanent ban on Tuesday due to concerns of farmers and green groups on health and water risks (reuters.com)
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Cameron 'gave pay rise of 24% to some special advisers' before resignation | Former PM bumped up salaries of some advisors by £18,000 at a time when public pay sector pay rises were capped at 1% (theguardian.com)
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