Parents Of Poisoned Teens Rush To Their Side In Thailand

Parents of teens poisoned in Laos rush to their hospital bedsides in Thailand; Trump wants to put trial on pause while he's President, adds more celebs to his administration; New Gender Pay Gap figures reveals female CEOS still earning less compared to male counterparts; Pop icon Cher teases 28th album

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:10):
You're listening to Amma Mea podcast. Mamma Mea acknowledges the
traditional owners of land and waters that this podcast is
recorded on Hey, I'm Taylor Strano from Mamma MIA's twice
daily news podcast, The Quickie with Your Headlines for Wednesday,
November twenty, parents of the two Australian teens fighting for

(00:31):
life in Thailand remained by their side after discovering they'd
suffered suspected methanol poisoning in Laos. Bianca Jones and Holly
Bowls were staying at a hostel near the Laysian capital
when they fell critically ill last week. There are also
reports of two Swedish nationals who have died, whilst others
also fell sick. Parents of the nineteen year olds have
rushed to Thailand, where the friends remain in a hospital.

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The Jones family telling The Herald's son they can't believe
what's happened. The friends from Melbourne were staying at Banana Hostel.
Owner Duang Van Juan has told the ABC the women
had been drinking at a bar and were taken to
hospital after becoming unwell on Wednesday morning. Australia's Department of
Foreign Affairs and Trade confirmed consular assistance is being provided

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to two Australians and their families in Thailand. Prosecutors who
secured Donald Trump's conviction over a hush money payment to
a pawn star have opposed his stated hope to have
the case dismissed now that he's headed back to the
White House. The president elect was scheduled to be sentenced
on November twenty sixth, but the New York State Supreme
Court Justice One Merchant last week put all proceedings in

(01:35):
the case on pause at the request of Manhattan District
Attorney Alvin Bragg's office. The prosecutors say they would accept
a delay, but asked Merchant to set a deadline for
Trump to formally seek dismissal of the case. Trump, who
first served as the president from twenty seventeen to twenty
twenty one, is hoping to enter office for a second
term unincumbered by any of the four criminal cases he's faced.

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He was convicted in May of falsifying business records to
cover up one hundred and thirty thousand dollars payment made
to the adult film star Stormy Daniels for her silence
before the twenty sixteen about a sexual encounter she says
she had with Trump, who denies it. It's the first
time a US president, former or sitting has been convicted
of or charged with a criminal offense. Meantime, Trump continues

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to nominate members of his administration, this time tapping cryptocurrency
enthusiast Howard Lutnick as his Secretary of Commerce. Lutnick, the
chief executive of Wall Street firm Canter Fitzgerald, is co
chair of Trump's transition team along with Lynda McMahon, the
former wrestling executive who previously led Trump's small business administration.
He's also chosen celebrity doctor Merhead Oz to serve as

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his administrator for the Centers of Medicare and Medicaid Services. Oz,
also known as Doctor Oz, unsuccessfully ran for the US
Senate in twenty twenty two. Trump says the celebrity doc
will work closely with Robert F. Kennedy Junior, who he's
nominated to lead the Department of Health and Human Services.
Australia's gender pay gap has narrowed further, held by wage

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farms in the age care sector, where four and five
workers are women. Naming and shaming individual companies is also
providing effective at pushing employers to root out the causes
of their gender pay gaps and act on them. The
average total remuneration gender pay gap is twenty one point
eight percent, down zero point six percentage points compared to
last year, with women earning seventy eight cents for every

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dollar men make. The workplace Gender Equality Agency looks at
the difference between the average rate of pay the women
receive and men across the workforce. They say paid parental
leave and other policies aimed at improving equality. Improving equity
across caring responsibilities are some of the ways employers can
ship away at their pay gaps. The pay gaps across

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heads of business and chief executives was higher than the
lower level managerial roles, with the average female CEO paid
on average just under one hundred and sixty thousand dollars
less than men. And You Can Believe in Life after
twenty seven albums, as Share has teased album twenty eight
is in the works. The Believe hit maker appeared on
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon this week to promote

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her new two part memoir, where she was asked if
there'll be another album. Without giving anything away, she simply replied,
I'm about to the seventy eight year old music legend
release her first album featuring original material in ten years.
Last year Christmas, which followed twenty thirteen's Close to the Truth,
also marked her first ever festive record. That's your latest

(04:36):
news headlines on tomorrow's episode of The Quikie, We're diving
into the efficient, confusing, and sometimes criminal world of artificial intelligence.
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