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Brady Hickman was spotted in Minchinhampton, near Stroud, on Sunday. (Gloucestershire Police)

Police have released new images of a man they want to speak to in connection with the rape of an elderly woman at her home in Gloucester.

Detectives are trying to trace Brady Hickman, 32, after the pensioner was attacked at an address in Linden in the early hours of Thursday.

Police warned people not to approach Hickman who is described as "a real danger" to the public

Hickman was spotted in Minchinhampton, near Stroud, on CCTV footage between 7.37am and 7.52am on Sunday.

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Brady Hickman has links to Tetbury, Gloucester city centre, Coney Hill, Stroud and Quedgeley. (Gloucestershire Police)

Gloucestershire Constabulary released images of 5ft 8in Hickman who has dark brown hair, and is of slim build with tattoos on his right hand.

He is thought to be travelling on a blue mountain bike, which he is pictured with.

Hickman has links to Tetbury, Gloucester city centre, Coney Hill, Stroud and Quedgeley.

Police also released a CCTV image of Hickman from accommodation in Gloucester on Thursday.

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Gloucestershire Constabulary released images of 5ft 8in Hickman. (Gloucestershire Police)

Detective Sergeant Faye Satchwell-Bennett said: "This individual represents a real danger to the public, so we would please ask members of the public not to approach him and to instead contact police immediately.

"I also appeal directly to Brady Hickman to come forward and hand himself into police."

Anyone with information relating to this case is asked to call 999 and quote incident number 169 of 14 November, or phone 01452753035 directly.

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U.N. climate summit reaches carbon markets deal - Reuters

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• New rules adopted by nearly 200 nations
• Deal implements Paris pact article
• Trillions of dollars may be unlocked for projects

GLASGOW, Nov 13 (Reuters) - Negotiators closed a deal setting rules for carbon markets at the United NationsCOP26 climate talks on Saturday, potentially unlocking trillions of dollars for protecting forests, building renewable energy facilities and other projects to combat climate change.

The final deal adopted by nearly 200 countries will implement Article 6 of the 2015 Paris Agreement, allowing countries to partially meet their climate targets by buying offset credits representing emission cuts by others.

Companies, as well as countries with vast forest cover, had pushed for a robust deal on government-led carbon markets in Glasgow, in the hope of also legitimising the fast-growing global voluntary offset markets.

Critics worry that offsetting could go too far in allowing countries to continue emitting climate-warming gases, making some wary of a hasty deal.

The deal was "a Brazilian victory" and the country is gearing up to become a "big exporter" of carbon credits, its environment ministry said on social media. The country is home to much of the Amazon forest, and has huge potential to build wind and solar plants.

"It should spur investment and the development of projects that could deliver significant emissions reductions," Brazil's chief negotiator Leonardo Cleaver de Athayde told Reuters.

But nations most vulnerable to the effects of climate signaled concern over offsets possibly opening up for abuses allowing bad actors to avoid cutting emissions.

"On Article 6, we will need to remain vigilant against greenwashing," the Marshall Islands' Climate Envoy Tina Stege said in a statement.

DISAGREEMENTS OVERCOME

The accord managed to overcome a series of sticking points that contributed to the failure of the previous two major climate meetings.

Previously, there was disagreement over a tax on certain carbon trades intended to fund climate adaptation in poorer nations. The deal addressed this with a compromise that had a two-track approach.

Bilateral trades of offsets between countries will not face the tax. The deal suggests developing nations capitulated to rich nations demands, including the United States, which had objected the levy.

In a separate centralised system for issuing offsets, 5% of proceeds from offsets will be collected to go toward an adaptation fund for developing countries.

Also in that system, 2% of the offset credits will be cancelled. That aims to increase overall emissions cuts by stopping other countries using those credits as offsets to reach their climate targets.

Another provision resolved how to carry forward carbon credits created under the old Kyoto Protocol, the Paris Agreement's predecessor, into the new offset market system.

Negotiators reached a compromise that sets a cut-off date, with credits issued before that date not being carried forward.

The final accord carries over any offsets registered since 2013. That will allow 320 million offsets, each representing a tonne of CO2, to enter the new market, according to an analysis by the NewClimate Institute and Oko-Institut non-profit organisations.

Campaigners had warned against flooding the new market with old credits, and raised doubts about the climate benefits of some.

The 2013 date "is not good. So now it will be buyer countries' jobs to just say 'no' to them," said carbon markets expert Brad Schallert, with the World Wildlife Fund.

DOUBLE COUNTING

One of the most contentious points had been on the question of whether credits could be claimed by both the country selling them and the country buying.

A proposal by Japan resolved the issue and gained backing from both Brazil and the United States. Brazil's past insistence on allowing double counting had torpedoed an Article 6 deal in the past.

Under the deal, the country that generates a credit will decide whether to authorise it for sale to other nations or to count towards their climate targets.

If authorised and sold, the seller country will add an emission unit to its national tally and the buyer country will deduct one, to ensure the emissions cut is counted only once between countries.

The same rules apply to credits used more broadly toward "other international mitigation purposes" - wording that some experts said could include a global scheme for offsetting aviation emissions, ensuring double counting does not happen there too.

Matt Williams, a climate expert at the Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit, said the final deal was better but not perfect.

"We've seen the worst possibilities for double counting of emissions cuts tightened up or guarded against. It doesn't mean it's ruled out completely."

Reporting by Jake Spring and Kate Abnett Additional reporting by Valerie Volcovici and Simon Jessop Editing by Jan Harvey, Mark Potter, Aurora Ellis and Andrew Cawthorne

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New Zealander reveals the major ‘culture shock’ she faced after moving to America: ‘Nothing is the normal price’ - Yahoo Singapore News

A TikToker from New Zealand is raising eyebrows after sharing the big “culture shock” she faced after relocating to America.

The video comes from popular user Jazz Thornton, who posts videos as both @jazzthornton_ and @notjazzthornton. On the latter account, the New Zealander revealed something strange she noticed when she temporarily moved to the U.S. 

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Her clip, which has drawn nearly 4 million views, is part of a longstanding TikTok trend in which users share their biggest international culture shocks. In the past, TikTokers have discussed why some fruits have different names in Australia, why Swedish people “only” eat candy on Saturday and what happens if you order “chips and salsa” in Italy. 

In Thornton’s video, which is part of a series, she pointed out one specifically “weird” fact about shopping in America: the way that price tags don’t really show how much something costs.  

Thornton begins by explaining that she recently tried to buy a dress in America and was shocked to discover that the listed price was way different than what she ultimately paid. 

“It was like $10 more,” she says. 

The issue? Sales tax. In New Zealand, the sales tax is typically included in the listed price — meaning what you see is what you pay. Of course, it’s a lot more complex in the U.S. 

“And then, when you’re in restaurants and stuff, the tax is added, and the tipping is added,” Thornton says of the U.S. “It’s like, nothing is the normal price.”

It’s a common confusion. Many countries treat sales tax similarly to New Zealand, where it’s included in the price. In the U.S., that’s not possible because sales tax differs by state or even by county. 

However, many Americans were shocked to learn that some countries do things differently.

“Wait, what? This isn’t normal?” one TikToker commented. 

“Can I please just come back to New Zealand with you?” another joked. 

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New Zealander reveals the major ‘culture shock’ she faced after moving to America: ‘Nothing is the normal price’ - Yahoo Singapore News

A TikToker from New Zealand is raising eyebrows after sharing the big “culture shock” she faced after relocating to America.

The video comes from popular user Jazz Thornton, who posts videos as both @jazzthornton_ and @notjazzthornton. On the latter account, the New Zealander revealed something strange she noticed when she temporarily moved to the U.S. 

Can we preserve the Earth while maintaining the thrill of being human?

Her clip, which has drawn nearly 4 million views, is part of a longstanding TikTok trend in which users share their biggest international culture shocks. In the past, TikTokers have discussed why some fruits have different names in Australia, why Swedish people “only” eat candy on Saturday and what happens if you order “chips and salsa” in Italy. 

In Thornton’s video, which is part of a series, she pointed out one specifically “weird” fact about shopping in America: the way that price tags don’t really show how much something costs.  

Thornton begins by explaining that she recently tried to buy a dress in America and was shocked to discover that the listed price was way different than what she ultimately paid. 

“It was like $10 more,” she says. 

The issue? Sales tax. In New Zealand, the sales tax is typically included in the listed price — meaning what you see is what you pay. Of course, it’s a lot more complex in the U.S. 

“And then, when you’re in restaurants and stuff, the tax is added, and the tipping is added,” Thornton says of the U.S. “It’s like, nothing is the normal price.”

It’s a common confusion. Many countries treat sales tax similarly to New Zealand, where it’s included in the price. In the U.S., that’s not possible because sales tax differs by state or even by county. 

However, many Americans were shocked to learn that some countries do things differently.

“Wait, what? This isn’t normal?” one TikToker commented. 

“Can I please just come back to New Zealand with you?” another joked. 

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48 hours in Hong Kong: Actress-host Grace Chan's insider tips on what to see and do - CNA

“I found out about Ming Tak basketball court because of some hashtags I was looking at on Instagram. I’m always on the lookout for the next Instagrammable place and this popped out. The super-cool part about this place is how secluded it is. It’s all the way out in Tseung Kwan O and far away from the city,” she said.

Let’s not forget that it’s first and foremost built for sports, too. “The court itself is connected to a local mall where most of the residents out and about in the day seemed to be elderly. Safe to say, the court isn’t going to be teeming with people and is a great place to play basketball, hang out with friends – there’s even a place to roller-skate too. Other than that, I love how the court was designed with the intention of encouraging females to push boundaries in male-dominated sports,” added Chan.

5pm: After exploring the suburbs, one might miss the hustle and bustle of the city’s vibrant energy. Head over to Causeway Bay and spend the evening getting some retail therapy at shopping centres including Times Square, Sogo and Fashion Walk.

8pm: For dinner, Chan recommends a relatively unknown Italian restaurant in the nearby area of Tin Hau (a short walk from Causeway Bay). Corner 18, located within Nina Hotel, is where she frequents with actor husband Cheng.

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Why Hong Kong is building apartments the size of parking spaces - CNA

China’s mainland leaders, who have increasingly tightened their control over the city, have blamed unaffordable housing for massive social unrest that erupted in 2019 and called for policy solutions.

The completion of these units would be years away, while supply has continued to constrict. The number of private homes that can be produced from available land plots plunged from a peak of 25,500 in 2018 to 13,020 in 2021, according to think-tank Our Hong Kong Foundation.

Home values have risen a further 5 per cent so far in 2021. City officials have also expressed a desire to stop developers from building the tiniest of homes, of less than 200 sq ft. 

Markets can sometimes offer their own corrections, however, and there have been indications of home buyers being less than satisfied with the microflat trend. According to data provided by Liber Research, prices for flats under 260 sq ft rose only 78 per cent between 2010 and 2019, less than half of the overall market increase.

“The popularity of nanoflats has dropped in the past year,” says Joseph Tsang, chairman of Jones Lang LaSalle in Hong Kong.

Some new projects have had difficulty selling nanoflats while larger apartments continued to find high demand, he says. Some buyers have even sold at a loss from what they paid to buy into new construction.

"People realise that, if they could afford such a high unit cost, they might as well buy a bigger one, or buy in a more remote location with more space,” he says.

Nonetheless, the average cost of a nanoflat with less than 200 sq ft rose to US$3,276 per sq ft in the first nine months of 2021, according to Midland Realty; that makes the smallest homes more expensive than a typical-sized flat - almost US$500 more expensive per sq ft.

Some civic groups have petitioned to prohibit developers from building tinier and tinier homes: The same square footage divided into two apartments reaps higher profits for the developers, while taking a toll on society as a whole.

“It’s not that people really want to live in small apartments, it’s just very unfortunate that we don't have a strong enough societal consensus that decent housing is a right,” says Ng, the Chinese University professor.

“People have, year after year, really switched into a mindset that only relates to property for its exchange value, rather than what we call use value. Housing is for people to use, to raise a family, to develop social network, to build communities and to flourish as a result of that.”

Most microflat dwellers hope their situation is temporary, that by the time they are ready to couple up or have a family, they will be able to upgrade. Dr. Lee, who is currently renting his place in Kowloon, is saving for a down payment on a two-bedroom unit someday. "I live in such a small unit to save money," he says. "I want to move out as soon as possible."

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