Month: October 2022

Read More Hospitals and nursing homes across the state evacuated Hospitals and nursing homes across the state evacuated

Read More Hawthorn president says club’s cultural review ‘unfair’ to senior staff named by Indigenous players Get our free news app, morning email briefing or daily news podcast Attorney-general Mark Dreyfus is speaking to ABC Insiders host David Speers this morning with the first subject on the proposed anti-corruption commission. First question: why not make…

Read More Military defeat in Donetsk comes hours after Moscow declared that the region was Russian territory ‘for ever’ Russia-Ukraine war: latest developments Russia suffered a humiliating military defeat on Saturday when Ukrainian troops liberated the key eastern city of Lyman, with videos showing them raising a blue and yellow national flag and performing a…

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Read More World Affairs Editor Kim Sengupta on widespread concern that Brazil’s president might cling to power and trigger a violent confrontation World Affairs Editor Kim Sengupta on widespread concern that Brazil’s president might cling to power and trigger a violent confrontation

Read More Guests, which included hedge fund managers, allegedly congratulated the chancellor and told him to ‘double down’ Kwasi Kwarteng reportedly attended a private champagne reception with hedge fund managers at the home of a Conservative donor on the same day he delivered his mini-budget. The chancellor is alleged to have given guests information about…

Read More Every time a private jet takes off, it pours excrement on what Covid-19 fundraiser Captain Tom stood for, the 21-year-old said A UK activist campaigning to “End UK Private Jets” dumped a plastic container full of what she claimed was “actual liquid human s***” over a memorial to Covid-19 fundraiser and World War…

Read MoreFlorida residents are facing tough choices about whether to stay or leave in the aftermath of Hurricane Ian.Florida residents are facing tough choices about whether to stay or leave in the aftermath of Hurricane Ian.

Read More Siamak Namazi, convicted along with father on espionage charges, freed from Evin prison on one-week renewable furlough An Iranian American businessman who has been imprisoned in Iran for nearly seven years has been released from Tehran’s Evin prison on a one-week, renewable furlough, the United Nations announced on Saturday. The release of detainee…

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Read More NPR’s Michel Martin speaks with political scientist Cas Mudde about Sweden’s and Italy’s electoral results. NPR’s Michel Martin speaks with political scientist Cas Mudde about Sweden’s and Italy’s electoral results.

Read More The day before the vote dawns, and President Jair Bolsonaro and former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva are making one last push to get the vote out in Brazil. The day before the vote dawns, and President Jair Bolsonaro and former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva are making one last push…

Read More A father and son fighting for Ukraine against the Russian invasion say the war has heightened their Jewish identity. (Image credit: Eleanor Beardsley/NPR) A father and son fighting for Ukraine against the Russian invasion say the war has heightened their Jewish identity.

Read MoreThe luxury mansion was seized after Equatorial Guinea’s vice-president was convicted of embezzling money.The luxury mansion was seized after Equatorial Guinea’s vice-president was convicted of embezzling money.

Read More Aides Alice Robinson and Mac Chapwell paid by company run by Liz Truss’s new chief of staff Two of the prime minister’s most senior advisers are being paid through her new chief of staff’s lobbying company, it has emerged, days after Downing Street said it would employ the latter directly. The government admitted…

Read More The Tesla CEO opposed censoring Russian media SpaceX and Tesla tycoon Elon Musk wrote in March that RT and other Russian news sources were “entertaining” and made “some good points,” according to court documents. Musk refused to block these sites’ IP addresses from his Starlink internet service, despite pressure from “some governments.” In…

Read More New book on Trump White House contains embarassing details New book on Trump White House contains embarassing details

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Read More Kiev might get up to 12 Caesar howitzers from Paris that were originally destined for Denmark, Le Monde reports France is reportedly preparing a new weapons delivery to Ukraine, which might include between six and 12 Caesar self-propelled howitzers, the French newspaper Le Monde reported on Saturday. The artillery pieces were originally intended…

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Read More Teargas and stun grenades used by security forces as unrest over poverty and corruption flares up in the capital and other cities Iraqi security forces have fired teargas and stun grenades to disperse stone-throwing protesters in clashes that wounded scores off Baghdad’s Tahrir Square, where hundreds marked the anniversary of anti-government unrest in…

Read More Twenty-seven reported dead in Florida and four in North Carolina as residents try to rebuild from one of most powerful recent storms As Hurricane Ian upended the lives of millions along the south-eastern United States, authorities sifting through the wreckage in Florida and the Carolinas were reporting a few dozen deaths as of…

Read More The release of the Americans, including five oil executives, is in exchange for the freedom of two nephews of the Venezuelan president’s wife. (Image credit: Posted on Twitter by Jorge Arreaza/Venezuela’s Foreign Ministry via AP) The release of the Americans, including five oil executives, is in exchange for the freedom of two nephews…

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Read MoreBurkina Faso’s military leader was deposed on Friday in the second coup this year.Burkina Faso’s military leader was deposed on Friday in the second coup this year.

Read More Prime minister reportedly raised objections to him going during personal audience at Buckingham Palace King Charles III is reportedly abandoning plans to attend and deliver a speech at the Cop27 climate change summit on the advice of Liz Truss. The monarch, a veteran campaigner on environmental issues, had been invited to the 27th…

Read MoreRepublicans are using the defeat of a voting suit brought by a group founded by Georgia Democrat Stacey Abrams to attack her legitimacy as a voting rights advocateRepublicans are using the defeat of a voting suit brought by a group founded by Georgia Democrat Stacey Abrams to attack her legitimacy as a voting rights…

Read MoreFrance ‘firmly denies’ involvement of the French army in an alleged counteroffensive plan by toppled leader Damiba.France ‘firmly denies’ involvement of the French army in an alleged counteroffensive plan by toppled leader Damiba.

Read MoreThe swap of the Americans, including five oil executives held for nearly five years, is the largest trade of detained citizens​ ever carried out by the Biden administration.The swap of the Americans, including five oil executives held for nearly five years, is the largest trade of detained citizens​ ever carried out by the Biden…

Read More Thomas Cashman, 34, also charged with attempted murder of Olivia’s mother, Cheryl Korbel, and Joseph Nee A 34-year-old man has been charged with murdering Olivia Pratt-Korbel five weeks after she was shot in the chest at her home in Liverpool. Thomas Cashman, of west Derby, is accused of killing nine-year-old Olivia, who died…

Read More Russia pulled troops out Saturday from the eastern Ukrainian city of Lyman, which it had been using as a front-line hub. It was the latest victory for the Ukrainian counteroffensive. (Image credit: Evgeniy Maloletka/AP) Russia pulled troops out Saturday from the eastern Ukrainian city of Lyman, which it had been using as a…

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Read More Metrolink also suspends trains because ground underneath stretch of seaside track in southern California has shifted Metrolink and Amtrak have suspended train services linking San Diego to Los Angeles – along with the rest of the US – because ground underneath a stretch of seaside track in southern California has shifted, according to…

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Read More London museum bows to years of pressure and removes signs acknowledging the family behind the OxyContin crisis Campaigners calling for the name Sackler to be dropped from cultural landmarks are celebrating this weekend. Their smiles mark five years of demonstrations and dramatic stunts as another major arts institution – London’s Victoria and Albert…