Month: February 2023

Read More Anthony Albanese is expected today to announce a new agency to lead a national fight against hackers. Follow the day’s news live Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcast Hundreds of Jetstar travellers spent almost seven hours stranded on the tarmac at Alice Springs airport last night.…

Read MoreThe leaders of a new House select committee on China are defending Democratic Rep. Judy Chu on Sunday after a GOP lawmaker questioned her loyalty to the U.S. based on her Chinese heritageThe leaders of a new House select committee on China are defending Democratic Rep. Judy Chu on Sunday after a GOP lawmaker…

Read MoreAs rare talks were held in Jordan, a Palestinian gunman killed two Israelis in the occupied West Bank.As rare talks were held in Jordan, a Palestinian gunman killed two Israelis in the occupied West Bank.

Read More Group speaks out after hospitals refused to offer treatment for a woman who had a near deadly miscarriage citing ambiguous law An influential group in Louisiana that has long opposed abortion access is calling out medical providers and their legal advisers who – for an apparent fear of liability – have cited the…

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Read More Rallies against the US-led NATO bloc and the supply of weapons to Ukraine have been held across France Multiple mass protests against France’s NATO membership and its continued support of Kiev were held on Sunday in the capital Paris and at other locations across the country. he demonstrations, taking place for the second…

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Read More The “humanitarian aid” package was announced during a surprise visit by the Saudi foreign minister to Kiev Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan made a surprise visit to Ukraine on Sunday, meeting President Vladimir Zelensky in the capital city Kiev and becoming the highest-ranking official of the kingdom ever to visit the…

Read More A new report has suggested that the Covid-19 pandemic most likely originated in a Chinese laboratory White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan has dissented against a Wall Street Journal report which stated that a US Department of Energy study concluded that the Covid-19 pandemic was likely the result of a failure of…

Read More US government agencies remain divided on the controversial ‘lab leak’ theory, with two in favour and five against US government agencies remain divided on the controversial ‘lab leak’ theory, with two in favour and five against

Read More Charges were dropped in 2019 against Kimbery Winters, a high school teacher accused of abuse by a past pupil Charges were dropped in 2019 against Kimbery Winters, a high school teacher accused of abuse by a past pupil

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Read More Patrols dispatched to frontier as migration minister calls for fences and surveillance as well as aid to preempt migration Greece has reinforced border controls along its land and sea frontier with Turkey amid expectations of a new wave of arrivals by people displaced in the earthquakes that have devastated south-east Turkey and northern…

Read More Jordan hosts first such high-level talks in years aimed at defusing tensions in region before Ramadan Israeli and Palestinian security chiefs have met in Jordan for the first such high-level talks in years aimed at defusing tensions in the volatile region ahead of the holy month of Ramadan, which it is feared could…

Read MoreAccording to the ministry of education in Idlib governorate, about 250 schools in the region were damaged in the quakes.According to the ministry of education in Idlib governorate, about 250 schools in the region were damaged in the quakes.

Read MoreThe deputy prime minister earlier said the UK was close to securing a deal with the European Union.The deputy prime minister earlier said the UK was close to securing a deal with the European Union.

Read More Joe Biden famously trashed economic plan of Johnson’s successor Joe Biden famously trashed economic plan of Johnson’s successor

Read More Washington has been the largest financial contributor to Ukraine in its conflict with Russia Robust safeguards must be in place to prevent fraud and corruption from undermining foreign aid packages to assist Ukraine in its conflict with Russia, according to John Sopko, the United States’ special inspector general for Afghanistan reconstruction (SIGAR). Sopko,…

Read More European Commission chief heading to Britain with Northern Ireland deal expected as soon as Monday Rishi Sunak is to hold face-to-face talks with the European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen, with a deal to revise post-Brexit arrangements in Northern Ireland expected as soon as Monday. “Today, president of the European Commission Ursula…

Read More Firm set for clash with investors over possible payout to Bernard Looney from three-year share award plan BP is set for a clash with investors after it emerged the oil and gas group’s chief executive could be in line for a special bonus of up to £11.4m. The payment, in shares, will be…

Read More Updated finding a departure from previous studies on how the virus emerged and comes with ‘low confidence’ The virus which drove the Covid-19 pandemic most likely emerged from a laboratory leak but not as part of a weapons program, according to an updated and classified 2021 US energy department study provided to the…

Read MoreThe following is a transcript of an interview with Reps. Mike Gallagher and Raja Krishnamoorthi that aired on “Face the Nation,” on Sunday, Feb. 26, 2023The following is a transcript of an interview with Reps. Mike Gallagher and Raja Krishnamoorthi that aired on “Face the Nation,” on Sunday, Feb. 26, 2023

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Read MoreDeputy PM Dominic Raab says Britain is close to a deal on post-Brexit trade arrangements in Northern Ireland.Deputy PM Dominic Raab says Britain is close to a deal on post-Brexit trade arrangements in Northern Ireland.

Read More Demonstrators descended on the Ramstein military installation in Germany, calling for an end to arms deliveries to Ukraine Several hundred people gathered on Sunday outside Ramstein US airbase in southwestern Germany to demand an end to weapons shipments to Ukraine. The military site is where Western officials have regularly held meetings over the…

Read More EAST PALESTINE, Ohio — Federal environmental authorities have ordered a temporary halt in the shipment of contaminated waste from the site of a fiery train derailment earlier this month in eastern Ohio near the Pennsylvania state line. Region 5 administrator Debra Shore of the Environmental Protection Agency said Saturday the agency ordered Norfolk…

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Read More Beijing has expressed national-security concerns related to the SpaceX network Chinese researchers are preparing to launch close to 13,000 satellites into a low-earth orbit, in a move which would dwarf – and potentially monitor – Elon Musk’s SpaceX ‘Starlink’ network, which first launched in 2019 and provides satellite internet access to 50 countries.…

Read MoreChina says Alexander Lukashenko, the president of Belarus and a close ally of the Russian leader, will visit Beijing this weekChina says Alexander Lukashenko, the president of Belarus and a close ally of the Russian leader, will visit Beijing this week

Read More Members of the Ukrainian community in Washington held a mass rally at the Lincoln Memorial to mark the first anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Members of the Ukrainian community in Washington held a mass rally at the Lincoln Memorial to mark the first anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

Read MoreA senior Republican lawmaker is criticizing the Biden administration for not sending F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine, as tensions simmer about whether China could send weapons to help RussiaA senior Republican lawmaker is criticizing the Biden administration for not sending F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine, as tensions simmer about whether China could send weapons…

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Read More Demonstrators in the cities of Genoa and Milan are demanding an end to weapons supplies to Kiev Several thousand people turned up for peace demonstrations in the Italian cities of Genoa and Milan on Saturday. Union members and left-wing activists claimed, among other things, that authorities in Rome have breached national law by…