Month: May 2023

Read More Exclusive: 45,209 rentals now registered as minister prepares to review proposed annual limits Follow our Australia news live blog for the latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcast The number of properties listed as short-term rentals across New South Wales has surged by 42% since 2021…

Read More ROME, May 03 (IPS) – When pupils from the Chadwick International School went on an exchange trip to their math teacher’s homeland the Philippines they were faced with a mystery. The kids from their twin school were warm, friendly and fun hosts. Read the full story, “International Cooperation Starts Early in South Korea”,…

Read More Watch a live aerial view of Atlanta after a shooting at a medical building left one person dead and three more injured. Watch a live aerial view of Atlanta after a shooting at a medical building left one person dead and three more injured.

Read More UNESCO’s new report on child marriages shows signs of progress. Yet each year, 12 million girls marry before they turn 18. And the pandemic, climate change and conflict has only made things worse. (Image credit: Sultan Mahmud Mukut/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) UNESCO’s new report on child marriages shows signs of progress. Yet…

Read MorePresident Joe Biden announced Tuesday he will send 1,500 active-duty troops to the southern border to provide operational support to U.S. immigration authorities amid an expected increase in migrant crossings ahead of the end of pandemic-era migration restrictions. CBS News reporter Camilo Montoya-Galvez has more on what is expected over the next few weeks.President…

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Read MoreWarring generals invited to peace talks as they observe a week-long ceasefireWarring generals invited to peace talks as they observe a week-long ceasefire

Read More Aged care minister Anika Wells to outline setpiece budget measure; veteran Aboriginal campaigner warns that governments will ignore any advisory body. Follow live Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcast Good morning and welcome to our rolling news coverage. I’m Martin Farrer and I’ve got details of…

Read More Actor shared a message on Instagram three weeks after he was hospitalized in Atlanta for an unknown ‘medical complication’ Jamie Foxx has released his first public statement since his hospitalization nearly three weeks ago for an unknown “medical complication”. “Appreciate all the love!!! Feeling blessed,” the Oscar-winning actor posted on Instagram along with…

Read More The “exceptional and temporary” measure replaces bans by individual countries The European Union has blocked the import of Ukrainian wheat, maize, rapeseed and sunflower seed to five member states for at least a month. The measure went into effect on Tuesday evening and is scheduled to expire June 5, unless it is extended. …

Read More The Sun is expected to destroy our home planet in five billion years Astronomers in the United States revealed on Wednesday that they had witnessed for the first time one of the most destructive forces in the cosmos: a dying star which had expanded massively into a red giant and destroyed a planet…

Read More Campaigners say defeat of amendment to close loopholes on party funding leaves UK open to ‘malign influences’ UK elections remain at risk from interference by hostile states after the government voted down a move to close loopholes on foreign donations to parties, campaigners have warned. The chair of parliament’s security committee was among…

Read More Micael Chong accused Trudeau’s government of turning blind eye while Chinese diplomat gathered information in Canada A Canadian lawmaker has accused government officials of turning a blind eye to Chinese harassment of his family as pressure mounts on Justin Trudeau to launch a public inquiry into Beijing’s attempts to meddle in the country’s…

Read More Keir Starmer’s U-turn on pledge to abolish university tuition fees is poorly timed just before local elections A month before the 1992 general election, which the Tories won even though many expected to see Labour in Downing Street, shadow chancellor John Smith set out his tax and spending plans in a high-stakes moment…

Read More One person was killed in the shooting, police said One person was killed in the shooting, police said

Read More Media freedom is in a “very serious situation” in a record number of countries, Reporters Without Borders has declared Journalists are facing threats and hostility in more countries than ever before, according to this year’s World Press Freedom Index. However, the report condemns non-Western governments for clamping down on press freedom, while ignoring…

Read More Atlanta Police Department release multiple images of gunman from inside medical building Atlanta Police Department release multiple images of gunman from inside medical building

Read More Audrey Barattiero claims Lori Vallow burst into laughter and told her ‘there would be blood and bleach and something about trash bags. She would bury me in a place nobody would ever find me’ Audrey Barattiero claims Lori Vallow burst into laughter and told her ‘there would be blood and bleach and something…

Read More Three members of Huwaitat tribe face execution, reportedly for opposition to Red Sea megacity UN rights experts have denounced the pending execution of three members of a Saudi tribe, reportedly in connection with their opposition to a planned Red Sea megacity. Three members of the Huwaitat tribe, which inhabits the desert area in…

Read More Heineken, Carlsberg and Innserve cut ties with White Hart Inn, which had golly dolls confiscated as part of police investigation A pub being investigated for an alleged hate crime over the display of racist dolls has closed for business after a boycott by three of its suppliers. Benice Ryley, co-leaseholder of the White…

Read More At least one person is dead and three others are injured after a gunman opened fire near an Atlanta hospital At least one person is dead and three others are injured after a gunman opened fire near an Atlanta hospital

Read More Ebrahim Raisi and Bashar Assad signaled a rapprochement with a long-term strategic cooperation agreement Iran and Syria have signed a long-term strategic cooperation agreement during the first visit between the two countries’ presidents since before war broke out in Syria over a decade ago, Damascus’ state news agency SANA reported on Wednesday. Iranian…

Read More NAIROBI, May 03 (IPS) – In a departure from the past, where journalists in Kenya have freely covered anti-government protests unharmed, a series of events that unfolded in March 2023 have heightened fears of the re-emergence of brutal physical attacks on journalists. Read the full story, “Drone Journalism Holds Great Potential to Improve…

Read More (CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.) — For the first time, scientists have caught a star in the act of swallowing a planet — not just a nibble or bite, but one big gulp. Astronomers on Wednesday reported their observations of what appeared to be a gas giant around the size of Jupiter or bigger being…

Read More A US-China conflict would severely disrupt global supply chains, Singapore’s defense minister has warned Singaporean Minister for Defense Ng Eng Hen said on Wednesday that the outbreak of war between the US and China would have profound implications for the entire world. He added that all nations must come together in the next…

Read More Teenage suspect ‘had names of children he wanted to kill’ Teenage suspect ‘had names of children he wanted to kill’

Read More UK’s outgoing chief scientist urges ministers to ‘get ahead’ of profound social and economic changes The new genre of AI could be as transformative as the Industrial Revolution, the government’s outgoing chief scientific adviser has said, as he urged Britain to act immediately to prevent huge numbers of people becoming jobless. Sir Patrick…

Read MoreUkraine denies having anything to do with an apparent drone attack on the Kremlin in Moscow.Ukraine denies having anything to do with an apparent drone attack on the Kremlin in Moscow.

Read More Democrats have begun collecting signatures for discharge petition to bring vote on borrowing limit to House floor A Politico analysis today points out that Democrat Joe Manchin and now-Independent Kyrsten Sinema have been angling themselves to be big players in the debt ceiling debate. While all of Manchin’s Democratic colleagues have been saying…

Read MorePolice search Jair Bolsonaro’s home as part of an investigation into false data in a vaccination database.Police search Jair Bolsonaro’s home as part of an investigation into false data in a vaccination database.

Read MoreOne student who escaped the attack described the alleged shooter as “a quiet boy and a good student.”One student who escaped the attack described the alleged shooter as “a quiet boy and a good student.”

Read More Test scores in history and civics have declined slightly for eighth grade students in the U.S., according to results that show an increasing number of children lack a basic understanding of either subject. The scores were released Wednesday by the National Assessment of Educational Progress. The same assessment reported in October that every…

Read More Allred, a rare Democratic congressman in Texas, says he has ‘taken down a lot tougher guys’ than Republican senator The far-right Republican Texas senator Ted Cruz will be challenged for his seat next year by Colin Allred, a former NFL linebacker who launched his campaign on Wednesday with a video referencing the January…

Read MoreThe Kremlin present no evidence of the alleged “terrorist act,” but said Putin was safe and working, with his schedule unchanged.The Kremlin present no evidence of the alleged “terrorist act,” but said Putin was safe and working, with his schedule unchanged.

Read More Groups say Thérèse Coffey has failed to monitor and prosecute farmers for practice, which causes severe health problems Allowing farmers in England to keep fast-growing broiler chickens which suffer a wide range of health problems is contrary to animal welfare regulations, the high court has heard. The Humane League UK (THL), represented by…