Month: February 2024

Read More Police said the man, found inside the chute of a bin near Westfield Tuggerah, had died at the scene Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcast A man’s body has been found wedged in a charity clothing bin on…

Read More Advocates say clause introduced by Morrison government has sapped $13bn from public schools, with $26bn set to be lost by 2029 if Labor doesn’t honour election promise Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcast Public schools would lose billions…

Read More Prime Minister Denis Shmigal has visited Tokyo, meeting his Japanese counterpart Fumio Kishida to discuss aid Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has pledged his support to help rebuild Ukraine’s economy after the conflict with Moscow ends, making the commitment at the Japanese-Ukrainian reconstruction conference in Tokyo on Monday. A Ukrainian delegation of over…

Read More Biden administration explicitly backs ceasefire for first time and appeals for Israel to abandon offensive on Rafah The US has proposed a UN security council resolution calling for a temporary ceasefire and for Israel not to go ahead with a planned offensive on Rafah in southern Gaza. The draft text marks the first…

Read More Colorado Springs officers say they arrested 25-year-old after shootings that killed a student and another person A suspect was arrested on Monday on murder charges over the shootings of two people who were found dead in a dorm room last week at a University of Colorado campus in Colorado Springs, police said. The…

Read More Defensive positions taken as President Volodymyr Zelensky visits the frontline Defensive positions taken as President Volodymyr Zelensky visits the frontline

Read More Agency head Rafael Grossi has voiced doubts that the bloc would sanction Russia’s Rosatom The European Union is dependent on Russian uranium deliveries and sanctioning them would be unrealistic, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) head Rafael Grossi said on Monday. Grossi was in Brussels, briefing EU foreign ministers on the Iranian nuclear enrichment…

Read More The failed presidential candidate has insisted her rival is a “wannabe dictator” who will pull the US out of NATO Former US president Donald Trump plans to use the military to round up and terrorize Americans, failed US presidential candidate Hillary Clinton told CNN on Saturday.  The Republican frontrunner would become a “dictator…

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Read More Houthi spokesperson Brigadier General Yahya Saree issued a statement claiming the attack, saying the vessel was ‘at risk of potentially sinking’ Houthi spokesperson Brigadier General Yahya Saree issued a statement claiming the attack, saying the vessel was ‘at risk of potentially sinking’

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Read More The president has blasted lawmakers for failing to approve more aid to Ukraine, even after the death of a Russian activist US President Joe Biden has condemned Republican lawmakers for continuing to oppose sending more weapons and money to Ukraine, saying he can only hope the death of Russian political activist Alexey Navalny…

Read More Moses Robinette was convicted in a civil war-era brawl – but Biden’s predecessor gave him a reprieve Joe Biden’s great-great-grandfather was charged with attempted murder after a civil war-era brawl – but pardoned of any wrongdoing by Abraham Lincoln, a newspaper said on Monday, reviving on the US holiday of Presidents’ Day the…

Read More KATHMANDU, Feb 19 (IPS) – As involuntary migration rises around the world, partly in response to the impacts of climate change, justice for those leaving their homes and families to earn a living is largely missing, said activists meeting at the World Social Forum (WSF) in Kathmandu on Sunday. Read the full story,…

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Read More European Council president, Charles Michel, met with the widow of Alexei Navalny in Brussels on Monday 19 February, where she is also due to meet EU Foreign Affairs Ministers. European Council president, Charles Michel, met with the widow of Alexei Navalny in Brussels on Monday 19 February, where she is also due to…

Read More The ex-president is scrambling to come up with $450m after the judgment in his fraud trial as the next case looms Donald Trump was already reeling from multiple legal setbacks when a New York judge last week handed the former president a staggering defeat in his civil fraud case, ordering him to pay…

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Read More Police in Connecticut helped a seal make its way back into the water after it got lost in a snowy park. Police in Connecticut helped a seal make its way back into the water after it got lost in a snowy park.

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Read More Defence minister Richard Marles expected to outline plan to project power into Pacific Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcast The Albanese government is blaming the former administration for a $20bn black hole in Australia’s naval shipbuilding program, as a review finds Coalition announcements to fund new…

Read More Maksim Kuzminov, who changed sides in secret operation, killed after allegedly moving to Alicante, reports suggest A Russian helicopter pilot who defected to Ukraine last year in a secret operation has been found dead in Spain, according to the main military intelligence agency in Kyiv. Reports in Russian and Spanish media on Monday…

Read More White House prepared to send weapons that could strike inside Crimea if Congress approves $60bn aid package Joe Biden’s White House is prepared to send long-range tactical missiles to Ukraine if Congress approves a new funding package, according to a US media report on Monday. Citing two unnamed officials, NBC News said that…

Read More Widow of Alexei Navalny says she wants to ‘build a free Russia’ and says she will reveal why ‘Putin killed him’ Yulia Navalnaya has published a video address in which she vowed to continue her late husband’s political work and called on Russians to rally around her as Alexei Navalny’s family were told…

Read More Deadline of a few weeks comes as EU becomes the latest to wran against a military offensive on the city Deadline of a few weeks comes as EU becomes the latest to wran against a military offensive on the city

Read More Experts believe the stingray, Charlotte, became pregnant through a rare form of asexual reproduction known as parthenogenesis Experts believe the stingray, Charlotte, became pregnant through a rare form of asexual reproduction known as parthenogenesis

Read More PARIS, Feb 19 (IPS) – The International Energy Agency (IEA) held its annual ministers meeting last week in Paris, marking the 50th anniversary of the world’s leading energy organization. Critical topics on the agenda included energy security issues linked to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and geopolitical tensions in the Middle East, as well…

Read More Maksim Kuzminov, who hijacked a military helicopter, has reportedly been gunned down Russian pilot Maksim Kuzminov, who defected to Ukraine last year with a military helicopter, has been killed, a spokesman for Ukrainian military intelligence (GUR), Andrey Yusov, claimed on Monday. The official was reached for comment on the matter by RBK-Ukraine after…

Read More Avon and Somerset police confirm ages of children found at property in early hours of Sunday Three children found dead at a suburban semi-detached house in Bristol were siblings aged nine months to seven years, police have confirmed. Avon and Somerset police said a 42-year-old woman arrested on suspicion of their murder sustained…

Read More Western speculation that Kiev was on the verge of victory has reportedly given way to “despair and hedging” The mood among Ukraine’s Western backers has reportedly turned from sanguine and hopeful to “anxious and unmoored” in the past year, as Russian forces make gains on the battlefield and doubts rise over continued US…

Read More Tim Davie says six-year agreement insulates corporation from volatility in the market The director general of the BBC has told MPs he is pleased with the new licence fee settlement, in which the government reneged on an agreement and cut the planned annual rise by a third, as rivals tackle a severe downturn…

Read More Navalny was Putin’s most visible and prominent critic and died in an Arctic prison complex while serving a 19 year-prison sentence Navalny was Putin’s most visible and prominent critic and died in an Arctic prison complex while serving a 19 year-prison sentence

Read More The right wing’s grotesque exercise in Soviet-style propaganda slanders Joe Biden and America itself. The right wing’s grotesque exercise in Soviet-style propaganda slanders Joe Biden and America itself.

Read More ‘This is not a joke’ ‘This is not a joke’