Canberra says restrictions will be lifted following a ‘rigorous science and risk-based assessment.’ Australia has announced that it will lift tough restrictions on beef imports from the United States, removing measures singled out for criticism by US President Donald Trump. Agriculture Minister Julie Collins said the government would remove theRead More →
BREAKINGBREAKING, The clash is the latest in a long-running deadly border dispute between the Southeast Asian neighbours. A clash has taken place between Thai and Cambodian troops at a disputed area of their border, Thailand’s military has said. In a statement, the Thai military said Cambodian troops opened fire inRead More →
Here are the key events on day 1,246 of Russia’s war on Ukraine. Here is how things stand on Thursday, July 24: Fighting A Russian drone strike on an energy facility in Ukraine’s northern region of Sumy caused power cuts for 220,000 people, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said, adding thatRead More →
The nation’s highest court has frequently ruled in favour of Trump’s expansive interpretation of presidential powers. The United States Supreme Court has ruled that President Donald Trump can remove three Democratic members of a consumer safety watchdog, handing him a win in his efforts to concentrate more power in theRead More →
The Trump administration says former President Obama sought to undermine Trump through faulty claims. The administration of United States President Donald Trump has again pushed unsubstantiated claims that former President Barack Obama committed treason by falsely tying him to Russian efforts to interfere in the 2016 election. Speaking at theRead More →
Salvador Plasencia did not supply Perry with the fatal dose but has admitted to obtaining ketamine for the actor’s use. Doctor Salvador Plasencia has pleaded guilty to illegally supplying the drug ketamine to Matthew Perry, star of the hit television show Friends, in the lead-up to the actor’s 2023 overdoseRead More →
Sayfollah Musallet, a Palestinian American, was killed by Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank on July 11, just days before his 21st birthday. His death is one of nearly 1,000 killings involving settlers this year, and his US citizenship has helped draw rare calls for a US investigation. CouldRead More →
Ukraine’s European allies marshalled resources this week to provide the besieged country with air defences against drones and ballistic missiles. The European Union also announced an 18th round of sanctions designed to sever all remaining Russian energy imports, and proposed a fivefold increase in the common defence budget to boostRead More →
The Israelis certainly owe Bret Stephens a favour. Yesterday, The New York Times opinion columnist took to the pages of the United States newspaper of record to promote his latest deranged argument, headlined: “No, Israel Is Not Committing Genocide in Gaza”. Never mind that numerous global institutions, ranging from variousRead More →
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has signed a controversial bill that hands sweeping authority to Ukraine’s prosecutor general over the country’s independent anticorruption agencies. This triggered the largest antigovernment protests on Tuesday since Russia’s full-scale invasion began in 2022. More protests are expected Wednesday. The new legislation, now law, gives the prosecutorRead More →
