Category: World
South African ambassador expelled from US welcomed home by supporters
The South African ambassador who was expelled from the US and declared persona non grata by the Trump administration was welcomed home on Sunday by [more…]
Canada to head to polls as Mark Carney calls snap election for 28 April
Canada’s prime minister, Mark Carney, has called a snap election on 28 April, firing the starting gun on a contest that is widely expected to [more…]
Alcohol safety ads to target young Australian travellers amid push for answers over methanol deaths
The Australian government will launch a new alcohol safety campaign targeting young travellers as the families of Melbourne teenagers Bianca Jones and Holly Bowles, who [more…]
Chinese premier meets pro-Trump senator and calls for ‘dialogue over confrontation’
Republican senator Steve Daines, a staunch supporter of Donald Trump, met Chinese Premier Li Qiang in Beijing on Sunday, as China hopes to reach a [more…]
Mark Carney to announce Canadian election and will run in Ottawa’s Nepean riding
Mark Carney will run for election in the Ottawa riding of Nepean as the new Canadian prime minister seeks to join parliament for the first [more…]
Scientists identify ‘tipping point’ that caused clumps of toxic Florida seaweed
Scientists in Florida believe they have identified a “tipping point” in atmospheric conditions in the Atlantic Ocean they say caused giant clumps of toxic seaweed [more…]
Australian tourist killed and two injured as snorkelling boat capsizes off Bali
A snorkelling boat carrying 13 people, including 11 Australian tourists, capsized in rough seas off Indonesia’s resort island of Bali on Friday, killing a woman [more…]
The obscure Jimmy Lai ruling that exposed the erosion of Hong Kong’s rule of law
The dwindling freedom in Hong Kong over the past few years has been described as “death by a thousand cuts”. Critics have been jailed, elections [more…]
Judge in US deportations case says Trump administration lawyers were ‘disrespectful’
A federal judge who temporarily blocked Donald Trump’s administration from deporting accused Venezuelan gang members under the 1798 Alien Enemies Act law condemned the lawyers [more…]
Trump revokes legal status of 530,000 Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans and Venezuelans
Donald Trump’s administration will revoke the temporary legal status of 530,000 Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans and Venezuelans in the United States, according to a Federal Register [more…]
