The number of daily COVID-19 cases in India has risen to 117,100, a five-fold increase in one week and is on track to surpass its previous peak of infection as the rapidly spreading Omicron variant replaces Delta in cities . Government officials have said privately they are working under the assumption that daily infections will […]
Indian megacities Delhi, Mumbai and Kolkata are seeing an increase in COVID-19 cases, albeit without a corresponding increase in hospitalizations, but fears are growing that it will spread to rural areas in the coming days. India reported 90,928 new daily cases of COVID-19 on Thursday, nearly four times more since the start of the year, […]
Israel has recorded its highest number of new coronavirus infections on record – due to the ultra-contagious variant of Omicron – despite travel restrictions and required quarantines, the government reports. Tuesday’s record 11,978 cases diagnosed marks the highest number of new infections reported in a single day since the start of the pandemic. The previous […]
Previously classified Cabinet documents from 2001 highlighted a pivotal year that firmly put national security at the forefront of Australian policy. Then Prime Minister John Howard struggled in the polls ahead of the 2001 election before his government addressed Australia’s national security needs in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks and the tampa crisis. He […]
Matt Poole put social media wars aside with Kelly Slater to focus on his real beach battle with Ali Day next month. The 33-year-old is the oldest contender in the Ironman series, but after qualifying for the first time at 18, he will line up at North Bondi Beach for a 15th campaign, confident he […]
U.S. airlines canceled more than 1,000 flights on Boxing Day as crews grounded amid an increase in COVID-19 infections, causing misery for thousands of Christmas travelers. Commercial airlines had canceled 1,001 flights within, to or from the United States by mid-afternoon, according to a count on flight tracking site FlightAware.com. It was the third day […]
Cryptocurrency is likely to be an electoral issue for millennials, according to a risk and compliance expert. TCM Capital’s Fred Pucci says some Australians rely on the crypto market to help them buy a home or get ahead, but without any guarantees. “Some millennials take it to the extreme and bet all the bets,” Pucci […]
Former President Donald Trump has asked the United States Supreme Court to block the release of White House documents requested by the House of Representatives committee investigating the deadly Jan.6 attack on the Capitol. Trump’s request on Thursday came two weeks after the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled […]
Environment Minister Sussan Ley is called on to stand up for Australian children and reject a proposed new coal mine for central Queensland. The Australian Conservation Foundation warns the minister that the Glencore mine producing up to 16 million tonnes of coal per year for 35 years would cause at least 1,344 million tonnes of […]
A “bureaucratic” requirement for Victorians to get tested for interstate travel has been blamed for the state system’s woes, as Omicron coronavirus cases rise. Victoria on Wednesday reported 1,503 new cases of COVID-19 out of 92,262 test results – the most processed in a 24-hour window since the start of the pandemic in early 2020. […]
They trained. They fought. They conquered. If there’s one thing to take away from Ancient Greeks: Athletes, Warriors and Heroes, at the National Museum of Australia in Canberra, it’s that historic Mediterranean civilization was a melting pot of intense competition that prioritized excellence above all else. . From a boat-shaped lamp cradling the demigod Heracles […]
Eight days before Libyans are due to vote for the presidential election, confusion reigns over the fate of an election that has yet to be officially delayed but which even an election official now says will be impossible to hold on time . The vote slated for Dec. 24, along with a parallel election for […]
A former soldier who crashed into a Sydney motorcyclist and then fled the scene said it was an accident after the motorcyclist lost consciousness moments before. Glen Anthony Eaves, 59, is battling charges of angry driving, predatory conduct and assault causing actual bodily harm, after meeting Daniel Baptista on March 20, 2020. Eaves testified in […]
Nearly a quarter of a million Australians could make, trade and secure cryptocurrencies and digital assets by 2030, and the lights don’t need to go out. High-impact future careers include supercomputer technicians, market analysts and resellers, security and software architects, lawyers, data scientists and auditors, according to an Ernst & Young report released on Tuesday. […]
Collingwood ruckman Brodie Grundy has lent his support to the AFL club’s decision to wait until Jordan De Goey’s trial in New York “unfolds” before letting him return to the fold. The Magpies are still eyeing De Goey’s future as the star forward midfielder prepares for another court date next month. De Goey, who was […]
Collingwood ruckman Brodie Grundy has lent his support to the AFL club’s decision to wait until Jordan De Goey’s New York trial “unfolds” before letting him return to the fold. The Magpies are still eyeing De Goey’s future as the star forward midfielder prepares for another court date next month. De Goey, who has been […]
Fifty-four people were killed after the truck they were in in Mexico overturned in one of the worst crashes involving migrants trying to reach the United States. The trailer opened, knocking people over, when the truck crashed into a sharp bend outside the Chiapas state town of Tuxtla Gutierrez, according to footage of Aftermath and […]
The Omicron variant may partially escape the protection of two doses of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine, according to the research director of a laboratory in South Africa. Alex Sigal, a professor at the Africa Health Research Institute, said on Twitter that there was “a very large drop” in neutralization of the Omicron variant compared to an […]
For many, inheritances are a symbol of an ever-widening wealth gap that sees the rich get richer and the poor get poorer, but new research shows they may actually reduce inequality. The amount of wealth transferred through inheritances and gifts to Australia has more than doubled since 2002, with a change of hands of $ […]
WA Cricket chief executive Christina Matthews said her organization would lose up to $ 5million after Perth had fifth test taken out of the ashes, but she hopes Cricket Australia will help soften the blow with compensation financial. The Optus Stadium will no longer host the fifth Ashes Test and the race is now on […]
Queensland’s new parole laws pose a risk of indefinite arbitrary detention, say Greens. The laws, which allow child murderers and serial killers serving life sentences to be denied parole for decades, were passed by Parliament on Tuesday. Under the legislation, the Chairman of the Queensland Parole Board can prevent these offenders from obtaining early release […]
NSW Health has detected a sixth probable case of the Omicron COVID-19 variant, as the Prime Minister urges the public not to panic. Initial testing has strongly indicated that another overseas traveler – who recently returned from Africa to Sydney – has the worrying new variant, NSW Health said. The man in his 40s, who […]
Campaigners secured railroad tracks and train cars in a bid to stop what they believed was the first shipment of coal from a controversial North Queensland mine. But Bravus Mining and Resources – formerly Adani Australia – says the Carmichael mine is still “on track” despite protests and has been hauling coal from the site […]
Climate change is fueling the risk of more “mega years of fire” in Australia and the country faces a longer fire season that extends into autumn and winter, according to a new study from CSIRO. Scientists have published a historical analysis of fire activity in 324,000 km2 of forest, mostly along Australia’s heavily populated east […]
Police were called in to remove union inspectors from the safety of an Amazon Flex delivery center in northwest Sydney after the company said they “did not meet relevant entry requirements.” The Transport Workers Union said its officials were allowed into the facility to investigate “suspected serious security breaches” on Friday morning, only for management […]
Climate activists continue to block access to the Burrup Hub in Woodside, Western Australia in a protest that has frustrated the company and the workers’ union. Two women and a man chained each other to concrete barrels in vehicles blocking the road to facilities such as the Karratha gas plant in Woodside and the Pluto […]
Greens leader Adam Bandt calls on Labor to prevent ‘climate crimes’ and help stop taxpayer-funded fracking in the Beetaloo Basin. In what the Greens see as Australia’s first post-Glasgow test, the party will present a motion in the Senate on Wednesday to block the $ 50 million Beetaloo cooperative drilling program. Mr Bandt, who said […]
Australia is facing a brutal new wave of extinctions, but there is still time to limit the number of native species killed by foreign invaders, CSIRO warned. The national science agency released a report detailing what the country has already lost – and stands to lose in the future – to an army of alien […]
With a length of 10-16cm, there isn’t much of the rare dune dunnart to see, even with extensive knowledge of the four remote places it inhabit. But now the pint-sized carnivore could disappear entirely from one of these sites, with fears that Western Australia’s proposed uranium mine at Mulga Rock could destroy its home among […]
An angry middle-aged man who stabbed a neighbor for stealing a laptop computer and then told “outright lies” at trial has been jailed. Richard Archer, 49, who had previously been convicted of murder, was sentenced Thursday to 19.5 years in prison with a 13.5-year non-parole period. David Bradshaw, 54, was stabbed in a scuffle in […]
A whistleblower has been barred from continuing a malicious media campaign against his former employer, as he is prosecuted for leaking documents revealing alleged money laundering through NSW poker machines. Troy Stoltz – a former ClubsNSW compliance auditor – last year denounced widespread and “alarming” non-compliance with money laundering laws in pubs and clubs across […]
NSW has reported 165 new COVID-19 cases and one death as hospitals have been given the green light to resume elective surgery at full capacity. Locally acquired cases were recorded within 24 hours to 8 p.m. on Sunday and the total was down 30 from the previous day’s tally after 50,453 tests. The number of […]
Advocates call for a national strategy to address a huge social housing deficit, with a deficit of more than 600,000 affordable housing expected over the next two decades. And government funding will need to reach $ 290 billion over that period if the shortage is to be remedied, heard a parliamentary committee investigating housing affordability. […]
Residents of the border town of Moree will not be able to enter Queensland from Friday after the state recorded three new cases of COVID-19. All three were in Goondiwindi, and two other people were found to be contagious while in the southern border town. Two of the new cases recently visited Moree in northern […]
Amazon Australia executives have gone on the defensive after being asked the company is underpaying drivers by a third of the minimum recommended rate in Victoria. In a heated exchange at a Senate hearing on Thursday, committee chairman and Labor Senator Tony Sheldon urged executives on why they were paying Amazon Flex drivers a minimum […]
Monash Health has been given the green light to take disciplinary action, including firing nurses who are not vaccinated against COVID-19. About 90 nurses tried to block the planned action in federal court on Wednesday, arguing they had the right to be consulted on Monash Health’s mandatory vaccination directive. They sought an urgent injunction to […]
A loving-sick man who terrorized Darwin in a drug-fueled shooting has changed his pleas and admitted to killing four people – ending his trial after seven weeks. Benjamin Glenn Hoffmann had pleaded not guilty in the Supreme Court of the Northern Territory to having committed four murders in less than an hour at four locations […]
Residents of Victoria’s Dandenong Ranges have been hit by wilder weather, even as they struggle to recover from devastating storms five months ago. The Emerald SES handled 70 calls for help on Friday, while the eastern part of the state had more than 100,000 homes without electricity. But the region is still grappling with cleaning […]
Acting Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce and Australian tech billionaire Mike Cannon-Brookes have clashed over the government’s net zero emissions plan. In an often tense exchange at the Daily Telegraph’s virtual bush summit, the tech boss has repeatedly asked the leader of the Nationals how the government is going to meet its emissions targets. The co-founder […]
The grieving family of a murdered man in a high-rise public housing in downtown Sydney have shared with a judge their grief over losing such a kind and gentle soul. “We will never be able to understand or deal with the fact that his life has been taken from him in such a malicious and […]
American actor Alec Baldwin fired a vintage Colt pistol loaded with a lead bullet in the accidental fatal shooting last week of a cinematographer on the set of his movie Rust in New Mexico, according to authorities. Santa Fe County Sheriff Adan Mendoza and District Attorney Mary Carmack-Altwies held a briefing six days after Baldwin […]
In the days that followed a man in love who allegedly murdered four people in a drug-fueled rampage across Darwin, he expressed no remorse and remained unsure if he had killed his target. Benjamin Glenn Hoffmann also admitted that he may have killed innocent people as he tried to “punish” those he believed responsible for […]
A lawyer defending those held at a Melbourne hotel with patients infected with COVID-19 has told a court their lives are in danger. Daniel Taylor has asked the Federal Circuit Court for an urgent injunction to prevent Australian Border Force officials from preventing paramedics from assessing detainees if ambulances are called. ABF confirmed this week […]
Scott Morrison has defended blocking an investigation into former Attorney General Christian Porter receiving anonymous donations for legal fees. The Prime Minister argues that the government’s decision to support a broader investigation into the crowdfunding of MPs’ court fees will solve the problem. House Speaker Tony Smith said it seemed appropriate to refer the issue […]
Australian officials have lashed out at China’s tough trade policies against the nation, warning that the economic punishment measures risked undermining global confidence in Beijing. In a strong statement to the World Trade Organization, Australian Ambassador George Mina said China is increasingly testing global trade rules. It comes after China imposed export bans on a […]
NSW will emerge from COVID torpor as fully vaccinated people embrace new freedoms that are likely to see daily cases increase in the weeks to come. Treasurer Matt Kean on Thursday unveiled a $ 2.8 billion plan to help the state’s economy recover from a “once-in-a-lifetime economic disaster.” Prime Minister Dominic Perrottet said it was […]
The money moved by “weapons of mass destruction networks” has been recovered by the Australian financial watchdog. Patterns of transactions within the Australian financial system that attempted to cover up what these networks wanted to buy were reported by Austrac as recently as last fiscal year. There has been a threefold increase in the number […]
Australian Mercedes-Benz dealers have launched legal action against the German auto giant, seeking to block major changes to their operations. The Australian Automotive Dealers Association reports that 80 percent of the company’s dealers have joined the action related to the proposed introduction of new contractual agreements. The changes shift dealerships from independent, self-managed companies with […]
As a forensic scientist detailed the horrific gunshot wounds sustained by a man found dead in a Darwin parking lot, the man accused of pulling the trigger hid his face in his hands. Benjamin Glenn Hoffmann, 47, pleaded not guilty to four counts of murder in less than an hour at four locations on June […]
The trial of a loving-sick man accused of murdering four people in a shootout across Darwin is set to resume after a three-day delay. Benjamin Glenn Hoffmann, 47, pleaded not guilty to four counts of murder in less than an hour at four locations on June 4, 2019. The Crown says Hoffmann was looking for […]
The Western Australian government will seize mine tycoon Clive Palmer’s plane if it flies within the state before paying a legal bill of $ 2 million, the attorney general has said. John Quigley’s warning comes as Mr Palmer lost his High Court battle with WA over legislation to prevent him and his company Mineralogy from […]
The first man killed when an amorous gunman raged through Darwin attempted to defend himself with a frying pan, a forensic expert has said in court. Benjamin Glenn Hoffmann, 47, pleaded not guilty to four counts of murder in four locations on the afternoon of June 4, 2019. The first man killed in the hour-long […]
A Sydney man has pleaded not guilty to animal cruelty charges after a dead dog was found weighed down underwater with a block of cement. Swimmers found the dog at Yowie Bay in southern Sydney on Saturday and called police. Police divers recovered the two-year-old Belgian Malinois and took him to a veterinarian for a […]
A man who left shotgun ammunition in a ute he loaned accused murderer Benjamin Glenn Hoffmann before he shot four people in Darwin says he did not give him the gun. The 47-year-old pleaded not guilty to four counts of murder in less than an hour on the afternoon of June 4, 2019. Earlier today, […]
Andrei Norris is a fighter. At 45, he was diagnosed with aggressive and locally advanced prostate cancer and spent three years fighting it hard. The father of two underwent major surgery, was placed on hormone therapy and underwent radiation therapy. Things looked positive, but the cancer returned nine months later. More radiation this year has […]
Western Australian Prime Minister Mark McGowan has urged Clive Palmer to end legal action against himself and the state as costs continue to rise. A defamation case brought by Mr. Palmer was again brought before the Federal Court on Monday in connection with the discovery of certain documents. But just before the hearing, the Prime […]
Ben Cousins ​​is back in the AFL fold, assisting at the Brownlow medal count in Perth. The 43-year-old former West Coast star, who arrived at Optus Stadium with Kellye Fergus, is in his first Brownlow role since retiring as a player in 2010. As a former winner, the 2005 Brownlow medalist is invited to the […]
Queensland will close its border with South Australia from Thursday, fearing that a new coronavirus cluster has been seeded by a woman who has returned from Melbourne. Chief Medical Officer of Health Jeannette Young is anxiously awaiting test results from relatives and friends of the woman, who picked up the highly contagious Delta variant from […]