Friday, March 24th, 2023

Category: news

Ethiopian PM appoints TPLF official as head of Tigray interim administration | Ethiopia

The Ethiopian government has said it has appointed a senior official in the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) as head of the interim Tigray regional administration after a peace deal ended a brutal two-year...

Boy, 15, ‘handcuffed’ by civilian security staff at shop in Chichester | UK news

The mother of a 15-year-old boy detained by civilian security staff while shopping for shampoo in Chichester has said he is home, after he was arrested. Kirsty Buchanan posted video footage of the incident...

Tories fear if Johnson is suspended over Partygate then Uxbridge could be lost in byelection – UK politics live | Politics

Conservatives fear byelection prompted by any Partygate suspension would lead to losing Boris Johnson’s Uxbridge constituency Rachel Hall Good morning, Today there’s one thing everyone is talking about in Westminster: is this the death...

Russia-Ukraine war live: situation at Zaporizhzhia plant ‘perilous’, UN nuclear agency warns; EU leaders to meet for summit | Ukraine

Situation at Zaporizhzhia plant ‘remains perilous’ The UN nuclear agency’s chief said Wednesday that the situation at Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia power plant “remains perilous” following a Russian missile strike this month that disconnected the plant...

Dutton declines to state position on voice referendum despite pressure on Liberals to decide stance | Indigenous voice to parliament

The opposition leader, Peter Dutton, has again declined to state his position on the Indigenous voice referendum, despite the Liberal party coming under pressure to decide its stance on the constitutional change now the...

Thursday briefing: The key takeaways from Boris Johnson’s Partygate grilling | Boris Johnson

Good morning. It was Shakespearean, it was his Waterloo, it was the Thick of It, it was practically a renaissance painting. It was a January 6 moment, it was a cup-tie atmosphere, it was...

New Zealand child poverty rate remains static despite Ardern-era push | New Zealand

New Zealand’s child poverty rates have plateaued, despite government efforts and former leader Jacinda Ardern making it a central priority of her prime ministership. Reducing the country’s stubborn child poverty rates has been a...

Former fighter pilot imprisoned in NSW on US extradition request unable to attend mother’s funeral | Australia news

Daniel Duggan, the Australian pilot fighting an extradition request from the US from prison, will not be able to attend his mother’s funeral, after she died in the US. Duggan’s 95-year-old mother, Anne, suffered...

Texts show it was unreasonable for Bruce Lehrmann not to file defamation claim within year, defence says | Australian media

Lawyers for Network Ten have questioned “how on Earth” it was reasonable for Bruce Lehrmann to sit on his hands and not file a defamation claim for 12 months, despite being told he had...

‘I’m here to change the country’: Albanese launches an uncompromising Indigenous voice plan | Indigenous voice to parliament

It’s on. On Thursday, the Albanese government leapt a major hurdle in the long run to a successful referendum on an Indigenous voice to parliament at the end of the year. After a flurry...