Australia news live: Andrew Hastie pulls out of Liberal leadership contention, saying ‘I do not have the support needed’
Follow today’s news updates liveFour people, including two children, found dead in Perth in suspected murder-suicideGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastQueensland health minister said federal government still has to bridge the gap on funding dealTim Nicholls, the Queensland health minister, said he still thinks there’s a “bit of water to flow under the bridge” in discussions between states and the federal government over hospital funding.There’s quite a bit of work for the commonwealth to do to step up to the mark because the last offer that was put forward was rejected by states. Because it was inadequate and failed to address the burgeoning problems that we have.We’re negotiating respectfully with them, but quite frankly, the most recent offer wasn’t up to scratch, and we hope to see some improvements on it. Continue reading...
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The Secret Sauce in ‘Heated Rivalry’? Canada.
The global television phenomenon is full of Canadian iconography and subsidized by Canadian taxpayers. On Thursday, it came home to celebrate.
Liberal MP complains to ABC managing director about Tony Armstrong’s satire special
Melissa McIntosh, who claims Always Was Tonight violated ABC charter, has been dubbed the ‘Liberal party fun police’ by the GreensFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe opposition has complained to the ABC over Tony Armstrong’s one-off special, which took aim at colonialism and racism against Indigenous Australians.The shadow communications minister, Melissa McIntosh, has sent a letter of complaint to the ABC managing director, Hugh Marks, demanding a full investigation into Always Was Tonight, a satirical news program that aired on the broadcaster on 21 January. Continue reading...
Four people, including two children, found dead in Perth in suspected murder-suicide
WA police say both Mosman Park children had ‘significant health challenges’ and had engaged with care servicesFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastTwo parents and their children have been found dead in the Perth suburb of Mosman Park in a suspected murder-suicide, police say.At 8.15am on Friday, emergency services received a distressed call from a person known to the family who had gone to the home on Mott Close, in the city’s south-west. Continue reading...
Can Bangladesh’s Awami League survive election ban, ex-PM Hasina’s exile?
The party that ruled Bangladesh with an iron fist won't be on the ballot in February, and its future is uncertain.
Panama Court Strikes Down Hong Kong Firm’s Canal Contract
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South Korean Stocks, Kospi Index Are Trading at a Record High
Spurred by government policies and the global A.I. boom, the market’s value has jumped by hundreds of billions of dollars. Individual investors have piled in.
UK’s first rapid-charging battery train ready for boarding this weekend
Great Western Railway service recharges in three and a half minutes between trips on west London lineThe UK’s first superfast-charging train running only on battery power will come into passenger service this weekend – operating a five-mile return route in west London.Great Western Railway (GWR) will send the converted London Underground train out from 5.30am to cover the full Saturday timetable on the West Ealing to Greenford branch line, four stops and 12 minutes each way, and now carrying up to 273 passengers, should its celebrity stoke up the demand. Continue reading...
Is Trump’s ICE dream over? – podcast
After weeks of federal insurgency, Minnesota fought back, and it seems Donald Trump has lost faith in the people running his ICE operation in the state. So where does this leave Trump’s ‘ICE patriots’? How do Republicans unite over immigration policies that kill Americans? And where does it leave the far-right agitators in Trump’s cabinet?Jonathan Freedland speaks to George Conway, a founding member of the Lincoln Project, who is running for Congress, about what happens nextArchive: CBS News, NewsNation, ABC 7 News, ABC News, CNN, KARE 11, Fox News, MS NOW, PBS Newshour, WRAL Continue reading...
Trump says Russia to pause bombing Kyiv during extreme winter conditions
Ukraine's Zelenskyy welcomes possible pause after Russian attacks leave homes without heat in plummeting temperatures.