Category: World News

Pack your bags, mum and dad: we’re going on a guilt trip. Not all of you – just those who buy ‘specially formulated’ packaged toddler foods off the supermarket shelves. A first-time audit of toddler foods found that, most of the time, you’re essentially buying junk – heavy on sugar

President Joe Biden has only been in the White House for a few days but he has wasted no time making the space his own. One of the most notable changes made by the 78-year-old was the removal of Trump’s little red button. And while it would make sense for

School students are returning to the classroom next Wednesday and many will do so with a mobile phone. Safety is one of the reasons why parents are equipping their young children with mobiles, but often the devices come with their own risks. These cyber

LAND OF THE RISING BLOOD PRESSURE Since the inauguration of new/old US President Joe Biden, America is returning to its normal state of unhinged gun-club. “We have nothing to fear but America itself,” said Biden. He has vowed to unite the nation against its will. The 74 million Americans who

Superannuation funds have shrugged off the pandemic slump that roiled markets back in March, with the average growth or balanced fund returning an unexpectedly healthy 3.7 per cent for the 2020 calendar year. The top performing fund, Suncorp Growth, returned a massive 9.6 per cent. Chant West researcher Mano Mohankumar

You’ve just come from your monthly GP appointment with a new script for your ongoing medical condition. But your pharmacy is out of stock of your usual medicine. Your condition is serious, and without it, your health is likely to suffer. What can you do? While medicine shortages happen from

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Some matters don’t take long to bubble to the surface. Donald Trump has only just vacated the White House but US President Joe Biden appears to have wasted no time in getting rid of the Diet Coke button his predecessor used on the resolute desk in the Oval Office. Political

Temperatures are building across Australia’s southeast as residents in three states are warned of days of extreme temperatures. Heat building over western NSW is expected to push towards the east coast over the weekend and early next week, forcing temperatures up to 16 degrees above average. Temperatures across southeast Australia

The Tasmanian and Victorian governments have brokered a quarantine-swap deal in an effort to address a shortage of farm workers and bring more stranded Tasmanians home. Tasmania has agreed to quarantine farm labourers heading for the Victorian harvest, while Victoria will provide quarantine facilities for Tasmanians wanting to return from

Prime Minister Scott Morrison says the restrictions on how many Australians can fly home from overseas is likely to remain in place until the middle of next month. Speaking following national cabinet on Friday, Mr Morrison said that Australia had already arranged additional repatriation flights. While appreciating the coronavirus situation

Shoppers tightened their purse strings in December after easing restrictions and online sales events encouraged them to spend big the month before. Preliminary retail figures released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics shows turnover in December was up 9.4 per cent year on year but down 4.2 per cent over

An electrician says he grew so sick of waiting for elective surgery at Canberra Hospital that he took matters into his own hands, using a utility knife to excise a painful grape-sized cyst that was affecting his work. The desperate and potentially dangerous decision to perform DIY surgery — which

The phrase “Google it” has become ingrained in our society, but the tech giant could strip Australians of the pleasure amid souring negotiations over news content usage. Google has threatened to pull its search engine over the federal government’s media code that would force it to pay for news content.

The Australian Olympic Committee is pushing ahead with planning for the Tokyo Games despite a report the event will be cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic. It’s been reported the Japan government will cancel the Games due to start in July and focus on staging it in 2032, when Brisbane

Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews reacted angrily Friday to news that divisive former tennis great Margaret Court would be included in the Australia Day honours list. The list of Australia Day honours recipients is generally kept confidential until January 26, but news of Court’s award was made public on social media

Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton has a message for people planning to protest on January 26 – they must abide by the law. Protesters planning to march in nationwide “Invasion Day” rallies have been told police will not tolerate criminal behaviour and will enforce coronavirus restrictions. “If people are going

Double trouble ahead for Aussies with health insurance.  Australians are about to experience a double whammy of health insurance premium increases. Prices already went up on 1 October 2020. Now they’re due to go up again in the first half of 2021. But it’s not too late to cut

Liverpool’s 68-match unbeaten streak at Anfield in the Premier League has come to an end with a 1-0 loss to Burnley. Ashley Barnes scored from the penalty spot in the 83rd minute after the forward was brought down by goalkeeper Alisson Becker as Burnley became the first team to win

Top US infectious disease expert Anthony Fauci has finally aired some of his grievances about former president Donald Trump. Dr Fauci revealed he was often sidelined or silenced by his former boss, who infamously suggested bleach as a coronavirus cure. Related: All the president’s virus whoppers At a

Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews has announced that local government areas in New South Wales and Queensland will be reduced to green and orange zones. Greater Brisbane and regional NSW, with the exception of Wollongong and the Blue Mountains, will change from an orange zone to a green zone. Those who

It might have been a relatively mild summer so far, but a hot air mass strengthened by the cyclone brewing off the West Australian coast is set to cause extreme heatwave conditions in the south-east. The Bureau of Meteorology’s Jonathan How said the heatwave would be longer and bring warmer

Josh Frydenberg has rebuffed calls to extend JobKeeper payments for the struggling hospitality industry. Restaurant and Catering chief Wes Lambert wants taxpayer-funded wage assistance extended for six months beyond March for businesses hit by coronavirus-induced lockdowns and border restrictions. His sentiments were echoed by shadow treasurer Jim Chalmers who had

US House Democrats are pushing for a quick impeachment trial for Donald Trump over the riots at the Capitol, arguing a full reckoning is necessary before the country – and the Congress – can move on. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi could send the article charging the former president with “incitement

Less than a week after it announced the cancellation of flights to three Australian cities, Emirates will resume passenger flights to Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane from next week. From Monday, flights will resume to Sydney, while services will return to Melbourne from Tuesday and to Brisbane from Thursday. Passenger flights

US President Joe Biden has made the pandemic his top priority on his first day in office, launching a COVID action plan as American infections reached 24.5 million. The US is the world’s worst-hit country but Mr Biden’s team says it has inherited a strategy from Donald Trump that is

How can a 49-year-old mother disappear from her home, leaving her husband and son, and not be seen once in 10 weeks? How could she skip being seen on a single traffic management camera, private security or dashboard cam or household CCTV? How could she not leave a trace of

It’s on again, the Australia Day culture war, the annual clash of those placing primacy on a more inclusive society with those defending the concocted status quo and its undercurrents. Each year the tide flows a little more towards those uncomfortable with the country’s national day being a commemoration of

A rising tennis star, ranked in the top 70, has become the first Australian Open player in Melbourne quarantine to be named as an active coronavirus case. Paula Badosa’s COVID diagnosis comes after officials reported that 10 people who travelled to Australia for the tournament had been infected with COVID-19. Yet

A leading Australian think tank has hit back at the Chinese government, after Beijing claimed evidence of genocide of Uyghurs in Xinjiang was a “fabrication”. It’s the latest row in the ongoing tensions between the two countries, spurred on by unrest between China and the US. “At no stage has

Donald Trump has had a rough first 24 hours as an ex-president: He’s been publicly snubbed by his wife, and mocked by some of his most ardent supporters. Mr Trump fled the White House on Wednesday morning (US time) before his successor’s inauguration, making him the first president to do

Travellers in Western Australia’s north are being urged to find safe accommodation as the Pilbara and Kimberley regions brace for a tropical cyclone to be called Lucas. A blue alert was issued by the Department of Fire and Emergency Services on Thursday afternoon for communities between Beagle Bay and Port

NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian’s staff have been half-heartedly cleared by the Information Commissioner over the shredding of documents related to a pork-barrelling scheme. Adviser to the premier Sarah Lau in October told a NSW parliamentary committee she had shredded records showing Ms Berejiklian had “signed off” on $141.8 million of