Category: World News

The United States has carried out air strikes to support Afghan government forces who have been under pressure from the Taliban as US-led foreign forces carry out the final stages of their withdrawal from the country. Pentagon spokesperson John Kirby told reporters the air strikes were in support of Afghan

Australia has succeeded in its all-out effort to have a UNESCO committee delay a decision declaring the Great Barrier Reef an ecological disaster zone. The postponement can’t now be listed as a World Heritage site “in danger” until 2023, with Australia only required to file a progress report to UNESCO

Reaching the Paris climate target will not only save the earth from catastrophic climate change it will also create eight million jobs by 2050, new research shows. Not all countries are set to benefit, though. Australia is likely to see job losses due to its reliance on exporting fossil fuels

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Mal Meninga and Michael Maguire want Rugby League’s World Cup postponed as 72 hours of crisis meetings loom over whether to play the tournament following Australia and New Zealand’s exits. Furious World Cup officials will meet with representatives of the remaining 14 nations this weekend, as they weigh up what

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Thousands of affordable homes, some costing as little as $100 a week, could be built in inner-city Sydney within four years at no extra cost to the taxpayer, new research from the University of Sydney has shown. Rather than dampening housing prices, COVID has seen them skyrocket, and without drastic

Of late, with the Delta variant proving itself to be almost sneakily contagious – and the rise of mystery cases and ‘fleeting contact’ – wearing a mask when out and about is a must. But new research serves as a reminder that masks can bring about injury or side effects

A perfect storm of problems has sent electricity prices soaring over the last three months, in what the regulator called a “dramatic turnaround”. The Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) said on Friday that the mainland wholesale electricity price skyrocketed to $95/megawatt hour (MWh) over the June quarter, rising 156 per

German prosecutors are demanding stiff penalties for three Daimler employees at the centre of the latest chapter of a scandal that has rocked the German auto industry. A spokeswoman for prosecutors in the southwestern German city of Stuttgart announced on Friday that the matter concerns suspected fraud and centers on

Just before the Audit Office released its scathing indictment of the commuter car parks program, Australia quietly added the auditing profession to our skills shortage list. These two events really sum up the Morrison government – an outfit obsessed with tactical politics, wholly uninterested in governing, and contemptuous when it

Samoa has its first female prime minister after a three-month electoral deadlock was broken by the courts. The Pacific nation went to the polls on April 9, with the Faatuatua ile Atua Samoa ua Tasi (FAST) party claiming victory over the Human Rights Protection Party (HRPP). On Friday, the country’s

German female gymnasts will choose whether they want to wear full-body suits in Sunday’s qualifications at the Tokyo Olympics after receiving accolades for donning the outfits in the past in a stand against the sexualisation of their sport. The German team wore fuchsia unitards – combined leotards and leggings extending

Concerns have been raised for two Victorian travellers who have not been seen for four days in remote central Australia. Yasemin Aslaner, 49 and Elias Awad, 22, were last seen on Monday at the Kulgera border checkpoint, about 275 kilometres south of Alice Springs. They have not been in contact

A pub owner in regional Victoria has had a run in with the law for pouring pints and serving parmas despite public health measures prohibiting it. Trevor Andrews of the Pastoral Hotel Echuca has been opening to patrons for three days, serving meals and drinks in defiance of the state’s

Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews has called for a “ring of steel” to be established around Sydney, to contain the city’s growing outbreak. Mr Andrews agrees with the NSW chief health officer’s assessment that the Sydney outbreak is a “national emergency” and said the state had a “national responsibility” to contain

Lorna Jane has been fined $5 million and labelled “predatory and exploitative” by the Federal Court after the popular activewear brand falsely claimed its clothes could eliminate COVID-19 and stop it spreading. During the deadly virus outbreak, the company claimed its anti-virus activewear had been sprayed with a substance called

A man extradited from NSW after a woman’s body was found inside a box on the balcony of a Brisbane apartment has faced court charged with murder. Yang Zhao, 26, was transported to Queensland by two officers ahead of his appearance in Brisbane Magistrates Court on Friday, police said in

A merger proposal for Crown Resorts has been withdrawn after a royal commission raised the prospect the gaming group could lose the licence for its Melbourne casino. Star Entertainment, which operates The Star casino in Sydney, said it had limited engagement with Crown since it launched the non-binding offer to

New Zealand has suspended travel ties with Australia for two months as at least three Australian states deal with coronavirus outbreaks. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced the decision on Friday, after a cabinet meeting. The trans-Tasman bubble will officially burst at midnight on Friday but there will be managed return

A man who broke into a schoolgirl’s Sydney home and put a fake collar bomb around her neck has offered a “deep-founded” apology to his victim during a parole hearing. The State Parole Authority on Friday reserved its decision on whether Paul Douglas Peters should be released from jail when

Thousands more Sydney residents will be banned from leaving their local areas, even for work, as NSW tries to contain its deadly COVID outbreak after another grim record on Friday. NSW will also push to significantly broaden the national vaccine rollout to focus on first doses for residents of virus-hit

One Nation staffer James Ashby has failed to secure millions from the federal government for an earlier lawsuit he filed and may have to pay the Commonwealth’s legal fees in defending the case. Senator Pauline Hanson’s right-hand man appealed to the Federal Court for the Commonwealth to pay the $4.54

Comedian, producer and actor John ‘Strop’ Cornell – a “classic Australian character” – has died, aged 80. Cornell died at his Byron Bay home, surrounded by his family, after a long battle with Parkinson’s disease. He is survived by his wife of 46 years, Delvene Delaney and his daughters, Melissa,

Emergency measures have been invoked to allow food and other supplies to be delivered to South Australian supermarkets around the clock during the state’s COVID-19 lockdown. Planning Minister Vickie Chapman said the variation to regulations would ensure shelves remained stocked, helping to meet increased demand and prevent supply chain delays.

Cheeky Australian cockatoos are teaching each other how to lift wheelie bin lids to snack on garbage. For the first time, a team of international scientists have proven that the iconic Australian species’ behaviour is learnt. It all started with an amusing video sent to the researchers a few years

Victoria has 14 more locally acquired coronavirus cases, all linked to current outbreaks. Ten of Friday’s cases were in isolation throughout their infectious period, while interviews continue with another. State health authorities confirmed the figures in a tweet, with further details expected later on Friday. Tweet from @VicGovDH For millions

Six people have been taken to hospital after a car ploughed into a crowd outside a pub in South Wales. Police were called to the serious incident in Pontyclun about 8.30pm on Thursday, sparking a huge emergency services response. South Wales Police said six people were taken to the University

A Qantaslink flight attendant has tested positive for COVID after working on six flights across Queensland while potentially infectious. Deputy Premier Steven Miles confirmed the woman’s infection on Friday. “We think [she] was possibly infectious from 11 July. She crewed six flights during that period, between Brisbane, Longreach, Gladstone and

The Pfizer vaccine has been approved for use among Australian children aged 12 to 15. Federal Health Minister Greg Hunt confirmed the Therapeutic Goods Administration ruling on Friday. The Pfizer vaccine had previously only been approved for Australians 16 and over. The next step is for the Australian Technical Advisory

Olyroos coach Graham Arnold insists the Australian team is in the hunt for gold after stunning Argentina 2-0 in their Tokyo Games opener. Lachlan Wales and Marco Tilio scored in Sapporo on Thursday as the Olyroos took control of their section, with Group C rivals Egypt and Spain battling out

NSW is bracing for more bad news as the premier warned Thursday’s record infection numbers will not be the last in this outbreak as an end to the four-week lockdown seemed a distant hope. New exposure sites were released on Thursday night including places where it appeared staff members worked

Five years ago at the 2016 Rio Games opening ceremony, a crowd of 60,000 flag-bearing fans screamed and cheered 10,000 athletes as they paraded through the Maracana Stadium on a hot August night. Against a backdrop of political unrest in Brazil, concerns over the Russian doping scandal, the Zika virus

Nothing like a crisis to test how genuine people are. The lockdown in three states is providing a quick measure of how fair dinkum businesses are about their staff. The near-daily parade of employers complaining about a shortage of workers, demanding the borders be opened tout suite, should have the

South Australians could be granted freedom next week, and Victorians may remain under lockdown for another three weeks, a leading infectious diseases expert has predicted. As for New South Wales, residents are staring down the barrel of another month or two of stay-at-home rules. “It’s a natural experiment – a

This week Tony Fontes took a dive into the Great Barrier Reef and he has one message for Australia’s government: It should be listed as endangered. Unfortunately for the retired dive instructor – and the reef – the Morrison government has been intent on stopping this from happening, Their efforts,