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PETER VAN ONSELEN: Why you just have to LAUGH at Anthony Albanese’s new reshuffled line-up – as he guarantees a big name will fail again
Anthony Albanese really must have a good sense of humour to come up with the ministerial reshuffle that he has. Torn from the pages of a Yes Minister script, it is dripping with ironies. His Home Affairs minister has been dumped into the homelessness portfolio, which seems appropriate really. Clare O'Neil stays in cabinet in
Lebanon fears dangerous new phase in Hezbollah-Israel fighting
Lebanon fears dangerous new phase in Hezbollah-Israel fighting BBC The rocket strike on Majdal Shams on Saturday killed 12 people Since October, the near-daily cross-border attacks between Israel and Hezbollah, the powerful Iranian-backed militia and political movement in Lebanon, have killed hundreds of people and forced tens of thousands from their homes on both sides
‘Not every Norwegian feels guilty but many do’
'Not every Norwegian feels guilty but many do' Elisabeth Oxfeldt Elisabeth Oxfeldt says that the country's sense of guilty is being explored by movies, TV series and books Many Norwegians are feeling guilty, according to Elisabeth Oxfeldt. The professor of Scandinavian literature at Oslo University says wealthy Norwegians are increasingly contrasting their comfortable lives with
Venezuelans vote in crucial presidential election as opposition signal high voter turnout
Venezuela, Caracas CNN — Venezuelans voted Sunday in a highly consequential presidential election in which the country’s longtime strongman, Nicolas Maduro, faces one of his greatest political challenges yet, say analysts. Long lines began to form outside polling centers in the capital, Caracas, before they were due to open at 6 a.m. ET and continued
Venezuelan election could lead to a seismic shift in politics or give President Maduro 6 more years
Venezuelans are voting in a presidential election whose outcome will either lead to a seismic shift in politics or extend by six more years the policies that caused the world’s worst peacetime economic collapse Venezuelan election could lead to a seismic shift in politics or give President Maduro 6 more yearsBy REGINA GARCIA CANOAssociated PressThe
Italy’s Meloni Signs Three-Year ‘Action Plan’ with Communist China to Bolster Business Ties
BEIJING (AP) – Italy and China signed a three-year action plan on Sunday to implement past agreements and experiment with new forms of cooperation, Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said on an official visit to the Chinese capital. Meloni is trying to reset relations with China as fears of a trade war with the European
Washington Post: Joe Biden’s Migration Makes Americans Homeless
More working Americans are going homeless amid “Bidenomics,” says a July 28 report in the Washington Post, which also noted that policy experts admit the homeless crisis is being made worse by the Democrats’ pro-migration policies. “The recent influx of migrants has also worsened the problem, they said, as has the spike in rental costs in
Chancellor Rachel Reeves is accused of ‘conning the British public’ over plan to sell public buildings to fill £20bn black hole in government finances
RacheL Reeves will today unveil plans to flog off several public buildings and plots of land. The Chancellor will use a keynote statement in Parliament to argue that the sell-off is needed to help fill the £20billion ‘black hole’ in the public finances she claims the Tories have left. ‘Surplus’ sites owned by the NHS
Kemi Badenoch announces she is standing for the Conservative leadership and pledges to ‘renew the Tories for 2030’ and trigger a ‘renewal for capitalism’
Kemi Badenoch threw her hat into the ring for the Tory leadership on Sunday with a promise to trigger a 'renewal for capitalism'. The former Business Secretary said it had become a 'dirty word' in recent years and that reclaiming it was crucial if the Tories are to bounce back at the next election. She said
The best and worst states to retire in the US revealed in new report
Originally Published by: Argentina’s Javier Milei flips inflation on its head even as poverty grows Mandy Moore lists her mid-century California home for $6M Former PepsiCo executive files lawsuit over Flamin' Hot Cheetos origin story A new report is revealing the best and worst states where Americans could retire. Bankrate, headquartered in New York City