The meeting comes as both face pressures at home. Netanyahu is up for reelection, embattled in part due to his deteriorating relationship with Trump. Trump is under pressure to end an unpopular war. (Image credit: Alex Brandon)
Prime minister pays tribute to secretary and president of the Australian Council of Trade Unions after surprise announcement. Follow updates live Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast In a statement, the prime minister, Anthony Albanese , described Sally McManus and Michele O’Neil as personal friends and “giants of the labour movement”. He said: Working families are in a stronger financial position today than they would otherwise be because of the tireless advocacy and str
Barclays has increased its banker bonus pool by nearly 30%after a rise in second-quarter profits that has fuelled calls for a tax raid on UK lenders to help fund Andy Burnham’s spending plans. Fresh corporate filings released on Tuesday showed the bank put £1.3bn towards its bonus pool for the first half of the year. That figure, which includes annual and deferred bonuses, was up from £1bn last year. That bonus pot will continue to accumulate through the second half of this year, and is likely t
A gunman fired at the U.S. Consulate in Toronto on Monday, marking the second time this year someone shot at the building, according to authorities. A single shell casing was found at the scene, and there was damage to the building's facade. No injuries were reported in the incident. "The U.S. Embassy and Consulates in Canada are open and operating normally, though some routine U.S. citizen services in Toronto are being rescheduled," the consulate said in a statement. GUNFIRE SHATTERS TORONTO LA
French President Emmanuel Macron said France was "facing a completely unprecedented fire," describing the situation as France's worst fire-related crisis since World War II. (Image credit: Emma Da Silva)
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Michael O’Hara also tells corruption watchdog he was wrong to support young Liberals alleged to have solicited illegal donations, saying ‘I made a mistake’ Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast A witness who allegedly made prohibited donations to young New South Wales Liberal powerbrokers who planned to move the party to the right has told the corruption watchdog he is now “disgusted” by the scheme and “made a mistake”
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Chief executive, Frank Calabria, apologises and advises customers to look out for suspicious activity amid heightened scam risk Origin Energy has admitted it was warned of the hack that accessed 900,000 current and former customers’ personal data three weeks before it first made the data breach public. Australia’s largest energy retailer said a “significant” proportion of the 900,000 had been former customers, with those affected to be notified in the coming days. Continue reading...
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Sen. Lindsey Graham, the son of pool hall owners who rose to become one of the more influential politicians in the United States, will be eulogized in Washington
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Premier announces she is stepping down from the top job ahead of expected spill, says her deputy has her ‘unqualified support’ The Victorian premier, Jacinta Allan, has announced her resignation from the top job, after a tumultuous 48 hours for Labor just four months out from the state election. Allan on Monday had vowed to challenge for the leadership after a group of MPs told her she no longer had the support of caucus and urged her to stand down, and the deputy premier, Ben Carroll, confirmed
