Willey is best known for covering the Vatican, and reported on five popes during his long career.
A cockroach in a tiny scuba suit sounds like something you would run from, not something you would send into a disaster zone. Yet scientists say this strange little setup could one day help rescue teams search places people and larger robots cannot safely reach. Researchers from NTU Singapore and Waseda University have developed a flexible diving suit for cyborg cockroaches. The suit lets the insects survive and move underwater, as well as through low-oxygen spaces, for up to three hours. The st
Authorities confirm worst toll in more than 20 years as new extreme temperatures force early closure of Eiffel Tower Nearly 100 people, the largest proportion of whom were young men, died by drowning in Germany last month, authorities have said, as extreme temperatures in western Europe that have been blamed for hundreds of excess deaths geared up again. In Germany’s worst death toll from drowning for more than two decades, 99 people died in June, according to official figures, after temperature
Exclusive : Many aged care residents in Australia are charged for services they can’t use or understand, prompting an investigation from the regulator Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Jeff Gilling was surprised when he looked at the contract for the aged care home his mother, Dorothy, was about to enter. Contained within it was a $52 daily fee for Foxtel, outings, newspapers and a choice of wines. Continue reading...
Digital customs declaration to be phased in at all international airports and seaports after successful Qantas trial Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast The days of filling out paper arrival cards are to end for millions of travellers arriving in Australia on international flights. The Albanese government has announced it will roll out digital passenger cards to all Australian international airports and seaports after a “successful” trial on Qantas flights into Brisbane,
Guardian - World · Oct 8
Data shows the rightwing party faces an obstacle in the form of urban seats – and the effect of preference flows is harder to predict Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast One Nation’s spectacular rise from a distant 6% of the vote in the last election to first or second in some recent polls has upended Australian politics. It has also made it a lot harder to predict what exactly will happen at the next election. Traditionally, pollsters and election experts would look at
Guardian - World · Oct 8
Jordan, Bahrain, Qatar, Oman and the UAE reportedly came under attack as Tehran says it is closing Strait of Hormuz Lindsey Graham, a longtime US senator and key ally of Donald Trump, has died from a sudden illness, his office said in the early hours of Sunday. He had just turned 71. Graham’s abrupt death will send shockwaves through Washington and the Republican party. He had served in the Senate since 2003, representing South Carolina, and was running for re-election in November. Continue read
NBC News · Oct 8
Hours after GOP Sen. Lindsey Graham’s death, President Donald Trump on Sunday said he had a preferred replacement in mind but declined to share a name out of respect for Graham. “I have somebody that I think would be great, but I don’t want to say it now because it’s just, you know, it’s too soon with Lindsey,” the president told NBC News’ “Meet the Press.” “I don’t want to even talk about anybody, but I do have somebody that I think is really good.” Trump’s remarks came as Republicans are start
