Exclusive: Australian Recreation Union says it plans to support candidates and parties that oppose gun control laws brought in after terror attack Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast A gun users’ group targeting marginal Labor seats in next year’s New South Wales election plans to campaign for candidates who oppose the government’s firearm laws enacted after the Bondi terror attack . In an email sent to the electorate offices of 15 Labor backbenchers last week, the Austr
Drivers booted off the platform say they have little recourse to appeal as rideshare giant increasingly relies on automated systems Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Michael Thorn thought he’d suffered enough after his Uber passenger punched him in the head, sending him to hospital. But then the ride-share platform deactivated his account. “It’s even worse than getting belted,” Thorn said. Continue reading...
Jose Ramos-Horta urged by opposition to explain diplomatic passport given to businessman behind resort project, who denies any involvement with organised crime Timor-Leste’s opposition has questioned how foreign investors in a proposed cryptocurrency resort obtained prime beachfront real estate in the country’s capital, and has called on the president to explain why he issued a diplomatic passport to a Chinese businessman involved in the project. Speaking in parliament in Dili on Monday, Fretili
NSW housing and homelessness minister says Bikram Lama’s death shows the ‘gaps’ that people without residency can fall through Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Federal and state housing ministers have described the death of a young homeless man in Sydney’s Hyde Park as “beyond tragic” and say it reinforces the need to stop vulnerable rough sleepers from falling through the cracks. Bikram Lama, 32, was found dead on 7 December last year near the entrance to St James tu
Use of the illicit drug has plummeted in recent years among gen Zers, compared with their parents’ generation Ever since cocaine first emerged as a popular party drug via the shores of Miami in the early 1970s, use of the stimulant has been inextricably entwined with the very essence of capitalist excess and what it is to be American: brash, bombastic and brazen. The wide-scale use of cocaine in the US has left a trail of destruction in its wake, largely thanks to the illegal nature of the trade
NBC News · Oct 8
Former Presidents Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, Barack Obama and Joe Biden sit down with TODAY’s Jenna Bush Hager and talk about their hope for the future of the United States as the nation marks its 250th anniversary. The presidents gathered for an event hosted by The History Channel called "History Talks" in partnership with NBCUniversal's parent company, Comcast.
Guardian - World · Oct 8
Defense secretary Pete Hegseth makes announcement and calls military’s flu vaccine mandate ‘broad’ and ‘not rational’ Members of the armed services will no longer be required to have an annual flu vaccination shot under a new policy announced Tuesday by Pete Hegseth, the US defense secretary. In a video statement posted to social media, Hegseth described the mandate as “overly broad” and “not rational” and the decision to drop the vaccine requirement as “seizing this moment to discard any absurd
NBC News · Oct 8
NBC News chief data analyst Steve Kornacki breaks down real-time vote tallies from Virginia’s special election on a redistricting ballot measure, while giving viewers a behind-the-scenes look at election night coverage.
Guardian - World · Oct 8
The US has deployed more forces since the truce and senior Iranians seem to be relishing the prospect of the fight It is the doomsday scenario that Donald Trump repeatedly swore he would never countenance: putting boots on the ground in a deployment that could embroil the US in a Middle East “forever war”. Now, with a two-week ceasefire in the war with Iran coming to an end and prospects for renewed negotiations hanging by a thread, the chances of the president breaking that pledge and ordering
