December 4, 2023
Train drivers belonging to Britain’s Aslef union on Friday voted to continue strike action for the next six months in a long-running dispute over pay that has caused chaos on the country’s rail network. The union said its members had not had a pay rise for nearly five years and were “in this for the
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Startling details have emerged in the Josh Giddey saga, with reports the Australian’s alleged encounter with an underage female happened two years ago. Giddey is under investigation by the Newport Beach Police Department in California and the NBA over allegations of an inappropriate relationship with a minor. Watch an average of 9 NBA Regular Season
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Key Points Israel says truce will continue, seeking release of more hostages. Ninety-seven hostages have been freed since the start of the ceasefire. Qatar says conditions of ceasefire, including entry of humanitarian aid, remain the same. Israel and Hamas struck a last-minute agreement to extend their six-day ceasefire by at least one more day to
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Israel’s military chief shared his country’s priorities in the current Israel-Hamas war during a press briefing on Tuesday and revealed what the Israeli army intends to do after the current cease-fire expires. Israeli army Chief of Staff Lieutenant-General Herzi Halevi said Tuesday that Israel’s first goal was to secure the safe release of all Israeli
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Experts are warning there could be thousands of Covid-19 deaths in aged care homes where vaccination rates have fallen dangerously low as Australia enters its eighth Covid-19 wave. While Covid cases are surging across the nation in the lead-up to Christmas, vaccination rates for aged care residents are currently tracking just below 40 per cent
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LNP MP Keith Pitt says organisers of the climate protest in Newcastle last week, Rising Tide Australia, should change their name to “Plastic Lovers Australia”. Mr Pitt’s remarks come after last week, a group of climate activists gathered at the Port of Newcastle in an effort to block coal-carrying ships from entering New South Wales’
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It has been a tough recent period for the Biden administration with polling numbers in the US continuing to get worse, says former White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney. Speaking to Sky News Australia, Mr Mulvaney discussed recent US polling and how the Biden administration is faring. “Certainly, it’s been a tough couple of
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It’s the weekend of the Group 1 Japan Cup in association with Longines, when one of the most prestigious horse races in Japan, if not the world, will be run at Tokyo Racecourse on Sunday. Having grown in stature over the past 40 years or so, the race has made a real name for itself
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Last season, the fourth quarter was USC’s Achilles’ heel. Lincoln Riley tried to turn it into a rallying cry. Hoping to turn his team into late-game closers, the USC coach adopted the mantra “the longer it goes, the better we get.” The oft-repeated saying is just empty words now after USC’s second-half tailspin hit rock
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The latest developments from the Israel-Hamas war. ADVERTISEMENT A United Nations team has said that some 291 patients are left at Gaza’s largest hospital after Israeli troops made all others evacuate. Those left include 32 babies in extremely critical condition, trauma patients with severely infected wounds and others with spinal injuries who are unable to
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