A UK economist has delivered a dire warning to the rest of the world amid new “compelling” data which suggests a recession is on the cards within a matter of months. Chris Watling, chief executive of financial advisory firm Longview Economics, recently told CNBC that “brutally bad” economic indicators wereContinue Reading
Anthony Albanese will host the leaders of the Quad security dialogue at the Sydney Opera House next month. US President Joe Biden, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will travel to the NSW capital for the meeting on May 24. The Prime Minister announced theContinue Reading
The CEO of American media giant NBCUniversal is being forced to step down over his inappropriate relationship with one of the company’s TV journalists. Jeff Shell revealed he was resigning in a memo to staff on Sunday, admitting to the improper relationship, though the woman involved was not identified. “TodayContinue Reading
Australia’s defence force is not fit for purpose to respond to the rapid militarisation of China, a landmark review has found. A declassified review of the ADF found as it stands Australia is ill-equipped to defend itself and can no longer rely on “geography or warning time” ahead of conflictContinue Reading
A Russian fleet of trawlers is mapping vulnerable European underwater infrastructure. Several of its submarines have been observed acting “strangely” in the same waters. And hackers have intensified their probes of European electricity and water grid firewalls. This has the United Kingdom, Norway, Denmark, Sweden and Finland ringing alarm bells.Continue Reading
Ukrainian troops are readying to use their shiny new Western weapons in a “big bang-style” onslaught to humiliate Vladimir Putin, according to top military experts. The Sun spoke to former US General Ben Hodges, retired British Army Brigadier Ben Barry, and ex-Brit Colonel Hamish de Bretton-Gordon about Kyiv’s next stepsContinue Reading
Novak Djokovic has admitted he needs to raise his game considerably ahead of the French Open next month after suffering a shock quarter-final defeat by Dusan Lajovic at the Srpska Open in Banja Luka on Friday. The world number one was far from his best as he lost 6-4, 7-6Continue Reading
A Brisbane family have been locked in a “ridiculous” battle with their bank over a major interest rate mistake, which had cost them more than $17,000. Andrew Ferguson and his wife Belinda purchased and renovated their dream four-bedroom home around six years ago to live in with their two kids.Continue Reading
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will attend the NATO summit in Lithuania in July after previously indicating he would not be making the trip. The annual leaders summit will be held on July 11 and 12 in Vilnius, where ongoing support for Ukraine’s war against Russia is set to be highContinue Reading
A photo taken by a shocked onlooker of a visitor posing inappropriately at the site of the Auschwitz concentration camp has gone viral, prompting the museum to issue a warning. The picture showed the smiling tourist sitting on the railway tracks that transported more than a million Jews to theirContinue Reading