Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has welcomed Julian Assange’s release from prison, but said remained “delicate” until the legal situation was finalised. Mr Assange’s long running legal saga to avoid extradition to the United States where he faced charges under the Espionage Act came to an abrupt end on Monday afterContinue Reading
A bipartisan group of 43 members of the US Congress have called upon the Biden administration to take administrative action to protect documented dreamers. Pending legislative change, this group in a detailed letter have suggested measures like deferred action and parole to protect over 2.5 lakh documented dreamers, of whichContinue Reading
A court battle between Australian billionaire Andrew ‘Twiggy’ Forrest and Meta (Formerly Facebook) has been dropped by the Commonwealth DPP in the WA District Court. Forrest had pursued criminal charges against the social media company over an alleged cryptocurrency clickbait advertising scam that promotes fake investment schemes using his image.Continue Reading
WASHINGTON: Ukraine risks collapsing under Russia’s onslaught without US support, a disaster that could embolden China and spark a new crisis in East Asia, Japan’s prime minister told US lawmakers on Thursday. In the first speech to a joint meeting of the US Congress by a Japanese leader in nineContinue Reading
NEW DELHI: Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the president of Ukraine on Sunday said that if the US Congress does not approve military assistance to counter Moscow’s invasion, Kyiv would lose the war against Russia.“It is necessary to specifically tell Congress that if Congress does not help Ukraine, Ukraine will lose the war,”Continue Reading
A doctor who was accused of masturbating next to a 14-year-old girl on a plane has been found not guilty. A judge cleared Dr. Sudipta Mohanty, 33, of any wrongdoing on Wednesday after a three-day trial in Boston federal court, New York Post reports. Mohanty said the accusation had beenContinue Reading
A tight-knit coastal community is rallying behind a devastated family following the loss of their young son in a harrowing accident. Two-year-old Oliver Koch was crushed and killed by a rugby scrum machine on a sporting field in Old Bar on NSW’s mid-coast region on January 28. A rugby scrumContinue Reading
The son of former NSW premier Kristina Keneally has maintained he made an “honest mistake” after he avoided jail on Thursday for falsifying evidence which led to a man’s wrongful imprisonment. Daniel Keneally, 25, was found guilty last year of fabricating the contents of a phone call which he receivedContinue Reading
Australia’s defence industry is ill-equipped to respond to war in the Indo-Pacific, despite a growing risk of conflict with China in its own backyard, a scathing new report has found. A report co-authored by the Australian Industry Group and the Australian National University’s Strategic and Defence Studies Centre (SDSC) hasContinue Reading
Defence Industry Minister Pat Conroy has rejected cost and transparency concerns around the federal government’s AUKUS nuclear submarine deal, arguing the program will be critical to defending Australia’s national security amid increasing military build-up and rising global tensions. In a speech to the National Press Club, Mr Conroy said costsContinue Reading