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Japan’s minority gov’t faces election setback over inflation, immigration
Soaring prices and anti-foreigner sentiment have become central issues for much of Japan's electorate.
Escalating unrest in Syria lays bare new regime’s momentous challenges
Division between minority populations drag Syria further into cycle of violence and attracts Israeli opportunism
Seven months on from Bashar al-Assad’s fall, Syria is descending into yet another wave of bloody sectarian violence.
A local dispute between a Bedouin tribesman and a member of the Druze minority sparked clashes that drew in Syrian government forces and triggered Israeli airstrikes – leaving a trail of bodies in their wake.
Continue reading...Man shot dead by police in Townsville
Police allege the man was armed with a machete and knife on The Strand in Townsville’s North Ward on Saturday morning
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The Queensland police service says officers have shot and killed a man in Townsville after they allege he moved towards them with a machete and a knife.
Police were called to reports of a man armed with multiple weapons on The Strand and intersecting McKinley Street in Townsville’s North Ward just before 10am on Saturday, the QPS said.
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Continue reading...Four dead as South Korea lashed by torrential rain, displacing thousands
Record rainfall is expected to continue hammering parts of South Korea until Monday as more warnings are issued.
Labor moves to bolster penalty rates and overtime pay protections for millions of workers
Legislation will prevent award wage penalty rates from being cut in exchange for higher rates of base pay if it will leave workers worse off
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Workers who rely on award wages would have their rights to penalty rates and overtime pay protected under one of the first pieces of legislation to be introduced to the new federal parliament.
The changes to the Fair Work Act would effectively ensure workers paid under awards cannot have their penalty rates reduced in return for a higher rate of base pay if it leaves workers worse off.
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Continue reading...Kremlin Unleashed? Trump’s Deadline Invites Escalation in Ukraine, Ex-CIA Analyst Warns – Kyiv Post
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‘The village will die’ – Italy looks for answers to decline in number of babies
The government wants to encourage women to have babies but Italians say they need greater help.
Death toll grows from torrential rains in South Korea with thousands unable to return home
Four people have died and two are missing after four days of heavy rain as authorities warn of landslides and flooding
Torrential rains that lashed South Korea for a fourth day on Saturday kept nearly 3,000 people from returning to their homes, as the death toll reached four people.
Rain is forecast to last until Monday in some areas, as officials urged extreme caution against the risk of landslides and flooding, with warnings issued across most of the country.
Continue reading...Scott Morrison to testify before US House panel on China
Former Australian prime minister to appear at hearing about countering China’s ‘economic coercion against democracies’, select committee says
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The former Australian prime minister Scott Morrison will testify at a US House panel hearing next week about countering China’s “economic coercion against democracies,” the committee said on Friday.
Rahm Emanuel, the former US ambassador to Japan, will also testify before the House select committee on China.
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Continue reading...Tear It Down, They Said. He Just Kept Building. – The New York Times
Tear It Down, They Said. He Just Kept Building. The New York Times
The U.K. Closed a Tax Loophole for the Global Rich. Now They’re Fleeing. – WSJ – The Wall Street Journal
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A runaway British aristocrat and convicted rapist were found guilty over their baby’s death. Here’s how their story unfolded – yahoo.com
US restricts visas for Brazilian officials over Bolsonaro ‘witch-hunt’
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio accuses Brazilian Supreme Court judge of creating a 'persecution, censorship complex'.
Court orders Bolsonaro to wear ankle tag and puts him under curfew
A court in Brazil also bars the ex-president from using social media and puts him under 24-hour surveillance.
At least 9 killed, many abducted in ‘bandit’ gang attack in Nigeria
Many women and children were reportedly abducted in the deadly attack in Zamfara State.
Trump sues Murdoch and Wall Street Journal for $10bn over Epstein article
The lawsuit is over a story claiming the president wrote a "bawdy" personal note to Jeffrey Epstein in 2003.
Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,241
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Trump sues Wall Street Journal, Rupert Murdoch for $10bn over Epstein story
US Justice Department files a motion in Manhattan federal court to unseal grand jury transcripts in the Epstein cases.
Three teenagers killed in Queensland crash while attempting to overtake truck
Two men and a woman, all aged 19, died at the scene in Mackay after a late night crash involving multiple vehicles
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Three teenagers have died in Queensland after their car crashed into a dual-cab ute while attempting to overtake a truck.
Two 19-year-old men and a 19-year-old woman died at the scene in Mackay, more than 800km north of Brisbane, after a crash involving multiple vehicles late on Friday night.
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