This researcher found billions in ‘invisible’ gold in Jo’burg’s mine dumps
At 26 years old, Steve Chingwaru uncovered 420 tonnes of gold in buried mining waste. Now everyone wants to hire him.
Negative drug tests recorded for personnel who packed Jack Fitzgibbon parachute before deadly jump
Defence says it carries out random drug testing on an ongoing basis and investigations into Fitzgibbon’s death continue
All defence personnel involved in packing and checking Lance Corporal Jack Fitzgibbon’s parachute before his tragic death had tested negative for prohibited substances, the Australian defence force says.
On Sunday the ABC reported six unidentified soldiers serving at the Royal Australian Air Force base in Richmond had “failed comprehensive drug screening in mid-February and early March” and were facing potential expulsion from the ADF.
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Continue reading...Inside the dangerous rescue for Brazil flood victims
The BBC joins emergency services in Porte Alegre as they battle unprecedented flooding.
Eurostar reverses wheelchair policy that left user stranded, after Observer campaign
Passengers were left abandoned and humiliated after operator banned staff from providing assistance
Eurostar has reversed a new accessibility policy that left a wheelchair user stranded and has retrained its London staff following pressure from the Observer.
Travellers with disabilities claimed that they would be barred from Eurostar services after the company banned its London staff from pushing passenger wheelchairs. Those who require assistance were told they must travel with a companion or cancel their ticket if they were unable to access services unaided, according to passengers who contacted the Observer.
Continue reading...Georgia’s future path at stake as protests divide nation
A controversial new law is dividing Georgia and risks pulling the nation back to the instability that scarred its post-Soviet independence.
Labor rank and file tell Victorian government to ‘get serious’ on long-delayed airport rail
Rail, Tram and Bus Union’s Vik Sharma says Melbourne’s lack of airport train line is a global embarrassment
Rank and file Victorian Labor members have piled pressure on the state government to “get serious” on building a train line to Melbourne’s Tullamarine airport.
A motion to get the city’s stalled airport rail link project back on track was unanimously passed by party members and unionists at the Victorian Labor state conference on Sunday.
Continue reading...Brazil floods: On board a rescue helicopter
The BBC's Ione Wells joins emergency services in Rio Grande do Sul, which has seen its worst ever floods.
Pro-Palestine protesters vow to rally as La Trobe joins universities enforcing encampment ban
La Trobe on Friday followed Deakin in issuing a formal directive for protesters to end their encampment
Pro-Palestine students and staff at La Trobe University have called the university’s directive to end their sit-in an “attack on free speech”, and vowed to rally against the encampment crackdown until management meets their demands.
La Trobe University on Friday followed Deakin University in issuing a formal directive for protesters to end their encampment on the Bundoora campus, amid a wave of student pro-Palestine sit-ins across the nation.
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Continue reading...Police officer allegedly stabbed in the head in Sydney’s CBD
Paramedics treated an officer for non-life-threatening head injuries and police arrested a 33-year-old man
A police officer is said to be “doing fine” in hospital on Sunday after allegedly being repeatedly stabbed in the head with a 30cm kitchen knife in Sydney’s central business district.
Detective superintendent of the Sydney City Police Area Command, Martin Fileman, told reporters on Sunday afternoon that the male constable was stabbed in the back of the head a “number of times” before he and a female constable gave chase to the alleged attacker.
Continue reading...India Lok Sabha election 2024 Phase 5: Who votes and what’s at stake?
Voters to decide the fate of 695 candidates, including opposition leader Rahul Gandhi, in the fifth phase of polls.
Assad officials face landmark Paris trial over killing of student and father
Prosecution of three high-ranking Syrian officials to be tried in absentia could pave way for president’s case
At midnight on 3 November 2013, five Syrian officials dragged arts and humanities student Patrick Dabbagh from his home in the Mezzeh district of Damascus.
The following day, at the same hour, the same men, including a representative of the Syrian air force’s intelligence unit, returned with a dozen soldiers to arrest the 20-year-old’s father Mazzen.
Continue reading...Israeli War Cabinet member says he’ll quit government June 8 unless new war plan is adopted – CBS News
- Israeli War Cabinet member says he'll quit government June 8 unless new war plan is adopted CBS News
- Israel's Wartime Government Frays as Frustration with Netanyahu Grows The New York Times
- Gantz sets June 8 deadline for PM to make post-war plan, or he’ll bolt coalition The Times of Israel
- Israel War Cabinet Member Sets Ultimatum and Threatens to Quit Government The Wall Street Journal
- Hear what ret. US general thinks about Gantz’s ultimatum to Netanyahu about Gaza plan CNN
The mystery of the man embroiled in a gold scam
Questions remain around the disappearance of a man mixed up in one of the biggest gold scams in history.
Singer Libianca on the pressure to take sides in Cameroon war
The star of viral hit People talks to the BBC about getting death threats for waving a Cameroonian flag.
‘My heart still hurts’: The personal sacrifice of revealing a K-pop scandal
Two journalists reveal how they bore the brunt of fans' anger after exposing K-pop's dark underbelly.
Oleksandr Usyk beats Tyson Fury to become undisputed heavyweight champion
Ukraine's Usyk beat UK's Fury by a split decision to become the first unifying title fighter since 1999.
Hundreds of pro-Palestinian protesters rally in the rain in DC to mark a painful present and past – ABC News
- Hundreds of pro-Palestinian protesters rally in the rain in DC to mark a painful present and past ABC News
- Hundreds protest against Israel at 'Nakba' rally in Washington The Times of Israel
- Palestinians recount painful history with war in Gaza as a reminder The Associated Press
- Portlanders protest occupation of Palestine, commemorate anniversary of Arab expulsion from Israel OregonLive
- Pro-Palestinian Protest: Thousands Expected In Washington TIME
Budget replies reveal Coalition ‘all over the shop’, PM says, labelling Dutton’s nuclear policy ‘shocking’ – as it happened
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Crowdfunding campaign launched for Namatjira portraits
Australian presenter and comedian Dan Ilic has launched a crowdfunding campaign to have Vincent Namatjira’s latest exhibition, Australia In Colour, projected on to a billboard in Times Square.
This is an invitation to help get as many people to know about Australia In Colour as possible by putting the highlight of the show on a huge billboard in Times Square the week of the 27th May. We need to raise about $30,000 by Thursday. Any excess money raised will be donated to a charity of the artist’s choice.
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Continue reading...Israel war cabinet minister vows to quit if there is no post-war plan for Gaza
Recent weeks have seen an increasingly public rift over how Gaza should be governed after the war.
Hospitals to share waiting lists under Labour plans for quicker care
Party says pooling resources across regions would deliver 40,000 extra appointments a week for patients
Hospitals would have to share waiting lists and pool resources under Labour’s plans to reduce waiting times by delivering up to 40,000 extra NHS appointments a week.
The party has announced that patients would be offered appointments at nearby hospitals, rather than necessarily at their local one, which would enable people to receive faster treatment. Hospital staff and resources would be pooled across a region and would run evening and weekend surgeries.
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