Typhoon Wipha makes landfall in southern China after battering Hong Kong
Typhoon makes landfall on the coast of China's southern Guangdong province as it weakens to a severe tropical storm.
Typhoon Wipha hits Hong Kong bringing on highest storm alert
Authorities axe flights and school classes as typhoon closes in, with China’s Hainan and Guangdong provinces also on high alert
Hong Kong issued its highest tropical cyclone warning as Typhoon Wipha battered the city, with authorities cancelling school classes and grounding hundreds of flights.
Wipha was located around 60km south-east of Hong Kong as of 10am on Sunday, according to the city’s weather observatory. Huge waves were spotted off the eastern coast of Hong Kong Island.
Continue reading...Four dead after two-car crash in remote central Queensland
Two others seriously injured and Capricorn Highway closed between mining towns Comet and Blackwater amid horror weekend on Queensland roads
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Four people have been killed in a two-car crash on a remote highway in Queensland’s central highlands.
Police remained at the scene on the Capricorn Highway, between the historical coal mining towns of Comet and Blackwater, on Sunday afternoon. The highway was cut between the towns and was likely to be closed for some time.
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Continue reading...Minority government the new normal in Tasmania as voters turn away from major parties
State’s unusual electoral system makes winning a majority difficult at the best of times. Now, facing another hung parliament, Labor is in a sticky situation
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Tasmania has just had its second state election in 16 months, the shortest gap between state polls in Australia since Queensland in 1957.
For some voters it was their fifth trip to the ballot box in less than two years.
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Continue reading...Jeremy Rockliff says he expects crossbenchers will allow Liberals to form government – as it happened
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Controversial MP Mark Latham says he has “broken no law” as he publicly responds to a former partner’s allegations of domestic violence.
The former federal Labor leader and NSW One Nation leader has described recent reports involving former partner Nathalie Matthews as “false, reckless and irresponsible”.
I have broken no law. The police did not involve themselves in the AVO matter.
I have breached no standing orders of the Legislative Council. The NSW parliament has stringent processes about inappropriate behaviour, and in my six years there, I’ve never been notified of a complaint against me.
The Marine Rescue Batemans Bay and Bermagui crews said sea conditions were favourable last night, but it was quite dark with little assistance from the moon, and they had to navigate around numerous whales.
They are searching an area offshore from just north of Narooma to south of Bermagui under the direction of Marine Area Command and will continue to do so until otherwise instructed.
Continue reading...At least 38 dead after tourist boat capsizes in Ha Long Bay in Vietnam
Rescue workers save 12 people with seven still missing after vessel overturns during sudden thunderstorm
A tourist boat capsized during a sudden thunderstorm in Vietnam on Saturday afternoon, killing 38 people and leaving seven others missing.
The Wonder Sea boat was carrying 48 passengers and five crew members on a sightseeing the tour of Ha Long Bay, a popular destination for visitors, state media reported.
Continue reading...Ministers urged to guarantee NHS jobs for new midwives amid understaffing
Student midwives working thousands of hours unpaid in NHS fear lack of vacancies despite staff shortages
A student midwife who fears she will be unable to get a job after completing 2,300 hours of unpaid placement work in the NHS is calling for guaranteed posts for newly qualified midwives who otherwise will be forced to abandon the profession before their careers begin.
Aimee Peach, 43, is due to complete her training next summer, but says the promise of a job at the end of her three-year degree course has “collapsed”, despite severe shortages of midwives across the country.
Continue reading...Suella, Jacob, even Liz? Inside Reform’s unofficial plan to bag a Tory big beast
Officially, the party says there is no mission to court Conservative defectors, but insiders suggest otherwise, and warn against the dangers of doing so
At last year’s GB News Christmas party, Suella Braverman was the centre of attention. The former home secretary is popular in rightwing media circles, but it wasn’t her straight-talking brand of conservatism that was topic of the evening, rather it was the growing whispers about what some thought was her imminent defection to Reform UK.
“It was like a panto – everyone saying: ‘Oh yes you will’, and her saying: ‘Oh no, I won’t’,” says one Reform party guest. “We all thought she was just biding her time until the right moment.”
Continue reading...Recognised Palestinian state could develop disputed gas resources, expert says
The Palestinian Authority’s ability to use the Gaza Marine field could leave them less dependent on aid
Recognition of Palestine as a state would put beyond doubt that the Palestinian Authority (PA) is entitled to develop the natural gas resources of the Gaza Marine field, according to one of the experts that worked on the stalled project.
Michael Barron, the author of a new book on Palestine’s untapped gas reserves, has suggested the field could generate $4bn (£3bn) in revenue at current prices and it is reasonable that the PA could receive $100m a year over 15 years.
Continue reading...Mr and Mrs XCX: Brat star weds drummer of The 1975
Pop star Charli XCX tied the knot with the drummer of band The 1975 on Saturday.
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Death toll from South Korean rains rises to 17
Eleven people still unaccounted for after record downpours sweep north across country, triggering landslides
Heavy rain in South Korea has killed at least 17 people with 11 others unaccounted for in the intense downpours.
Close to 170mm (6.7in) of rain hit the resort town of Gapyeong county in Gyeonggi province, 40 miles east of Seoul, early on Sunday. A landslide engulfed houses and flooding swept away vehicles.
Continue reading...Federal opposition flags more ‘sensitive’ approach to foreign students at Australian universities
New Coalition education spokesperson Jonathon Duniam says Peter Dutton policy to slash international enrolments not ‘as constructive as it could have been’
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The Coalition has walked away from its call for Australia to slash 80,000 international students from higher education institutions, with the opposition’s education spokesperson promising a more “sensitive” approach after the party’s crushing election defeat in May.
During the federal election campaign, the then-opposition leader, Peter Dutton, claimed that cutting foreign student numbers would free up more housing and rental opportunities. Dutton said students were “taking up accommodation that should be occupied by Australian citizens”.
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Syria clears Bedouin fighters from Suwayda city, declares halt to clashes
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