Five vice-chancellors in Victoria paid more than $1m in 2024, prompting claims of ‘largesse’

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Union says universities blaming budget deficits for job cuts while pushing executive salaries ‘into the stratosphere’

Just three of Victoria’s vice-chancellors took pay cuts last year despite growing outside pressure to address “broken” university governance and accusations of “executive largesse”.

The universities’ latest annual reports, tabled in state parliament on Tuesday, showed six of Victoria’s nine vice-chancellors increased their pay or left it unchanged last year compared with 2023.

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UnitedHealth CEO steps down as company pulls 2025 financial forecast

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Andrew Witty exits for personal reasons as largest US health insurer responds to higher-than-expected medical costs

The UnitedHealth CEO, Andrew Witty, is stepping down for personal reasons and the nation’s largest health insurer suspended its full-year financial outlook due to higher-than-expected medical costs.

Stephen Hemsley, the company’s chairman, will become CEO effective immediately, the Minnesota company said.

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Canada’s Liberals inch toward majority, but one vote could decide key contest

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Quebec recount awarded seat to Liberal challenger by one vote, but a missing ballot could throw contest into disarray

Canada’s Liberal party has inched closer to a majority government after a judicial recount found the party had won an electoral district by just a single vote. But a voter has also claimed her ballot wasn’t counted, throwing the result once more into disarray.

Officials at Elections Canada at the weekend finished a recount for the Quebec district of Terrebonne, where the incumbent Bloc Québécois candidate Nathalie Sinclair-Desgagné appeared to have beaten her Liberal challenger Tatiana Auguste.

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Goodison Park saved from bulldozers to become home of Everton Women

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US owners confirm it will become the country’s first major stadium dedicated to a women’s team next season

Goodison Park, one of the UK’s oldest football stadiums, has been saved from demolition and will become the country’s first major stadium dedicated solely to a women’s team next season.

Hailed as a gamechanging move for women’s football, Everton Women will kick off their first season at Goodison in September, 133 years after the men’s team started playing at the ground in Walton, Liverpool.

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Experts warn Trump order demanding cheaper medicines for US could push up Australian prices

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Faced with lower US profits, pharmaceutical companies could demand higher prices elsewhere in the world, or even withdraw products entirely

Donald Trump’s pressure on medicine companies could drive up the cost of Australia’s Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) or see companies withdraw some medicines from Australian shelves , experts have warned.

The US president on Monday threatened to force medicine companies to lower their prices in the US, giving them 30 days to cut costs or face more severe action in an executive order.

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Boxes of Nazi Material Are Found After Decades in Basement of Argentina Court – The New York Times

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  1. Boxes of Nazi Material Are Found After Decades in Basement of Argentina Court  The New York Times
  2. A trove of forgotten Nazi documents is found in Argentina's Supreme Court basement  NPR
  3. Crates full of Nazi documents found in Argentine court's basement  BBC
  4. Argentina’s Supreme Court finds archives linked to the Nazi regime  AP News
  5. Argentina’s top court finds Nazi files ‘of global significance’ in basement  Al Jazeera
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Cooper backs PM over ‘island of strangers’ remark – BBC

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  1. Cooper backs PM over 'island of strangers' remark  BBC
  2. With immigration limits, the U.K. vows to end a 'failed experiment in open borders'  NPR
  3. Yvette Cooper left to spin the unspinnable after Starmer’s ‘island of strangers’ speech | John Crace  The Guardian
  4. Starmer's robust language nods to immigration failures  BBC
  5. Migration cuts are a luxury the UK cannot afford  Financial Times
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