- Who is coming to Putin’s Victory Day parade and how safe is Moscow? Euronews.com
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Huge swings to Labor from Chinese Australian voters in key seats show Liberals failed to rebuild trust, experts say
Community convincingly chooses Labor in Melbourne and Sydney seats, despite opposition efforts to engage after 2022 review
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Suburbs with significant Chinese Australian populations in key marginal seats recorded huge swings to Labor of up to 30%, and strategists and analysts warn the Liberal party has failed to rebuild trust with the community.
The Liberal party’s review of the 2022 federal election found hawkish rhetoric on China cost it votes in several seats with high numbers of Chinese Australians. It called for greater community outreach and to rebuild trust before the 2025 poll.
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Continue reading...Queensland unions predict ‘hell of a bloody fight’ if LNP attacks nurses’ right to strike
State government offered to backdate wages for nurses and midwives on condition they do not undertake protected industrial action in May
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The Queensland union movement has warned the state’s conservative government it will be in for a “hell of a bloody fight” if it pursues threats to strip nurses and midwives of backpay should they enact their legal right to strike.
A pay dispute between the LNP government and the Queensland Nurses and Midwives’ Union (QNMU) is ongoing after their previous enterprise agreement expired on 31 March.
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Continue reading...Spain: cable theft that caused rail chaos was ‘act of sabotage’, says minister
Signalling cable taken from four locations, delaying high-speed services between Madrid and Seville, week after massive power cut
Spain’s transport minister has said the country’s rail network suffered “an act of serious sabotage” after vital signalling cable was stolen over the busy bank holiday weekend, bringing severe delays to high-speed services between Madrid and Seville that affected more than 10,000 travellers.
Government sources said the problems on the line between the capital and the southern region of Andalucía had been caused by the theft of copper cable from five different locations in the Toledo area, south of Madrid, late on Sunday.
Continue reading...Target vessel sank before it could be hammered at drill in Philippines – Defense News
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UK offshore havens miss deadline for transparency plans
British Virgin Islands criticised for launching financial crime-fighting cartoon mascot before new legislation
UK offshore havens have missed a deadline to publish their plans to improve corporate transparency, as MPs criticised the British Virgin Islands (BVI) in particular for launching a financial crime-fighting cartoon mascot before new legislation.
Jurisdictions including the BVI and Bermuda pledged last year to approve laws allowing access to company ownership data to those with a “legitimate interest” by April 2025, with implementation to follow in June.
Continue reading...Fear and intimidation at Newark airport
The harassment I faced returning to the US as a Palestinian-American makes it clear the US government is afraid of me.
Scholz to hand over power in Germany to sound of feminist anthem Respect
Song made famous by Aretha Franklin is on military band’s set list for handover of chancellery to Friedrich Merz
The German chancellor, Olaf Scholz, is to be played out of office by a military band who will perform tunes chosen by him that are intended to sum up his mood and political life.
Scholz will bow out to the Beatles, Johann Sebastian Bach and an Otis Redding hit made famous by Aretha Franklin.
Continue reading...Israel calls up thousands of reservists to expand Gaza war
Israel's army is calling up tens of thousands of reservists to expand operations in Gaza.
AP Analysis: Iran talks tough and launches missile all while seeking a new nuclear deal with the US – AP News
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Who will be the next pope? Even the cardinals don’t know – Reuters
Trump orders reopening of Alcatraz prison for ‘most ruthless offenders’
Plan to expand and reuse long-shuttered penitentiary off San Francisco described as ‘not serious’ by Nancy Pelosi
Donald Trump has said he is directing the administration to reopen and expand Alcatraz, the notorious former prison on an island off San Francisco that has been closed for more than 60 years.
California lawmakers called the idea “absurd on its face” and part of the US president’s strategy of political distraction. Other officials pointed to the closure of the prison complex in 1963, known for its brutal conditions, due to operational expense and the high number of (unsuccessful) escape attempts.
Continue reading...‘Scientific asylum’: How Europe is luring US researchers amid Trump fears
The EU is expected to lure US researchers looking to relocate in the wake of Trump’s attacks on universities.
Rwanda confirms talks with US about taking in migrants
Rwanda's foreign minister says his country is in the "spirit" of giving migrants "another chance".
The MAGA Priests Are Pretty Excited About This Conclave. It’s Easy to See Why. – Slate
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Israel may seize all Gaza in expanded operation, officials say – Reuters
- Israel may seize all Gaza in expanded operation, officials say Reuters
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Top UN court dismisses Sudan’s genocide case against UAE – CNN
- Top UN court dismisses Sudan’s genocide case against UAE CNN
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- Sudan war: Top UN court rejects bid to sue UAE for genocide BBC
- ICJ says it has no jurisdiction in genocide case against UAE DW
- World court says lacks jurisidiction to rule on Sudan's genocide case against UAE Reuters
ICJ dismisses Sudan’s genocide case alleging UAE backing of RSF rebels
Top UN court says it does not have authority to rule on case accusing UAE of arming Rapid Support Forces paramilitary.
Irish camogie players don shorts in protest against skorts diktat
Players have had enough of rule 6(b) of the sport’s code, which requres a ‘skirt/skort/divided skirt’
They are called skorts – a portmanteau of shorts and skirts – and the Irish camogie players who are obliged to wear them have had enough.
Players from Dublin and Kilkenny instead wore forbidden shorts before a provincial game on Saturday, in a coordinated protest that has won support from politicians and commentators who say the dress rules for the female-only sport are archaic.
Continue reading...Three people killed after shooting in Phoenix restaurant
Five others injured while police say more than one person may have been firing a gun in Arizona restaurant
Three people are dead and five others were injured after a shooting at a restaurant in a suburb of Phoenix, Arizona, on Sunday night, police said, adding that there may have been more than one person firing a gun.
Police received calls reporting shots around 7.45pm at El Camaron Gigante Mariscos & Steakhouse, Officer Moroni Mendez of Glendale police department said during a briefing.
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