AUSTRALIA MOURNS FIVE WOMEN, PAKISTANI GUARD KILLED IN SYDNEY MALL ATTACK

Sun 14 April 2024: Australians are mourning the death of five women and a “courageous” Pakistani security guard killed in a stabbing attack at a Sydney shopping centre. Police on Sunday said they were yet to confirm any motivation or ideology behind the attacks in Sydney’s Bondi Junction but are investigating if the killer deliberately targeted […]

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HOW CAN PARENTS SAFELY INTRODUCE THEIR CHILDREN TO NEWS AND CURRENT AFFAIRS?

Sun 14 April 2024: Research has found young children who are exposed to news and current affair programs can be impacted so much that they start viewing the world as a scarier place. While much attention has been drawn to the detrimental impact of violent video games on children’s developing brains, there has been relatively little discussion […]

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QURAN-BURNING PROVOCATEUR SALWAN MOMIKA DEPORTED FROM NORWAY, HANDED OVER TO SWEDEN

Sun 14 April 2024: Salwan Momika, an Iraqi Christian known for publicly burning copies of the Holy Quran, is back in Sweden after rejection of his asylum request in Norway and spending two weeks in prison. The Swedish Migration Agency had revoked Momika’s residency permit, citing false information in his original application. That is when […]

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EXCEPTIONAL’ SAHARA DUST CLOUD HITS EUROPE, SAYS MONITOR

  Representational Image Thu 11 April 2024: An “exceptional” dust cloud from the Sahara is choking parts of Europe, the continent’s climate monitor said on Monday, causing poor air quality and coating windows and cars in grime. Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service said the latest plume, the third of its kind in recent weeks, was bringing […]

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TESLA SETTLES LAWSUIT OVER APPLE ENGINEER’S DEATH IN AUTOPILOT CRASH

Tue 09 April 2024: The family of an Apple engineer who was killed when his Model X swerved off a California highway while it was operating on autopilot has resolved a lawsuit against the electric manufacturer Tesla. According to court documents released on Monday, Tesla has reached a settlement with the Wei Lun Huang family […]

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UK’S CAMERON MEETS TRUMP, TO PRESS US CONGRESS ON UKRAINE AID

Tue 09 April 2024: UK Foreign Secretary David Cameron met with Donald Trump at the former president’s Mar-a-Lago club on Monday night, two people familiar with the visit told CNN. “The Foreign Secretary is on his way to Washington DC, where he will hold discussions with US Secretary of State Blinken, other Biden administration figures […]

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