THOUSANDS OF AUSTRALIAN HOMES, BUSINESSES STILL WITHOUT ELECTRICITY AFTER STORMS

Mon 19 February 2024: Four people in Australia have been taken to hospital after being struck by lightning near the iconic Sydney Opera House, authorities have said. The four victims, including a 36-year-old couple and a 19-year-old man, were sheltering under a tree near the famous landmark during a violent storm on Monday when they […]

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“TAKING ON SOMETHING DARK”: OPPENHEIMER TRIUMPHS AT 2024 BAFTA FILM AWARDS

  Cillian Murphy, winner of the leading actor award for “Oppenheimer,” at the 77th British Academy Film Awards in London on Sunday.Vianney Le Caer / Invision / AP Mon 19 February 2024: Oppenheimer, a three-hour epic about the creation of the atomic bomb during World War II, has swept the board at the 77th British […]

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NAVALNY’S WIFE: PUTIN WILL NOT GO UNPUNISHED FOR HUSBAND’S DEATH

Sun 18 February 2024: Russian President Vladimir Putin and his associates will not go unpunished if the death of Alexei Navalny, announced by the Russian prison service on Friday, is confirmed, the Kremlin critic’s wife said. Speaking at the Munich Security Conference, Yulia Navalnaya said she was skeptical about the news of her husband’s death because it […]

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RUSSIA DEVELOPING ‘TROUBLING’ SPACE-BASED ANTI-SATELLITE WEAPON, SAYS US

Russia’s Nauka module undergoes launch preparations at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Credit: Roscosmos (FILE PHOTO) Sun 18 February 2024: Russia is developing a space-based anti-satellite weapon that is “troubling” but poses no immediate threat, the White House has said. National security spokesman John Kirby said US intelligence officials had information that Russia had developed […]

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ISRAEL TO RECEIVE WEAPONS WORTH TENS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS FROM US AS RAFAH ASSAULT LOOMS

Sat 17 February 2024: The United States is preparing to send more bombs and other weapons to Israel even as it pushes for a ceasefire in the war on Gaza and has said it opposes Tel Aviv’s plans for a ground invasion in southern Rafah where more than half the enclave’s displaced population is trapped. […]

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GREECE BECOMES FIRST ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN COUNTRY TO LEGALIZE SAME-SEX MARRIAGE

Sat 17 February 2024: Following two days of debate and weeks of public reaction, Greece legalizes same-sex marriage, despite opposition from the church and some lawmakers. Same-sex couples will now be able to legally adopt children. Greece is the first Orthodox Christian country to legalise same-sex marriage. Parliament passed the legislation late Thursday, with 176 […]

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IN A LONDON BOROUGH HOME TO MANY MUSLIMS, LABOUR LOSES APPEAL OVER GAZA

Sat 17 February 2024: London, United Kingdom – For Sophia Naqvi, a longtime Labour Party activist, the lightbulb moment came just days into the current Middle East crisis. On October 11, four days after Hamas killed Israeli citizens and took many captive, Israel was responding with an aggressive campaign of air attacks and blockades. The Labour […]

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MILLIONS OF UKRAINIANS FACE MOUNTING, MASSIVE DEBT BURDEN, SAYS RED CROSS

Sat 17 February 2024: Two years since the Russia-Ukraine war started, the human cost is insurmountable, with no end in sight, and millions of Ukrainians are struggling under increasing debt, the International Red Cross said Friday. After two years of fighting, it is “unbelievable” that it has not stopped, and many people still need a […]

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