President Biden has signed into law the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2022, which authorizes $770 billion in defense spending. The Senate and the House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly for the defense bill earlier this month.
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The heated words were muttered under the US president's breath, but were picked up by his microphone. See what he said.
US President Joe Biden has responded to a question about inflation by calling a Fox News reporter a vulgarity.The president was in the East Room of the White House for a meeting of his Competition Council, which is focused on changing regulations and enforcing laws to help consumers deal with high prices.
From February 1, a Queensland council will enforce new accomodation laws, prompted by a surge in rental properties. Find out why the rules have been criticised.
ShutterstockThe COVID-19 pandemic has simply added to the ever more rapid growth in online learning since 2005. Online education generates massive income, with the global e-learning market estimated at US$144 billion in 2019 and predicted to reach US$374 billion by 2026. However, universities have struggled to reduce high online student dropout rates – online students are 2.5 times more likely than on-campus students to withdraw without a qualification. Advances in online educational technology
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has urged people to stay calm about the threat of a Russian attack and says there is work in progress to bring about a meeting between him and the leaders of Russia, France and Germany.In a televised video address, Zelenskiy said this week's withdrawal of personnel from some foreign embassies in Kyiv did not signal that a military escalation with Russia was inevitable.
Watch the icy interaction between Scott Morrison and Grace Tame. The photo has generated a huge reaction on social media. See what people have to say.
In a worrying sign, Australia has plummeted in Transparency International’s latest Corruption Perceptions Index – the world’s most widely cited ranking of how clean or corrupt every country’s public sector is believed to be. In the 2021 index released today, Australia has repeated its largest-ever annual drop – falling four points on the 100-point scale, from 77 to 73. Zero is considered highly corrupt, while a score of 100 is very clean. Overall, Australia has dropped 12 points on the index sin
Shark attacks increased around the world in 2021 following three consecutive years of decline, though beach closures in 2020 caused by the COVID-19 pandemic could be making the numbers seem more dramatic than they are.Researchers with the International Shark Attack File recorded 73 unprovoked incidents last year, compared to 52 bites in 2020, according to a new report.
Critical care nurse Alexis Hinkley has been providing care to Covid patients since the beginning of the pandemic. See her shocking plea here.
ShutterstockIf you’re a parent, chances are that, like me, you are frantically trying to get a head start on the new school year. In coping with the stress of COVID-19 lockdowns, restrictions, empty shelves in stores, working from home and minimal communications by schools over the holidays, we’ve turned to our virtual community of friends for help. Let’s face it, most of us probably don’t have the time to or simply can’t pop in for a cuppa with one of the other parents to just have a chat. And
There have been 23 cases of COVID-19 recorded among the crew of HMAS Adelaide, which departed Brisbane on Friday to deliver humanitarian aid to virus-free Tonga.The Department of Defence confirmed the positive cases and close contacts were isolating as per COVID-safe protocols, adding the ship would continue on to Tonga and arrive off its coast early Wednesday morning.
ShutterstockInsects are sustainable, nutritious and delicious. They’re eaten by more than two billion people worldwide, mostly in the tropics, and have been a staple in Indigenous Australians’ diets for tens of thousands of years. Yet eating insects isn’t mainstream in Australia. Why? We surveyed 601 Australians on their experience with, and attitude towards, edible insects. Our findings offer insight into which factors might convince people to add edible insects to their diet. Importantly, we f
British police will investigate alleged lockdown breaches at Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Downing Street residence after receiving evidence from an internal government probe into a series of gatherings.Johnson, who in 2019 won the biggest Conservative majority in more than 30 years, is fighting for his political survival after a stream of leaks revealed that his staff held parties during the toughest peacetime rules imposed in Britain.
Humanitarian aid to Tonga is ramping up after the airport was cleared of ash, making it safe for planes to land, the Red Cross says, days after a volcanic eruption and tsunami devastated the South Pacific archipelago.The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) said that with the extra supplies, its staff and volunteers were stepping up deliveries of drinking water and setting up shelters across the country's many islands.
A memorial has been planned for the "sweet, innocent" girl whose body was found in a barrel northwest of Sydney.
Tensions were palpable on The Project on Tuesday as hosts Carrie Bickmore and Peter van Onselen fought over Grace Tame’s frosty meeting with Scott Morrison. Watch the footage here.
Russia says it's watching with great concern after the United States put 8500 troops on alert to be ready to deploy to Europe in case of an escalation in the Ukraine crisis.Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov accused Washington of fuelling tensions over Ukraine - repeating Moscow's line that the crisis is being driven by US and NATO actions rather than by its own build-up of tens of thousands of troops near the Ukrainian border.
A cross-party parliamentary committee says the government has not allowed enough scrutiny of $1.5 billion in COVID-19 pandemic spending and some health measures.
Thailand's narcotics board says it will remove cannabis from its drugs list, paving the way for households to grow the plant.Thailand became the first Southeast Asian country to legalise marijuana in 2018 for medical use and research.
