Washington: US Representative Liz Cheney said that she was “thinking” about running for president in 2024, a prospect that would test the national viability of a conservative, anti-Trump platform that failed resoundingly in Wyoming. Cheney — who lost her House primary by more than 35 percentage points on Wednesday AEDT to a challenger, Harriet Hageman, … Read more
A DAD has told how he was forced to dismantle a pirate ship swimming pool he built for his kids after a petty neighbour complained to the authorities. John Konstantinidis, from Toronto, Canada, spent eight weeks carefully crafting the structure so his children would have somewhere to play during the coronavirus pandemic. 2 The … Read more
The World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday branded the “man-made catastrophe” in Ethiopia’s Tigray region the “worst disaster on Earth”, and slammed global leaders for overlooking the humanitarian crisis. WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said “unimaginable cruelty” was being inflicted on six million people in the northern region, effectively cut off from basic services for … Read more
Rights groups have repeatedly warned about the government’s recent use of the counterterrorism law. In April, Human Rights Watch said laws such as “the notoriously abusive counterterrorism law and the anti-cybercrime law, include vague and overly broad provisions that have been widely interpreted and abused.” The rulings are also often characterised by inconsistent and harsh … Read more
A restaurant guest in Southern Florida and a man visiting Pensacola in the northwestern part of the state have both died after suffering a bacterial infection after they ate raw oysters from Louisiana. The manager of the Rustic Inn, Gary Oreal, told the South Florida Sun-Sentinel that the most recent victim had worked at the … Read more
A bombing at a mosque in the Afghan capital of Kabul during evening prayers on Wednesday killed at least 10 people, including a prominent cleric, an eyewitness and police said. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack, the latest to strike the country in the year since the Taliban seized power. The … Read more
Forrest and wife Nicola’s Minderoo Foundation pledged $1.8 million to the United Nations World Food Program to enable the chartering of a bulk carrier vessel. They have handed over a further $4.21 million to address the ongoing grain storage crisis in the country, where the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations, is coordinating … Read more
Chinese vice premier Han Zheng visited the State Grid Corporation on Wednesday and said further efforts were needed to ensure power supply for residents and key industries, and to prevent power cuts, according to a state media report. Loading China should accelerate the construction of key projects, improve power load management and promote the joint … Read more
A TATTOO artist who allegedly sexually assaulted a 21-year-old Scottish holiday-maker is “suspected of FIVE previous attacks”, Spanish police say. Cops revealed on Tuesday they had arrested a 47-year-old man after a woman claimed to have been a victim of a sex crime while she was having a tattoo done in Ibiza. 1 Cops say … Read more
A 24-year-old New Jersey man with alleged sympathies towards Iran has been charged with the attempted murder of Salman Rushdie. Hadi Matar is accused of stabbing the acclaimed British-Indian author up to 10 times onstage at the Chautauqua Institution in western New York state on Friday as he prepared to deliver a lecture. Mr Matar, … Read more
