France’s left-wing New Popular Front won the largest number of seats in the National Assembly but have not secured a governing majority. Image source: Braveheart, via Wikimedia Commons. France is facing a hung parliament after the legislative election on Sunday 7 July split the National Assembly into three blocs. No single group secured the required…
Married couples in the Philippines currently do not have the option to divorce when parting ways. Source: Nick Youngson via Pix4free. The Philippines — the only country in the world, besides the Vatican, that denies divorce to its citizens — is working towards a bill that would legalise divorce. The bill passed the House of…
Masoud Pezeshkian sparks hope for Iran’s future after becoming Iran’s new President. Source: Ayoub Ghaderi, Wikimedia Commons. Masoud Pezeshkian, Iran’s only reformist candidate in the latest presidential election, has been declared Iran’s new president. Pezeshkian, a 69-year-old heart surgeon, beat his ultra-conservative opponent Saeed Jalili with 53.6 per cent of the vote. After his win,…
Israel kill women and children in strikes on multiple schools in Gaza. Source: UN School Photo. Israeli military strikes on schools sheltering displaced Palestinians have killed dozens of people, including women and children. The weekend attacks targeted a United Nation-run school on Saturday — where at least 16 people died — and another school in…
The sculptures have officially returned to their land of origin, Cambodia, with potential for further repatriation. Image source: besopha, via: Wikimedia Commons Originally stolen from Cambodia during a period of war, 14 sculptures are being repatriated from New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art. The items arrived in Cambodia on Wednesday and were displayed at the…
While voter turnout was low for the UK election, the push to remove the Conservative party from leadership was strong. Image source: Tom Page, via Flickr Labour has gained victory in the recent UK election by a landslide, ending 14 years of the conservative party’s government. The conservative party announced the UK election recently, earlier…
Senator Fatima Payman has stated she plans to remain outspoken on various issues affecting the community following her move to the crossbench. Image source: Lucy Segal, via: Wikimedia Commons Senator Fatima Payman announced on Thursday that she would be defecting to the crossbench, after voting against Labor solidarity regarding Palestinian recognition. First elected as a…
Workers in Greece may now be required to work up to 48 hours a week after a new law came into effect on Monday. Image: CC-BY-4.0: © European Union 2022– Source: EP, via Flickr. Greece has introduced a six-day workweek in an effort to boost productivity, prompting sharp criticism from labour unions and political analysts.…
Escalating protests and police violence in Kenya have left at least 39 people dead and hundreds more injured. Image source: Boniface Mwangi, via X. At least 39 people have been killed and more than 300 injured as anti-government protests continue across Kenya, calling for President William Ruto to resign. The Kenyan National Commission on Human…
Orpheus Pledger pleads guilty to attacking a woman in Melbourne at her residence. Source: pickpik Former Home and Away star Orpheus Pledger has pleaded guilty to violently assaulting a woman in Melbourne earlier this year. Pledger, 31, faced Melbourne Magistrate’s Court on Monday, via a video link from custody, two months after he was arrested…