S Lloyd J. Austin III (far right) with Antony J. Blinken (next to him) and South Korea’s Foreign Affairs Minister Cho Tae-yul and Defence Minister Kim Yong-hyun in Washington DC. Picture: US Department of Defence North Korea’s entry into Russia’s war against Ukraine is now a matter of ‘when’, not ‘if’, says US Defence Secretary…
A flooded part of Valencia, Spain. Picture: Twitter (X) Spanish rescue teams have discovered eight bodies on Thursday (local time) in a garage, trapped by flash flooding that killed at least 155 people in the Valencia region alone. Overseas media reports say local authorities have not revealed how many people are still unaccounted for after…
Image: stock Victoria is looking for 19 principals to lead schools which are not due to open until 2026. Education Minister Ben Carroll says the new schools comprise of 13 primary, three secondary, two specialist and one P-9, opening in 2026. Applications are open via the Department of Education’s online recruitment portal and close on…
Picture: stock The SA bushfire danger season is starting two weeks early for metropolitan Adelaide, the Mount Lofty Ranges and Kangaroo Island, the state government says. Fire bans will start on Friday, November 15, in these districts as the SA (Country Fire Service) launched its Be Bushfire Ready awareness campaign. The dates for bans were…
Picture: stock Sydney has a growing problem – it will run out of landfill space by 2030 if nothing is done about it, according to the state government. Government says it is acting after a decade of neglect by former governments has left Greater Sydney on the brink of a waste crisis. The state of…
Image: Brisbane Airport Sydney Airport has announced a boost in flights with China and Middle East in time for the arrival of the peak summer season. Etihad Airways says it will add three more flights a week between Sydney and the Middle East as of July 2025. Sydney Airport’s Group Executive, Aviation Growth & Group…