The Wallabies squad for the Test features a 20-16 split in favour of the forwards. Photo: @wallabies/X (Twitter) France-based lock Will Skelton is back in the Wallabies after coach Joe Schmidt named a 36-player squad to meet Fiji on July 6. The one-off match in Newcastle will serve as a warm-up for players before the…
NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte talks to Anthony Albanese at the summit. Photo: NATO Australia and the European Union are to start talks on a new defence and security pact separate to any free trade agreement. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and European Council President Antonio Costa agreed to the…
File photo …. Children in a refugee camp in Idlib, Syria. Photo: Ahmed Akacha /pexels.com The UN’s refugee agency, UNHCR, says it is cutting global staffing numbers by 30% forced upon it by severe funding cuts. A UNCHR announcement says the cuts amount to letting go of almost half of all senior staff at its…