Fatah and Hamas signed a unity deal following reconciliation talks in Beijing. Image source: Ahmed Abu Hameeda, via Wikimedia Commons. Rival Palestinian factions Fatah and Hamas signed an agreement in Beijing on Tuesday 23 July to end division and strengthen Palestinian unity. The Beijing Declaration sets the groundwork for Palestinian governance over Gaza once Israel’s…
A father and his daughter have been killed in a train accident in Sydney. Source: Gareth Edwards, Wikimedia Commons. A father and a child have been killed in a train accident in Sydney, after a pram carrying twin toddlers rolled onto train tracks Sunday afternoon. The 40-year-old father jumped onto the tracks in an attempt…
President Joe Biden steps down from presidential race. Source: Joe Biden, X. President Joe Biden has pulled out of the presidential 2024 US re-election and has instead thrown his support behind Vice President Kamala Harris as the Democratic nominee. After weeks of insisting he was staying in the race, Biden shocked the world with this…
Plague may have caused a mysterious population collapse in northern Europe over 5,000 years ago, DNA evidence suggests. Image source: Theodor Kittelsen, via Picryl. New research based on DNA evidence suggests the plague may have caused a population collapse in northern Europe over 5,000 years ago. Europe experienced a rapid population decline around 5,400 years…
Workers at Bus Queensland feel betrayed by the company for passing on government-funded wage increase. Image source: Andrew Owens via Wikimedia Commons. Leaked documents show Bus Queensland — one of Australia’s largest privately owned bus companies — has refused to accept a government-funded wage increase to its bus drivers. Bus Queensland is a private company…
Police ban on protests gets temporarily overturned by high court in Nairobi. Source: Zoom Africa via X. A Kenyan court has suspended a police ban on protests in the heart of the capital Nairobi, and surrounding areas, stating that citizens have a right to peacefully protest. The judge issued a “conservatory order” to block the…
NSW Premier Chris Minns has called to suspend Labor’s state affiliation with the CMFEU following allegations of corruption. Image source: Leonard J Matthews, via Flickr. New South Wales Premier Chris Minns has moved to suspend state affiliation with the Construction, Forestry and Maritime Employees Union (CFMEU). The effort to distance NSW Labor from the CFMEU…
Police are investigating the deaths of six people after their bodies were found in a luxury hotel suite in central Bangkok. Image source: Terrence Ong, via Wikimedia Commons. Six people were found dead in a Bangkok luxury hotel in what Thai authorities suspect was a case of poisoning. Cleaning staff discovered the bodies of three…
At least 90 people killed after an Israeli attack on humanitarian safe zone in al-Mawasi. Source: Eman Mohammed via Wikimedia Commons. Countries across the world have condemned Israel after dozens were killed in an Israeli military attack on a designated humanitarian safe zone in Gaza on Saturday. At least 90 Palestinians were killed in the…
Donald Trump has been shot with an AR-style rifle in an assassination attempt on his life. Image adapted from: Wikimedia Commons & Gage Skidmore via Flickr. Former American president Donald Trump has been shot following an assassination attempt on his life during a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania on Saturday. Live footage of the incident…