Assange’s lawyer believes that the journalist will not get a fair trial in the US. Source: Wikimedia Commons. Jennifer Robinson has called on the Australian government to intervene in Julian Assange’s extradition to the US, where he could face over 100 years in prison. Speaking at the National Press Club of Australia, she said that…
While Australia comes in at third place, the US has dropped down the leader board from previous years. A report by Coincub has said that Australia is the third largest cryptocurrency economy with only Switzerland and Germany ahead. According to the report, Australia has one of the strongest cryptocurrency economies in the world in terms…
Rishi Sunak will not be going up against Boris Johnson with the former British prime minister confirming he will not contest the Conservative party leadership. Source: Number 10, Flickr. Boris Johnson has ruled out a comeback, and Rishi Sunak is favoured for Britain’s next prime minister after Liz Truss’s short-lived tenure. The former finance minister…
Source: Shutterstock. It was announced earlier last week that Westpac would be shutting down an additional 23 branches across the country. The 23 closures will see staff affected in branches across New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, Western Australia as well as South Australia and the Northern Territory. Westpac has now closed almost 95 branches in…
Source: Nikon Small World Photomicrography Competition. A Nikon photography contest has produced a disturbing closeup of an ant’s face that some are calling demonic. Nikon’s Small World Photomicrography Competition is one of the world’s leading contests that shows the magic of microscopic photography. This year there were an array of ‘small world’ photos that captured…
This mosaic is composed of images covering the entire sky, taken by the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) as part of WISE’s 2012 All-Sky Data Release. By observing the entire sky, WISE can search for faint objects, like distant galaxies, or survey groups of cosmic objects. Source: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA Astronomers at NASA have put together a…
It’s unclear as to whether or not Truss will keep her seat for South West Norfolk. Source: Liz Truss, Twitter. Liz Truss has resigned after only 45 days in the job to become the UK’s shortest serving Prime Minister with nominations for her replacement now open. The PM addressed media outside10 Downing Street, where she…
Spacey has previously been cleared of several sexual assault charges. Source: Shutterstock. A jury has found that Kevin Spacey did not molest then 14-year-old Anthony Rapp with the actor now cleared in the New York civil trial. It took the jury little over an hour to come to their verdict after a three-week trial that…
“Australians are entitled to believe the oversight processes that are there in the parliament will be maintained in a way that ensures integrity and ensures that any information given there is kept in a confidential basis,” Mr Albanese said on the news about Senator Thorpe. Source: The Greens. Greens deputy leader Lidia Thorpe has resigned…
“We believe in scientific rigor, innovation and passion as driving force,” says BioNTech. Researchers behind the COVID-19 vaccine say they are only several years away from introducing a cancer vaccine. Ugur Sahin and Ozlem Tureci are the husband-and-wife duo behind pharmaceutical company BioNTech, the same firm responsible for creating the Pfizer vaccine. They say their…