Two Challenger 2 anti-tank battle tanks fire tracer rounds at dusk. Photo: UK Ministry of Defence 2024 MORE than 2500 UK troops will spearhead a major NATO exercise in eastern Europe in the next two months even as Donald Trump is inaugurated as the next US President. The UK will deploy over 2600 troops and…
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks to a shopper in a Montreal grocery store late last year. Photo: Twitter/X. Justin Trudeau is resigning as Canadian Prime Minister and as leader of that country’s ruling left-leaning Liberal Party. “I intend to resign as party leader, as prime minister, after the party selects its new leader,” the 53-year-old leader…
Photo: stock Australia’s series-winning cricketers are set for a break with captain Pat Cummins likely facing a lengthy spell from test duty. Travis Head admitted he felt “wrecked” while Cummins said he also had “little left in the tank” after the recent six-wicket win in Sydney. The result saw Australia beat India in a Test…
Picture: stock Travellers need to stay on the straight and sober while onboard aircraft or risk two years jail or hefty fine, Australian Federal Police (AFP) say. The warning comes after a couple accused of drunken behaviour on a domestic flight appeared in Downing Centre Local Court in Sydney today (January 6). AFP Sergeant Luke…
People push a car stuck in the snow near St. Louis, Missouri. Photo: AccuWeather A northern polar winter storm with heavy snow, ice and severe weather descended on more than a dozen US states over the weekend with flights grounded and chaos on the highways. US commercial weather forecaster AccWeather says a three-pronged storm with…
The highway south of Mackay has been rated at one-star in terms of safety. Image: ANDREW KACIMAIWAI The federal government is to spend another $7.2 billion on repairing and upgrading the Bruce Highway in Queensland. The extra money will bring the total spend for the 1673-km highway to more than $17 billion, according to government.…
Engineered stone benchtops, panels and slabs can no longer be imported as of January 1, 2025. Photo: stock Engineered stone benchtops, panels and slabs can no longer be imported after a ban took effect on New Year’s Day (January 1, 2025). According to the Australian Border Force (ABF), stone items containing more than 1 per…
Forty SA Police officers will be deployed to Alice Springs until the end of February. Photo: stock Forty South Australian police officers are to be deployed to Alice Springs at the request of the Northern Territory (NT) Government. The first eight-day interstate deployment of 10 officers started today (January 6). The deployments will run until…
The Ingenuity Helicopter, right, stands near the apex of a sand ripple on Mars in an image taken on February 24, 2024. A part of one of Ingenuity’s rotor blades lies about 15 meters west of the helicopter. Photo: NASA NASA is due to release the findings of a first-ever interplanetary aerial crash investigation into…
The Business Council of Australia says government policy needs to become more pro-business. Photo: stock Australia is poised to lose out under the new US Trump administration unless it adopts more business friendly policies. The was the call from the Business Council of Australia after a team, led by chief executive Bran Black, returned from…