August 27, 2024
Australia to limit foreign student enrolments in migration crackdown
SYDNEY, Aug 27 (Reuters) - Australia said on Tuesday it would limit the enrolment number of international students at 270,000 for 2025, as the government looks to rein in record migration that has contributed to a spike in home rental prices. The…
August 14, 2024
Japan PM Kishida to step down as scandals prove too much
TOKYO, Aug 14 (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said he will step down in September, ending a three-year term marred by political scandals and paving the way for a new premier to address the impact of rising prices. "Politics cannot…
August 2, 2024
Tears, hugs and a salute: Joyous scenes as tearful families reunite with freed Americans
Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, former US Marine Paul Whelan and Russian-American journalist Alsu Kurmasheva have landed in the United States, following the biggest prisoner exchange between Russia and the West since the Cold War. The…
February 21, 2024
Julian Assange put lives at risk by publishing secrets – US
Julian Assange "put lives at risk" by releasing classified US documents and should be extradited to face justice, a High Court hearing has been told. Lawyers for the US said Mr Assange revealed the names of sources when he used Wikileaks to release…
February 21, 2024
Navalny’s spokesperson demands return of his body as she accuses Russian officials of ‘lying’
(CNN) - The body of jailed Russian opposition figure Alexey Navalny should be handed over to his family “immediately,” his spokesperson Kira Yarmysh said Saturday, as she accused Russian officials of lying in order to delay the process. The…
April 26, 2023
Former New Zealand leader Jacinda Ardern is heading to Harvard
(CNN) — After stepping down as leader of New Zealand earlier this year, Jacinda Ardern has revealed that she is swapping the rough and tumble of politics for a stint of quiet reflection within academia overseas, heading to Harvard University this…
April 5, 2023
Finland joins NATO, doubling military alliance’s border with Russia in a blow for Putin
(CNN) — Finland officially became the 31st member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) on Tuesday, marking a major shift in the security landscape in northeastern Europe that adds some 1,300 kilometers (830 miles) to the alliance’s…
April 5, 2023
Trump, facing criminal charges, calls for defunding the FBI
WASHINGTON, April 5 (Reuters) - Former President Donald Trump on Wednesday called on his fellow Republicans in Congress to slash funding for the U.S. Justice Department and the FBI, one day after pleading not guilty in New York to 34 felony counts…
April 1, 2023
Trump indictment ends decades of perceived invincibility
NEW YORK (AP) — When Donald Trump steps before a judge next week to be arraigned in a New York courtroom, it will not only mark the first time a former U.S. president has faced criminal charges. It will also represent a reckoning for a man long…
December 21, 2022
Afghanistan: Taliban closes universities to women
The Taliban have announced the closure of universities to women in Afghanistan, according to a letter by the higher education minister. The minister says the move is until further notice. It is expected to take effect immediately. It further…