Hostages handed over to Israeli military According to Israeli media the released hostages Sagui Dekel-Chen, Sasha Troufanov and Iair Horn are now in the hands of IDF troops in the Gaza Strip. They will shortly be brought out of the Strip to an army facility near the border community of Re’im for an initial checkup….
Anthony Albanese has promised to introduce legislation that will allow “sustainable salmon farming” to continue in Tasmania’s Macquarie Harbour, sparking anger from conversationists and researchers who urged for the local industry to be scaled back. The promise, made in a letter to industry group Salmon Tasmania, came after years of lobbying for action in Macquarie…
Adrián Simancas had been paddling for two hours in the calm but icy seas of the Strait of Magellan, off the coast of Chilean Patagonia, when something massive emerged from the water and dragged him under. “I saw dark blue and white colours before feeling a slimy texture brush against my face,” the 24-year-old told…
The termination email for a score of employees at the top US consumer watchdog arrived in the late hours of the night. “Unfortunately, the Agency finds that you are not fit for continued employment because your ability, knowledge and skills do not fit the agency’s current needs,” dozens of probationary staffers at the Consumer Financial…
The sentence of the Southport killer will not be referred to the court of appeal under the unduly lenient sentence scheme, the attorney general has said. Axel Rudakubana, 18, was handed a 52-year minimum sentence for murdering three girls at a dance class, the second-longest sentence imposed by the courts in English history, but the…
The Trump administration is making a big bet on Europe’s hard right. Speaking at a conference of Europe’s leaders in Munich on Friday, the US vice-president JD Vance stunned the room by delivering what amounted to a campaign speech against Germany’s sitting government just one week before an election in which the anti-immigrant, anti-Muslim AfD…