The sister of a 23-year-old Spanish visitor killed in the devastating Omagh bomb has said the public inquiry into the atrocity is allowing the family “to close a wound that has been open for 26 years”. During the opening day of the resumed inquiry, Paloma Abad Ramos told of the “mind-blowing shock” she and her…
Donald Trump has thrown into doubt the security and administration of the main two detention facilities in north-east Syria that hold thousands of Islamic State fighters, the former counter-terrorism director of M16 Richard Barrett says. The state of limbo has been caused in the short term by the US president unexpectedly suspending all USAid funding…
What a wonderful headache for a museum to have. The Louvre in Paris gets so many visitors it is taking drastic measures to cope, which include moving its most famous treasure to a dedicated space where fans can visit without entering the main museum at all. It will no longer suck the oxygen from other…
Soft landing for economy looking ‘more and more likely’ as inflation falls – Chalmers The treasurer says the worst of the inflation challenge is now “well and truly behind us”. Chalmers says the big drivers that moderated the inflation rate were construction costs, rates and insurance. That I think is quite an encouraging sign that…
An Airbus plane belonging to South Korean carrier Air Busan has caught fire on a runway at Gimhae international airport in the country’s south while preparing for departure to Hong Kong, fire authorities said on Tuesday. All 169 passengers and seven crew members were evacuated, with three having minor injuries, fire authorities in Busan said….
Canada’s democratic institutions are “robust in the face of foreign interference” attempts and there is “no evidence of ‘traitors’” in the country’s parliament, a landmark report into election meddling has found. But the commission’s lead said on Tuesday that the federal government should take steps to better safeguard democratic institutions and better inform the public…