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Prince Philip, Duke Of Edinburgh Dead 99
His Royal Highness Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh and consort to Her Majesty the Queen, has died at the age of 99. Buckingham Palace confirmed the news early this [...]
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His Royal Highness Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh and consort to Her Majesty the Queen, has died at the age of 99. Buckingham Palace confirmed the news early this morning London time at Windsor Castle. Speaking to press British Prime Minister Boris Johnston said the Duke had earned the affection of generations in the United Kingdom, across the Commonwealth, and around the world. He was [...] -
A Labor government would set up a $15 billion National Reconstruction Fund to promote manufacturing in Australia’s post pandemic economy. The fund, to be announced on Tuesday as Labor begins its national conference, would partner with private investors and superannuation funds, which have access to large reserves of capital. It would be aimed at helping build new industries and boosting [...] -
Queensland has 10 new cases overnight. Eight of these are community acquired cases, with six close contacts of confirmed cases. 14,589 tests have been conducted over the last 24 hours. Dr Young, Queensland’s Chief Health Officer ,said that the good news is that these cases are linked, and they now believe that there are two distinct clusters. One cluster linked to the PA doctor from the [...] -
Israel: According to reports in Israeli media outlet N12, an Israeli woman in the 36th week of her pregnancy has lost her baby due to COVID-19. The mother, who was infected with COVID-19, presented at the Meir Medical Center in Kfar Saba feeling unwell. Upon investigation doctors discovered that the fetus in her womb was dead. A subsequent laboratory test revealed that the fetus was also infected [...]
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The internet is fall of hoaxes and fake news, so one of the latest claims are that Facebook deletes opinions that go against Mark Zuckerberg’s opinion and that he claims the COVID-19 vaccine changes people’s DNA. Does Facebook do this and did he say it? The answers are no to the first one and we can’t say for sure to the second one. There is more to the story. Does Facebook change its [...] -
Russia: Tensions Increase Between Russia And Its Neighbours After Expelling Diplomats In Retaliation
Tensions are heating up between Estonia and Russia after Estonia declared a Russian diplomat involved in “culture and education” persona non grata. In response Moscow announced the expulsion of an official from the Estonian embassy. The announcements as made by the Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova. The spokeswoman said Russia believes that by their actions Tallinn wanted [...] -
ACTU President Michele O’Neil has sent a warning to the Morrison government saying that with just over 2 million people unemployed or underemployed in Australia the Federal Government shouldn’t be acting like the COVID-19 pandemic is over. The ACTU in a statement has said the levels of unemployment and underemployment are alarming as Job Keeper is to be cut at the end of March with payments [...] -
A recently published Italian study of 381 patients who had recovered from severe COVID-19 found 30.2 per cent (115 patients) had post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The study was based on a comprehensive medical and psychiatric assessment. Researchers found that women with a history of mental health problems were most at risk of developing PTSD, the scientists say. It was also reported that in [...]
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Screenshot Maryke Steffens, University of Sydney Facebook’s decision to ban media organisations from posting links to news articles on the social media giant’s platform comes less than a week before Australia’s COVID-19 vaccine rollout begins. The ban also prevented many health organisations, government health departments and other organisations from posting links (some, but not all, have [...]
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In response to Facebook’s Australian News Ban, The Australia Institute Statement in response to has said that the decision to ban Australians from sharing news online will make it a weaker social network “Facebook’s decision to prevent users viewing for sharing public interest journalism will make it a weaker social network,” said Peter Lewis, director of the Australia [...]
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Voice of America’s China bureau reports that International human rights groups have asked the Chinese government to explain how a Tibetan tour guide died in prison. The guide was sent to prison on charges for providing news to overseas media. The New York based Human Rights Watch (HRW) reported that on the February 6, 2021 Kunchok Jinpa, (a 51-year-old Tibetan tour guide) died in a hospital in [...] -
Defeated former President Trump has escaped conviction for the 2nd time. US senators voted 57-43 to acquit him of charges relating to inciting the capitol riots on January 6th. A two thirds majority or 67 votes were needed to find him guilty. A total of seven Republican senators voted to convict the former President: Richard Burr, Lisa Murkowski, Susan Collins, Mitt Romney, Ben Sasse, Bill [...] -
China sent a blunt warning to Australia over Xinjiang saying they are firmly opposed to any country who interferes in Chinese domestic affairs under “the banner of human rights” The warning came after the Australian government called on China to allow UN officials to enter Xinjiang immediately and “unhindered” to conduct investigations into alleged human rights abuses in the autonomous [...]
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His Royal Highness Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh and consort to Her Majesty the Queen, has died at the age of 99. Buckingham Palace confirmed the news early this morning London time at Windsor [...]
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A Labor government would set up a $15 billion National Reconstruction Fund to promote manufacturing in Australia’s post pandemic economy. The fund, to be announced on Tuesday as Labor begins its [...]
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Queensland has 10 new cases overnight. Eight of these are community acquired cases, with six close contacts of confirmed cases. 14,589 tests have been conducted over the last 24 hours. Dr Young, [...]
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The internet is fall of hoaxes and fake news, so one of the latest claims are that Facebook deletes opinions that go against Mark Zuckerberg’s opinion and that he claims the COVID-19 vaccine [...]
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ACTU President Michele O’Neil has sent a warning to the Morrison government saying that with just over 2 million people unemployed or underemployed in Australia the Federal Government shouldn’t [...]
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Screenshot Maryke Steffens, University of Sydney Facebook’s decision to ban media organisations from posting links to news articles on the social media giant’s platform comes less than a week [...]
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In response to Facebook’s Australian News Ban, The Australia Institute Statement in response to has said that the decision to ban Australians from sharing news online will make it a weaker social [...]
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China sent a blunt warning to Australia over Xinjiang saying they are firmly opposed to any country who interferes in Chinese domestic affairs under “the banner of human rights” The warning came [...]
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The ACTU has sounded the warning that the rejection of amendments to JobMaker by the federal government is likely to create a new wave of insecure work and risks displacing workers in existing jobs. [...]
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Israel: According to reports in Israeli media outlet N12, an Israeli woman in the 36th week of her pregnancy has lost her baby due to COVID-19. The mother, who was infected [...]
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A Labor government would set up a $15 billion National Reconstruction Fund to promote manufacturing in Australia’s post pandemic economy. The fund, to be announced on [...]
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Peter Goss, Grattan Institute; Steven Lewis, Deakin University, and Susan Irvine, Queensland University of Technology In his first budget speech, Treasurer Josh Frydenberg [...] -
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Many young gay men are taking action to prevent getting HIV and spreading HIV by taking preexposure prophylaxis (PrEP), however according to new Australian led research a lot [...] -
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RICHARD WAINWRIGHT/AAP Michelle Peterie, The University of Queensland Between July 2018 and August 2019, the Home Affairs Department spent A$6.1m flying refugees, asylum [...] -
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News From The Americas
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Defeated former President Trump has escaped conviction for the 2nd time. US senators voted 57-43 to [...]
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Israel: According to reports in Israeli media outlet N12, an Israeli woman in the 36th week of her pregnancy has lost her baby due to COVID-19. The mother, who was infected [...]
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(VOANews: Lameck Masina) MANGOCHI, MALAWI – Along the shores of Lake Malawi, poverty and food [...] -
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Voice of America’s China bureau reports that International human rights groups have asked the [...]
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Russia: Tensions Increase Between Russia And Its Neighbours After Expelling Diplomats In Retaliation
Tensions are heating up between Estonia and Russia after Estonia declared a Russian diplomat [...] -
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At a time of high anxiety in Australia about the prevalence of insecure work and financial pressure that has been exacerbated by the Covid19 Singapore Airlines is using the [...] -
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Social Issues
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Evita March, Federation University Australia When US President-Elect Joe Biden and Deputy Vice President-Elect Kamala Harris gave their victory speeches on Saturday evening, [...] -
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Editorials
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(Opinion) Much ink will be spilt and keys tapped over the tragedy that has played out in Washington D. C. However right now the USA is under siege, the National Guard is active in 14 states. There are warnings of armed protests, starting as early as [...] -
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