Former US President Bush Snr dies
He was the 41st President of the United States from 1989 to 1993. Prior to assuming the presidency, Bush served as the 43rd Vice President of the United States from 1981 to [...]
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FactCheck: have the Trump tax cuts led to lower unemployment and higher wages? No it hasn’t
Fabrizio Carmignani, Griffith University The evidence on the ground is very clear. The Trump tax cuts have led to stronger investment, stronger growth, lower unemployment [...]
New Zealand: Slow rollout of PrEP could risk more HIV infections
New Zealand became one of the first countries in the world to publicly fund PrEP (a daily pre-exposure pill that prevents HIV) in February 2018. Researchers say PrEP can help [...]
Guns do kill people – around 200,000 each year
Around the world there were an estimated 195,000 to 276,000 firearm deaths in 2016, the majority of them homicides, but firearm deaths in Australia have dropped since 1990, [...]
USA: Just how educated are Americans?
Dora Mekouar For the first time ever, 90 percent of Americans over the age of 25 have finished high school, and more than one-third of Americans over the age of 25 has a [...]
Friend of Australia Senator John McCain has died 81
John McCain has died of brain cancer at 81 a day after halting treatment. He was Once a prisoner of war, he made two bids for president and was a towering presence in the [...]
USA: Trump Cuts More Than $200 Million in Aid to Palestinians
The Trump administration has cut more than $200 million in economic aid to the Palestinians. Administration officials said Friday the decision was made after a review of the [...]
USA: Manafort jury reaches verdict on 8 counts, mistrial declared on 10 others
CNN reports that the jury in the Paul Manafort trial has reached a verdict on eight counts, but it can’t reach consensus on 10 counts. A mistrial has been declared on [...]
USA: After “disturbance” at immigrant detention centre, 16 migrant fathers taken away overnight
Federal officials have given few details. Activists have called it a "horrifying scene." [...]
White House Caught Lying About African American Jobs Claim
The Trump White House was caught lying this week about African American jobs rate claim. In a rare instance White House press secretary Sarah Sanders issued a rare correction [...]
