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Sat, 09 Jul 2022 18:34:42 +1000Protesters storm Sri Lankan president’s house, encircle cricket ground
Local TV news NewsFirst showed a mob carrying flags and helmets advancing on to the residence. Earlier protesters overshadowed Australia’s test match.
Sat, 09 Jul 2022 18:18:36 +1000Investigation continues after Shinzo Abe's death
Japanese investigators are looking into whether Shinzo Abe's assassin acted alone and why he killed the former Prime Minister.
Sat, 09 Jul 2022 16:39:41 +1000Abe assassin had a ‘grudge’: Nara police
Officials are yet to confirm if the organisation the suspect attacker, Tetsuya Yamagami, was against actually exists, but say the motive was not political.
Sat, 09 Jul 2022 15:40:16 +1000Whale feeding frenzy in Antarctica points to a conservation success
The rebounding of the fin whales’ population offers “a sign that if you enforce management and conservation, there are chances for species to recover”.
Sat, 09 Jul 2022 15:16:52 +1000Japan grieves after Shinzo Abe's assassination
Former prime minister Shinzo Abe, a towering figure in Japanese and global politics, was assassinated on Friday, sending shockwaves around Japan and the world.
Sat, 09 Jul 2022 14:57:58 +1000Biden signs executive orders to safeguard abortion as frustration mounts
The move comes as anger among Democrats and pro-choice advocates grows over the White House’s response to the overturning of Roe v Wade.
Sat, 09 Jul 2022 07:21:13 +1000World shocked by the assassination of former Japanese PM
The world has been left shocked by the assassination of former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe.
Sat, 09 Jul 2022 05:24:47 +1000Shinzo Abe, Japan’s longest-serving PM, dies at 67
He made it his political mission to vanquish Japan’s wartime ghosts but fell short of his ultimate goal of restoring his country as a normalised military power.
Sat, 09 Jul 2022 05:05:00 +1000Sexual harassment scandals helped bring down Johnson. He won’t be the last
The ongoing failure to address Westminster’s culture will only see more young political hopefuls harmed by the unscrupulous who get drunk, literally and figuratively, on power.
Sat, 09 Jul 2022 05:00:00 +1000Plight of basketball star presents a Putin problem for Biden
Adding to the challenge the Biden administration faces. Brittany Griner’s coach has questioned whether things would be different if the Olympian on trial in Moscow was a male basketball star.
Fri, 08 Jul 2022 22:20:57 +1000Wong meets Wang as ministers attempt to stabilise China-Australia relations
The meeting after the G20 summit in Bali on Friday night was the first between foreign ministers from Australia and China for more than three years.
Fri, 08 Jul 2022 21:25:02 +1000Former Japanese PM Shinzo Abe dead
Former Japanese prime minister Shinzo has died after he was shot while making a speech near Osaka.
Fri, 08 Jul 2022 20:26:40 +1000Former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe has died after being shot during a speech in Nara.
Former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe has died after being shot during a speech in Nara.
Fri, 08 Jul 2022 20:06:42 +1000Dismay after ‘wise friend’ to Australia, Shinzo Abe, assassinated
Abe was in power during the tenure of the last six Australian prime ministers.
Fri, 08 Jul 2022 19:32:59 +1000Far from former leader, Abe was synonymous with Japan’s centre of power
Shinzo Abe defined a generation of Japanese politics.
Fri, 08 Jul 2022 19:30:00 +1000The Boris paradox
Johnson’s problem was that while he had the right mix of qualities to win an election, he was hopelessly ill-equipped to govern.
Fri, 08 Jul 2022 19:21:41 +1000Former Japanese PM Shinzo Abe assassinated
Shinzo Abe was rushed to hospital “unresponsive” after a man shot twice at him during an election campaign speech.
Fri, 08 Jul 2022 18:50:24 +1000Former Japanese prime minister shot while giving speech
Former prime minister Shinzo Abe was shot while giving a speech near Osaka in Japan.
Fri, 08 Jul 2022 18:15:51 +1000Boris Johnson resigns as UK prime minister
Boris Johnson has resigned as the UK prime minister after unprecedented pressure.
Fri, 08 Jul 2022 18:09:09 +1000Shinzo Abe shooting a wake up call to the developed world
The shooting offers a chilling reminder to other developed, democratic nations of the risk of political violence. If Japan is not immune, nowhere is.