Two countries’ neutrality was rooted in different geographies, histories and national identities In the words of the Swedish prime minister, Magdalena Andersson, Sweden and Finland submitted their historic Nato membership applications this week “hand in hand”. But they have not travelled the same road to the alliance’s Brussels headquarters. Russia’s […]
New 50-page plan will avoid admitting institutional racism which critics say could doom promised reforms Police chiefs will declare they are “ashamed” about racism remaining in law enforcement, and apologise for the “discrimination and bias” still plaguing forces in a new race plan launching next week. The plan from National […]
Signs in Higgins resembling Greens election material urge voters to put Labor last despite the Greens recommending a vote for ALP ahead of Coalition; late polls show a two-party-preferred 53-47 to Labor. Follow live updates from today’s election before the vote count starts at 6pm AEST and results come in. […]
Opposition Labor party’s lead has narrowed in final week of an attritional campaign Australians head to the polls on Saturday with the opposition Labor party, led by Anthony Albanese, hoping to end nine years of conservative rule. The Liberal-National coalition government, headed by Scott Morrison, goes into the election with […]
Bluntly worded intervention comes as tensions rise over plans by Liz Truss to nullify parts of the protocol The US House Speaker, Nancy Pelosi, has warned that unilateral UK legislation affecting the Northern Ireland protocol could endanger British prospects for a free trade deal with the US. Pelosi’s bluntly worded […]
PM received only one of 126 fixed-penalty notices relating to law-breaking parties, prompting claims Met police bungled inquiry Civil servants and special advisers have reacted with fury and disbelief after Scotland Yard confirmed Boris Johnson got only one of 126 fines levied for law-breaking parties at the heart of Downing […]
Investigation also suggests president’s youngest daughter is in a relationship with ballet dancer Igor Zelensky Since the start of his military campaign against Ukraine, Vladimir Putin has railed aggressively against pro-western Russians, whose appetite for European cuisine and climates meant “their mentality is there, not here, with our people”. Yet […]
Consumers increasingly pessimistic about economy and personal finances amid deepening cost of living crisis Consumer confidence in the UK has fallen to the lowest level since records began in 1974 amid growing concern over the cost of living crisis. Stoking fears that Britain is heading for a recession caused by […]
Tank commander Vadim Shysimarin, 21, admits shooting dead a 62-year-old civilian who was on a bicycle A Russian tank commander has pleaded guilty to shooting dead a 62-year-old man as he rode his bicycle down a village road, in Ukraine’s first trial for war crimes committed during the Russian invasion. […]
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