Image copyright AFP Image caption Australia’s polling booths feature large barbecues where voters can buy “democracy sausages” Australians have begun voting on Saturday in the first general election since political infighting ousted the nation’s fourth leader in a decade. PM Scott Morrison says he has united his conservative government in the nine months since he […]
Image copyright AFP Image caption Australia’s polling booths feature large barbecues where voters can buy “democracy sausages” Australians have begun voting on Saturday in the first general election since political infighting ousted the nation’s fourth leader in a decade. PM Scott Morrison says he has united his conservative government in the nine months since he […]
Image copyright AFP Image caption Australia’s polling booths feature large barbecues where voters can buy “democracy sausages” Australians have begun voting on Saturday in the first general election since political infighting ousted the nation’s fourth leader in a decade. PM Scott Morrison says he has united his conservative government in the nine months since he […]
Image copyright EPA Image caption Donald Trump signed the order on Wednesday President Donald Trump has declared a national emergency to protect US computer networks from “foreign adversaries”. The president signed an executive order which effectively bars US companies from using foreign telecoms believed to pose a security risk to the country. Mr Trump does […]
Image copyright Tamara Stubbs Image caption The latest dive reached 10,927m (35,849ft) beneath the waves – a new record An American explorer has found plastic waste on the seafloor while breaking the record for the deepest ever dive. Victor Vescovo descended nearly 11km (seven miles) to the deepest place in the ocean – the Pacific […]
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption The USS Arlington will join the USS Abraham Lincoln in the Gulf The US is sending a Patriot air defence missile system to the Middle East as two US warships head to the region amid escalating tensions with Iran. The military ship USS Arlington – which transports amphibious vehicles […]
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption The USS Arlington will join the USS Abraham Lincoln in the Gulf The US is sending a Patriot air defence missile system to the Middle East as two US warships head to the region amid escalating tensions with Iran. The military ship USS Arlington – which transports amphibious vehicles […]
Image copyright Reuters Image caption A UN report says six migrants died every day in 2018 trying to cross the Mediterranean (file image) At least 65 migrants have died after their boat capsized in the Mediterranean off the coast of Tunisia, the UN refugee agency says. Sixteen people were rescued, UNHCR said in a statement. […]
Image copyright Reuters Image caption A UN report says six migrants died every day in 2018 trying to cross the Mediterranean (file image) At least 65 migrants have died after their boat capsized in the Mediterranean off the coast of Tunisia, the UN refugee agency says. Sixteen people were rescued, UNHCR said in a statement. […]
Image copyright AFP Image caption The tensions over trade have had an impact on global markets Chinese and US negotiators are attempting to salvage a trade deal just hours before fresh US tariffs are due to come into force. US President Donald Trump says the two sides were close to reaching a deal but China […]
