Saturday, December 21, 2024

Nasthan Mc Sweeney dropped

 



Nathan McSweeney said he was "devastated" to be dropped after just three Tests for Australia.

He has only scored 72 runs in three Tests against India, but that is more than Usman Khawaja or Mitch Marsh.

Eight convicted over beheading of teacher Samuel Paty in Paris

 


Four years ago, Frenchman Samuel Paty was beheaded outside his school days after showing his class cartoons of the prophet Muhammad.  Eleven days after the lesson, Abdoullakh Anzorov attacked the teacher and displayed his head on social media. Police later shot and killed Anzorov..........

https://tinyurl.com/bdcrx32n

Elon Musk's disclosure rules for security clearance in question

 


The US Defense Department, Air Force and the Pentagon are looking into whether Musk complied with disclosure rules for his top-secret security clearance requiring him to report meetings with foreign officials…….

https://tinyurl.com/r5t7p8sz

US to remove $10m bounty on new Syrian leader

 



The U.S. is set to remove the $10 million bounty it had placed on de facto Syrian leader Abu Mohammad al-Jolani, the head of rebel group Hayat Tahrir Al-Sham (HTS), which led the overthrow of Bashar al-Assad earlier this month.

Lift the sanctions says Syria's new leader

 



Syria’s new leader Ahmed al-Sharaa, formerly known as Abu Mohammad al-Jolani and the head of the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham rebel group.

“Now, after all that has happened, sanctions must be lifted because they were targeted at the old regime….. “the victim and the oppressor should not be treated in the same way,” he added.

Perth dentist Farzam Mehrabi guilty of rape

 



Perth dentist Farzam Mehrabi has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for drugging and raping young women he met online.  He was found guilty of committing more than 20 offences against six women he met on dating apps in 2022.



Dentist Farzam Mehrabi was captured on CCTV spiking a women's drink inside a Perth bar.


Trump's bill fails to pass

 

                                        Texas Republican Congressman Chip Roy 


Donald Trump’s version of the bill failed by a hefty 174 to 235 votes with 38 Republicans voting with the Democrats against it.  

“Chip Roy is just another ambitious guy, with no talent.  He then called for the Texan to be kicked out of Congress at the next election.