Bianca Censori is Australian. She earned both bachelor’s and master’s degrees in architecture at the University of Melbourne. She finished her master’s education in 2020 and received her bachelor’s degree in 2017........
Sunday, December 31, 2023
Rafah, southern Gaza
People jostling to buy meat in Rafah on Saturday.
Photograph: Abed Rahim Khatib/Avalon
Tom Wilkinson has died aged 75
Tom Wilkinson as Gerald in The Full Monty. Photograph: 20th Century Fox/Allstar
Gypsy-Rose Blanchard-Anderson free at last
Clauddine
‘Dee Dee’ Blanchard used a rare form of abuse to convince her daughter and the
world that Gypsy was disabled and chronically ill.
Gypsy-Rose Blanchard-Anderson posts her first selfie after the end of her prison sentence, calling it her "first selfie of freedom". Picture: Instagram
She provided her boyfriend at the time, Nicholas Godejohn, with the tools he used to kill Dee Dee while she slept, stabbing her in the back with a knife.
“I talked him into it,” she said in the 2018 trial of Mr Godejohn. “I wanted to be free of her hold on me”.
Saturday, December 30, 2023
Electric scooters popular in Cuba
In Communist-run
Cuba residents get resourceful amid an economic crisis that has all but paralysed
public transport, sent taxi prices through the roof and led to long lines to
buy gasoline. http://tinyurl.com/mf6yswvz
New electric car models launching for the first time in Australia
Near-silent sports cars, a
battery-powered Mustang, Toyota’s first electric SUV and a modern take on the
Kombi van are expected to launch in Australia in what is said to be a
breakthrough year for electric vehicles.
Kramatorsk, Ukraine
Ukrainian serviceman Yura greets his girlfriend
Margarita, who had not seen him for six months and is visiting him during his
short break from frontline duty.
Photograph:
Thomas Peter/Reuters
The Dome of the Rock mosque
29
December 2023
The
Dome of the Rock mosque at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound is seen as Palestinian
Muslims gather for Friday prayers in east Jerusalem.
Ahmad
Gharabli/AFP/Getty Images
Edinburgh, Scotland
29
December 2023:
Vikings
from Shetland’s South Mainland Up Helly Aa Jarl Squad lead the Torchlight
Procession through Edinburgh city centre for the first time since 2019, in
Edinburgh, Scotland.
Edinburgh's
traditional New Year celebrations mark their 30th anniversary this year and run
over four days.
Photograph: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images
Site of Hamas attack
A man walks among pictures of those killed and
kidnapped on October 7 by Hamas in southern Israel. Reuters
Kyiv, Ukraine
Smoke rises over a residential building after a
Russian missile and drone strike in Kyiv, Ukraine
29 December 2023.
Photograph: Danylo Pavlov/Reuters
Kyiv, Ukraine
Firefighters work at the site of a warehouse
heavily damaged during a Russian missile strike.
Photograph:
Valentyn Ogirenko/Reuters
Deir al-Balah, Gaza
Esma Zuhd mourns her children, Jahan and Ahmed
Nasser who died in an Israeli attack on the Nuseirat refugee camp.
Photograph:
Anadolu/Getty Images
Tewkesbury, UK
Flood water surrounds Tewkesbury Abbey after heavy
rain from Storm Gerrit.
Photograph:
Ben Birchall/PA
Alabama will use nitrogen gas in planned execution
Alabama is poised to use nitrogen gas in a planned execution next month, the first state to attempt such
a method.
But while Alabama is intent on using nitrogen hypoxia, in which a person breathes only nitrogen and
dies from a lack of oxygen, some details of the protocol remain cloaked in
mystery to the public.
Bear attacks in Japan
There have been a record 193 bear attacks in Japan this year, six of
them fatal. It's the highest number since counting began in 2006.
That is, in part, because
it's been a lean year for bears. In the forests, a dry summer left fewer acorns
and beech nuts — their main food — so hunger has made them bold.
Scared of the dentist?
In the US, Kathleen
Wilson has sued her dentist Dr. Kevin Molldrem after receiving four root canals, eight dental crowns and 20 fillings in a single visit that she says led to her disfigurement.
Friday, December 29, 2023
Bruce Lehrmann's Defamation Trial
Someone allegedly posted multiple videos online of Bruce Lehrmann’s defamation trial on YouTube. The live stream of the federal court proceedings was being unlawfully rebroadcast on an anonymous YouTube account, named Feminism Debunked.
A man called Glen Logan has been ordered to face court in person to explain why.
Little support for Hamas
Lebanese terror group Hezbollah and other Iran’s
proxies around the Middle East, have offered only middling support for Hamas as
it faces off against Israel, along with alleged evidence of souring ties
between Hamas’s Gaza leadership and the group’s Qatar-based politburo.
Politburo is the supreme policy-making body of
a communist government.
Australian Hezbollah fighter killed
A military-style funeral has been held for an Australian man
claimed to be a fighter with militant group Hezbollah, a day after he, his
brother and sister-in-law were killed in an Israeli air strike.
Budapest, Hungary
Women sit on a bench surrounded by flood water
from the River Danube. The river burst
its banks due to unusually wet, warm weather.
AFP
Hobart, Tasmania
Yachts Law Connect and Andoo Comanche approach the
finish line of the annual Sydney to Hobart yacht race in Hobart, Australia
Moscow, Russia
Russian poets Artyom Kamardin (left) and Yegor
Shtovba stand inside a glass cage in court after being sentenced to prison
terms by Russian authorities who have cracked down on any criticism of the
military operation in Ukraine.
Photograph:
Alexander Nemenov/AFP/Getty
Marienburg, Germany
Castle Marienburg surrounded by flooded
fields. After heavy rain, the Leine River
overflowed in Lower Saxony.
Photograph:
Shutterstock
Valparaiso, Chile
Sea lions sit in front of a police car obstructing the path of riot police during clashes with fishermen who were protesting against the government following the repeal of the existing fish law and non-payment of promised bonuses.
Photograph:
Rodrigo Garrido/Reuters
Stalybridge, UK
Damaged roofs on a row of terraced houses after
Storm Gerrit hit the country.
Photograph:
Phil Noble/Reuters
Cher files for conservatorship
Cher has filed for
a conservatorship to control access to son Elijah Blue Allman’s finances. She is concerned any funds distributed to her
47-year-old son from a trust set up by his late father, Greg Allman, will be
immediately spent on drugs, leaving Elijah with no assets to provide for
himself and putting his life at risk.”
Thursday, December 28, 2023
Tesla robot attacks engineer
A Tesla engineer was allegedly attacked by a robot at a factory near Austin. The 2021 injury report claims the robot, which was designed to move aluminum car parts, dug its metal claws into the engineer’s back and arm, leaving a “trail of blood.”
The engineer was attacked while making a
software update on 2 other robots. The other robot was still turned on when it
attacked.
Fergie back in the Royal fold
After years of being 'banned' from attending royal events, Sarah Ferguson made a surprise return to the family's Christmas celebration.
Joining her ex-husband Prince Andrew and the rest of the family, Fergie undertook the royals' annual walk on the Sandringham estate to St Mary Magdalene's church on Monday.
Yekaterina Duntsova denied nomination
MOSCOW (AP) — Yesterday, Yekaterina Duntsova, a Russian politician calling for peace in Ukraine, lost her appeal against election officials’ refusal to accept her nomination for the country’s presidential race that President Putin is almost certain to win.
We will get through this together
People pass a sign in Hebrew and Arabic that
reads: ‘People of Jaffa, we will go through this together’ outside a cultural
community centre. Photograph: Gali Tibbon/the Guardian.
.....Palestinian citizens of Israel
comprise 21% of the population, often living in cities where they are a
majority. Jaffa, with its mixed community, has attracted many young Jewish
families in recent years, many with progressive views who feel out of step with
the rightwards trend of Israeli society in general. This has led to sharp
increases in property prices, which have forced out often poorer Arab residents.......
Australians killed in Lebanon
A Hezbollah fighter kisses the coffin of his comrade Ali Bazzi, draped in the Hezbollah flag, who was killed with his Australian-Lebanese brother Ibrahim and Ibrahim’s wife Shorouq Hammoud by an Israeli airstrike that hit their house in Bint Jbeil, Lebanon.
Photograph: Mohammad Zaatari/AP
As an ally of Hamas, Hezbollah has been exchanging fire with Israel across Lebanon's southern frontier suince the Israeli0Hamas war in Taza began on 7 October.
Ultra-orthodox men guard Jerusalem wedding
Armed with M6 automatic
guns, Ultra-orthodox Jewish men of the Ger Hasidic dynasty and part of the
first-response tactical team of their community, stand guard during a wedding in
Jerusalem. AFP
Mother of quads shelters in school in central Gaza
Iman al-Masri, a
displaced Palestinian who fled from her home in Beit Hanoun with her family,
feeds one of her quadruplets – with the fourth still being treated in hospital –
as they take shelter at a school in Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip
Israeli widow attends her husband's funeral
Wife of Israeli military
reservist Staff Sergeant Elisha Yehonatan Lober 24, who was killed in south
Gaza, mourns during his funeral as she holds their baby at the Mount Herzl
military cemetery in Jerusalem, 27 December 2023.
Photograph: Ronen Zvulun/Reuters
Kabul, Afghanistan
The acting governor of Da
Afghanistan Bank (DAB) Hidayatullah Badri, looks on during a press conference.
Photograph: Wakil Kohsar/AFP/Getty Images
County Antrim, UK
Tourists at the Dark
Hedges near Armoy. The tunnel of trees
became famous when it was featured in Game of Thrones and now attracts
significant numbers of tourists from around the world. Six of the trees have been removed and
remedial work is being carried out on several others.
Photograph: Liam McBurney/PA
Eiffel Tower's 100 year Anniversary of creator's death
The
Eiffel Tower was closed to visitors yesterday because of a strike over contract
negotiations timed to coincide with the 100th anniversary of the death of its
creator, Gustave Eiffel.
Palestinians civilians "guilty"
The
largest tunnel yet discovered in Gaza near the Erez crossing in the north is
2.5 miles long and extends all the way to Gaza City.
An
IDF spokesman said “Those civilians were condemned the moment that Hamas built
those tunnels underneath them”.
Wednesday, December 27, 2023
Sydney mosque praises terrorists as "Martyrs"
Police are monitoring a
Sydney Mosque - the Al Rahman in Kingsgrove - who are hosting a commemorative service
for Lebanese terrorist, Hussein Ibrahim Salameh, killed in fighting with
Israel.
The mosque’s Imam,
Sheikh Youssef Nabha told the “packed” crowd the men were “martyrs”, and he
would not be deterred by media criticism to continue to commemorate the
terrorist fighters.
Another Australian builder goes broke
A 48 year old woman
tried hard to plead for early access to her super but was refused after she was
left financially ruined by building defects in her apartment block.
And the reason? Surprise, surprise, yet another builder has gone broke - Shangri-La Construction went into liquidation early this year.
But you can bet they’ll
be back, under another name and our state governments don't seem to care because it just keeps on happening, again and again. http://tinyurl.com/3dpcn8xs
Bill Granger dies aged 54
Restaurateur
and TV chef Bill Granger has died in a London hospital, aged 54 following a
battle with cancer. The Melbourne-born food identity died on Christmas Day.
He wrote 14 cookbooks, made 5 television series and was
awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia last January.
Tesla engineer attacked by robot
A Tesla engineer
was attacked by a robot during a brutal and bloody malfunction at the company's Giga Texas factory near Austin,
Texas. Witnesses watched in horror as
their fellow employee was attacked by the machine designed to grab and
move freshly cast aluminium car parts. http://tinyurl.com/2sner55u
RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP)
Israeli forces on Tuesday expanded their ground offensive into urban refugee camps in central Gaza after bombarding the crowded Palestinian communities and ordering residents to evacuate.
Gaza's main telecom provider announced another "complete interruption" of services in the besieged territory. http://tinyurl.com/ym9ce6hd
Funeral in Iraq after deadly US airstrike
Mourners gathered in the Iraqi capital carrying the coffin of a fighter they said was killed in US strikes targeting militia sites in the country early on Tuesday, 26 December. AP http://tinyurl.com/mr52zf4e
Rafah, Gaza Strip
A
man weighs firewood for sale in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on December
26, 2023.
Photograph: Mohammed Abed, AFP/Getty Images
Moscow, Russia
The Spasskaya Tower, Red
Square, the GUM department store and the St Basil’s Cathedral are decorated for
the New Year and Christmas festivities as seen though a window of the Hotel
Baltschug Kempinski in Moscow. AP
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