President Donald Trump threatened to cut $400 million in federal grants to Colombia University for
"continued inaction in the face of persistent harassment of Jewish
students."
Interim president Katrina
Armstrong, issued a letter on Friday that said the university takes the cuts
"very seriously" and is prepared to work with the government on its
"legitimate concerns."
James Harrison, the ‘man with the golden arm’, whose rare
blood saved 2.4m babies, has died at age 88.
His blood contained precious anti-D, used to make medication for at-risk
newborns.
Photograph: Australian Red Cross
ICE officers raided the Kebab
restaurant in New Jersey and arrested, Emine Emanet and her husband, Celal
Emanet, who moved to the US from Turkey in 2008 on an R1 visa.
“No Other Land,” which chronicles
Israel’s demolitions in the Palestinian West Bank village of Masafer
Yatta, won the Academy Award for best documentary feature on Sunday night.
Israel’s culture minister bemoaned the win as a “sad
moment.”
European leaders during a summit on Ukraine at Lancaster
House in London.
Photograph: Christophe Ena/EPA
Nathan Cleary stole the show in Las Vegas yesterday, leading from the front in the Panthers’ 28-22 win over the Sharks at Allegiant Stadium.
He met up with Mary Fowler who was in California with the Matildas for a 24-hour catch-up before he flew back to Vegas to re-join his Panthers team.
Australia's Foreign Minister Penny Wong raised Australia's expectations around "safe and professional military conduct" with her Chinese counterpart, Wang Li, on the sidelines of G20 in Johannesburg, South Africa.
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It has been a frantic process for German Australians looking to get their ballot papers in on time for the German election this weekend. (Polls open from 8am to 6pm local time on Sun 23 Feb)
Of the 29 parties on the ballot, it is likely between five and eight of will get enough votes to win seats in the 630-seat parliament, the Bundestag.
Pakistani student Haider Ali died yesterday after his e-bike exploded in his bedroom. He used the bike for nightly Uber and Doordash deliveries.
Almost all of exploding e-bikes will be due to the lithium-ion
batteries yet shonky, cheap batteries are still being sold.
The UK Telegraph reported that the US is seeking to control
Ukraine's critical minerals, travel ports and natural resources in exchange for
protection from Russia.
European officials believe Donald Trump is likely to
withdraw troops from the Baltics, leaving the continent vulnerable to Russia.
At least 124 people have died in Ankara and Istanbul in the past six weeks after drinking bootleg raki, and dozens more are in intensive care. The strong aniseed flavoured raki is considered a national drink in Turkey.
A major operation is under way to withdraw
millions of bottles of the strong alcoholic aniseed drink in shops and markets.
The Russian delegation led by foreign
minister Sergiei Lavrov is now in Riyadh ahead of
tomorrow’s talks on bilateral relations with the US, which are also expected to
include first exchanges on a potential peace deal on Ukraine.
Merz stands with Angela Merkel after she was elected as new
party chairwoman in 2000.
Buried deep in a Welsh landfill, beneath layers of years-old
garbage, there is a hard drive that holds the key to almost $800 million in
bitcoin after accidentally throwing the drive away in 2013. And now, after years of battling the local
authority in court to retrieve the hard drive, James Howells has come up with a
new plan: to simply buy the landfill.
NSW government officials are investigating after nurses at
Bankstown Hospital, Rashad Nadir and Sarah Abu Lebdeh, wearing their NSW Health
uniforms were filmed declaring they refuse to treat Israeli people and would
"kill them" if they present to their ward.
Police allegedly found a vial of morphine in Nadir’s
personal locker at Bankstown-Lidcombe Hospital in Sydney. He allegedly asked a former colleague to
empty his locker. But that staff member
claimed they felt uncomfortable and instead called the police.
Warren Buffett sold a big stake in a healthcare provider on
Tuesday, causing the share price to sink 11 per cent. He offloaded
billions of dollars of stock in DaVita, a dialysis provider.
Thousands of investors follow and mirror his market moves
and DaVita's stock is the latest victim.
Officers from Strike Force Pearl reportedly raided the home
of Bankstown Hospital nurse Ahmad Rashad Nadir last night (Friday), just hours
after the man was hospitalised over mental health concerns.
Bankstown hospital nurses Ahmad Rashad Nadir and Sarah Abu Lebdeh have both hired lawyers but are still refusing to talk with police.
As packages pile up at US customs, President Trump pauses repeal
of duty-free low-cost packages from China yesterday after the rapid change
sparked chaos for customs inspectors, postal and delivery services and online
retailers.
Opposition leader Peter Dutton said a video of two NSW nurses claiming they
would kill Israeli patients was related to the "inadequacies" of
Australia's migration system. It shows
the need for a "national conversation" on migration and citizenship”
he said.
Ahmad “Rashad” Nadir and Sarah Abu Lebdeh have now been
banned from practising “anywhere in Australia, in any context”. They were deregistered by the Nursing and
Midwiferey Council of NSW, effective from February 13.
Two men abused by George Pell in 1970s granted compensation
by the federal government.
Accounts of the two men were accepted by decision-maker of
national redress scheme with $45,000 and $95,000 awarded respectively......................
An Australian mum of six with a deadly brain tumour has
ignored critics and followed her gut, travelling to China for surgery with
“banished” neurosurgeon Charlie Teo.
Brendan Stevens, the Australian Christian cult leader that
killed an eight-year old girl who disavowed birthdays, schooling and medicine –
including the insulin that would have saved Elizabeth Struhs’ life.....
Yesterday, Timothy Malcolm Rowland, 40, was found not guilty
of having non-consensual sex with a woman at his Sydney apartment
on 26 August 2022, after the pair spent a night out together…..
David Beckham, who turns 50 this year, has released pictures
of himself modelling his new bodywear collection for Hugo Boss.
Toyota Motor sold 10.8 million vehicles in 2024, it said on
Thursday, remaining the world’s top-selling automaker for a fifth straight
year.
Second-ranked German rival Volkswagen Group earlier this
month reported a 2.3 per cent decline in unit sales last year to just over 9
million vehicles, as it seeks to cut costs at home and fight a price war in key
market China......
Female Israeli soldier Agam Berger is released from captivity
in Gaza. Dressed in military clothes,
she was paraded on a stage by Hamas militants before being handed over to
officials…..
Greg Norman, who counts Donald Trump as a friend, was called
on to act as a go-between for Donald Trump and the Albanese Government.
“There was a request put through, yeah,” Norman said but declined
to reveal details of the request, including who made it or where it came from.
While Kennedy has denied that he is anti-vaccination
and said he and his children are vaccinated, he has repeatedly stated widely
debunked claims about vaccine harm. In one interview he said that “autism comes
from vaccines.”
One of his main false claims - repeated in a 2023 interview
with Fox News, was that “autism comes from vaccines”..........
https://x.com/i/status/1884650110962770049
President Donald Trump has said that he is directing the
opening of a detention centre at Guantanamo Bay to hold up to 30,000 migrants
who are living illegally in the US if they're accused of theft and other
violent crimes.
The American military base in Cuba has been used to house
detainees from the US war on terrorism.
Adani's Carmichael coal mine was approved in 2019 and has
been exporting coal since late 2021.
"It starts at the top: management is pushing the
superintendents, the superintendents are pushing the supervisors, the
supervisors are pushing the workers."
Some workers have described the scene in Carmichael's mine
pit as "chaotic," with too many diggers, trucks, and dozers operating
in a confined space..............
A Muslim girl with autism in South Australia pleads guilty to possessing extremist material and information for terrorist acts.
The 14 year old girl had six videos on her phone, one by a
supporter of Islamic State giving instructions on how to make an explosive device..........
The parents and 12 members of a religious sect accused of
killing eight-year-old Elizabeth Rose Struhs by withholding her type-1 diabetes
medication, have been found guilty of manslaughter.
They believed “God would heal” her diabetes and
she would be “raised from the dead” after they withheld her life-saving insulin.
Her father has been acquitted of murder along with a church
group leader due to a lack of evidence.
A coalition of US Jewish
groups say they are leaving the social media platform X due to an increase in
hateful content under the stewardship of owner Elon Musk.
“X has become a platform that
promotes hate, antisemitism, and societal division,” the groups say in a joint
statement. “Under the leadership of Elon Musk, X has reduced content
moderation, promoted white supremacists, and re-platformed purveyors of conspiracy
theories.”.............................
A 43 year old man has been
arrested and is in custody after the "vile"
vandalism of the NSW Police Wall of Remembrance in Sydney.
The words "evil"
and "dogs" were seen inscribed on the monument.
Police out on Australia Day duties saw the damage at about noon yesterday, kicking off an investigation.
Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional
Council plans to auction 38 properties that have thousands of dollars in
overdue rates owing on them. The
council's general manager says "every effort" has been made to
contact the property owners, who have today been named in local newspapers
alongside the amount they owe.
Hamas will hand over Arbel
Yehoud, Agam Berger, and an additional male hostage on Thursday and three more
hostages on Saturday as per ceasefire agreement.
In return, the Qatari
ministry said Israel will allow displaced Palestinians to return to
northern Gaza starting
Monday morning.
Alexander Zverev says he will
no longer discuss the accusations of domestic violence against him after he was
heckled by an anti-domestic violence protester in the aftermath of his defeat
to Jannik Sinner in the final of the Australian Open.
Van Gogh’s The Courtyard of the Hospital at Arles (1889). Photograph:
Oskar Reinhart Collection “Am Römerholz”, Winterthur
Two Van Gogh paintings will be shown in London for first time at the Courtauld Gallery next month, works created in hospital after ear mutilation incident.
While pro-democracy protests have taken place in recent
weeks, some are worried about which direction the new leadership will take.
Authorities have executed 35 in 3 days to settle old scores.
Photograph: David Lombeida/The Guardian
Women from Newcastle escaping domestic violence have been
provided with a safe place to sleep in their cars – a car park. It’s open 3 nights each week, has a secure
fence, a female security guard and a support worker on the premises. There is access to food and laundry, shower
and lounge facilities.
As there are no safe houses available for women and children escaping a violent man, it's better than nothing.
President Donald Trump wants
to withdraw 20,000 U.S. troops from Europe and demand a subsidy from allies to
pay for the remaining American military presence on the Continent, Italy’s
leading news agency reported this week.........
The Gamay dancers performed traditional dance from the local area and a smoking ceremony at sunrise this morning on Bondi Beach on 26 January 2025.
Freed Palestinians still
wearing their grey prison tracksuits wave to well-wishers as they arrive in the
West Bank city of Ramallah for a health check. © Zain JAAFAR / AFP
Four female Israeli soldiers,
who had been held in Gaza since the deadly October 7, 2023 attack, are released
by Hamas militants as part of a ceasefire and a hostages-prisoners swap deal
between Hamas and Israel, in Gaza City, January 25, 2025.
(photo credit: Dawoud Abu
Alkas/Reuters)
Two people, one a child, were
killed in a knife attack in hte German city of Aschaffenburg. Chancellor
Olaf Scholz condemned the "unbelievable act of terror" on a
play-school group that left three more people wounded, and demanded to know why
the failed asylum-seeker had been able to stay in the country.
The US is set to officially
withdraw from the World Health
Organization (WHO) in January 2026 after the UN body received a formal
letter from US President Donald Trump this week.
Trump also ordered Secretary
of State Marco Rubio to “pause the future transfer of any US Government funds,
supports, or resources to the WHO”.
The Louvre has requested
urgent help from the French government to restore and renovate its
ageing exhibition halls and better protect its countless works of art. The centuries-old building is in a dire
state, with water leaks and “worrying temperature swings which endanger the
conservation of works of art.”
