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.....
