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Author: AFParticle author: AFPID: 1679381822558722800Tue, 2023-03-21 06:55 KABUL: Afghanistan’s schools reopened Tuesday for the new academic year, but no classes were held as students were unaware of the start and hundreds of thousands of teenage girls remain barred from attending class. Afghanistan is the only country in the world where girls are prohibited... Read more »

Author: article author: Gautaman BhaskaranTue, 2023-03-21 09:39 CHENNAI: Although the term “serial killer” wasn’t coined until about a decade after the events of new film “Boston Strangler,” out now on Disney+ in the Middle East, the Keira Knightley-starring thriller delves into the case of one of the US’s most notorious serial killers, who police... Read more »

Author: article author: APTue, 2023-03-21 09:40 HOUSTON: Stephen Curry scored 30 points and Klay Thompson added 29 as the Golden State Warriors snapped an 11-game road skid with a 121-108 win over the Houston Rockets on Monday night. The game was close most of the way before the Warriors used a 12-2... Read more »

Author: Reutersarticle author: ReutersID: 1679380371648675800Tue, 2023-03-21 06:23 PARIS: Dozens of people were arrested across France after sporadic protests broke out hours after President Emmanuel Macron’s government narrowly survived a no-confidence motion in parliament on Monday over a deeply unpopular pension reform. The failure of the vote will be a relief to Macron. Had... Read more »

article author: Arab NewsTue, 2023-03-21 08:46 DUBAI: Mum’s across the world have been celebrated Tuesday with a Google Doodle animation – but don’t worry if you’re American, Filipino, from Sri Lanka or down under – you have a few weeks yet before you need to send flowers to your Mothers. The... Read more »

Author: AFParticle author: AFPID: 1679375670578581700Tue, 2023-03-21 03:58 TOKYO: Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will meet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky during a surprise visit to Kyiv on Tuesday to offer “solidarity and unwavering support,” Japan’s foreign ministry said. Kishida is the last G7 leader to visit the war-torn country and has come under increasing... Read more »

Author: article author: Gobran MohammedTue, 2023-03-21 08:04 CAIRO: Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul Gheit on Sunday expressed his concerns at mounting violence in the occupied Palestinian territories. His comments regarding Israeli government actions came during a meeting in Cairo with Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov. Their discussions also centered around other... Read more »

Author: article author: NAJIA HOUSSARITue, 2023-03-21 08:01 Beirut: Brig. Gen. Elias Baissari, Lebanon’s acting director-general of General Security, on Monday spoke about what he called “a disturbing issue for the state and the Lebanese.” On the matter of Syrian refugees in Lebanon, Baissari stressed that the GS would continue its efforts to... Read more »

Author: Reutersarticle author: ReutersID: 1679374436598293700Tue, 2023-03-21 04:49 Vladimir Putin and his “dear friend” Chinese leader Xi Jinping planned more talks on Tuesday after a Kremlin dinner where the isolated Russian president curried favor with his most powerful ally in the face of Western opposition to the war in Ukraine. Coming just days after... Read more »

Follow the day’s politicsGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastJacqui Lambie expresses concerns over housing fund costingOver on ABC RN Breakfast, Jacqui Lambie is speaking about what it would take for her and Tammy Tyrrell to vote for the housing fund.We are worried about... Read more »

Solicitor, 71, had been charged under national security law and was released to be treated for lung cancerHong Kong police have arrested a veteran pro-democracy politician who was out on bail for medical treatment after spending more than a year in detention on a subversion charge.Albert Ho, 71, once led... Read more »

Ukrainian defence ministry reports explosion in Dzhankoi city has destroyed missiles carried on train; Xi Jinping’s Moscow visit enters day twoChina’s state media has extensively and positively covered the Xi Putin meeting.Most coverage has focused on Xi’s comments and talking about how strong the relationship is. None of the pieces... Read more »

MPs to decide whether to block MP from party room next week after she attended a rally she says was ‘gate-crashed’ by neo-NazisFollow our Australia news live blog for the latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastLiberal divisions over a bid to expel... Read more »

Psychologists are using the game to help patients notice patterns of behavior. Alaina Demopoulos gives it a tryI am Goldie, a druid with long white hair and the half-human, half-horse body of a centaur. I walk into a lush, green forest with my constant companion, a goat named Penny. As... Read more »

After back-to-back attacks and amid rising anti-Asian hate, gun violence has become a key – and controversial – issue in communitiesFor Kevin Leung, a head instructor at a kung fu school in Monterey Park in Los Angeles county, California, the past eight weeks have been a disorienting readjustment to normalcy.His... Read more »

Members of the Menindee community are trying to come to terms with how another mass fish kill incident has occurred in the Darling-Baaka River. 'This is an Australian disaster and it should be treated as such: like a bushfire, like a flood. Fish kills and unhealthy river systems have got to be... Read more »

Evidence given to federal court reveals extensive delay in the review process, including 42 freedom of information cases languishing for five yearsFollow our Australia news live blog for the latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastAlmost 600 freedom of information cases have languished... Read more »

Legislation such as this is often used as recruitment fodder for far-right groups and can end up harming innocent partiesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastVictorian premier Daniel Andrews’ announcement about legislation to ban any public displays of the Nazi salute may seem like... Read more »

Kyiv says cargo of Kalibr missiles destroyed on train in city of Dzhankoi in blast that Russia-installed regional chief blames on drone attackSee all our Ukraine coverageUkraine’s defence ministry has said an explosion in the Crimean city of Dzhankoi destroyed Russian cruise missiles intended for use by Moscow’s Black Sea... Read more »

The public has a right to know why we are making such a drastic shift in our defence strategy and spending, writes Australia’s former foreign ministerLove Paul Keating or loathe him, admire or abhor his invective, he has raised questions about the Aukus deal which are hugely important for Australia’s... Read more »

Crusaders coach to take charge on four-year contract ‘We firmly believe he is the right person,’ says NZR CEONew Zealand Rugby has named Scott Robertson as Ian Foster’s successor, with the 48-year-old to take charge of the All Blacks after the Rugby World Cup later this year. The Crusaders coach... Read more »

Three key regional electorates will determine the makeup of the crossbench in the new parliament, yet campaign news seems to stop at PenrithFollow our coverage of the NSW electionSign up for the Rural Network email newsletterIt is passing strange that rural seats are likely to be crucial to the outcome... Read more »

Perumal Murugan, who said he had given up writing in 2015 after protests against one of his books, wins selection with PyreAn Indian author who declared eight years ago that he was “dead” as a writer after protests against his work has returned not only to life but to literary... Read more »

Kelly Clarkson was determined to nab singer Cait Martin during the fifth round of blind auditions on "The Voice" Monday night.      ... Read more »

Chinese leader Xi Jinping 's visit comes as Putin faces pressure from sanctions and from an arrest warrant by the International Criminal Court.      ... Read more »

While Miami earned its first trip to the women's NCAA Tournament Sweet 16 since 1992, Indiana became the second No. 1 seed to be eliminated.      ... Read more »

The Los Angeles school system will be closed Tuesday because of a planned strike by tens of thousands of teachers and other school employees.      ... Read more »

James Toliver Craig, 45, was arrested on suspicion of first-degree murder in a "complex and calculated" poisoning of his wife, police said Sunday.      ... Read more »

President Joe Biden issued his first veto on a block on a climate investing rule. A two-thirds majority of Congress could override Biden's veto.      ... Read more »

Trump allies have expressed frustration that DeSantis isn't being more forceful in defending the former president ahead of a potential indictment.      ... Read more »

Idaho is close to being fifth U.S. state to adopt executions by firing squad. It will only be used if the state can't get drugs for lethal injections.      ... Read more »

The St. Francis Terriers had the oldest college men's basketball program in New York City after it fielded its first team in 1896.      ... Read more »

California is having an impressive snow season as more of the state eclipses the 50-feet mark      ... Read more »

Nearly two dozen attorneys general penned a letter to Kia and Hyundai urging the carmakers to take action against the "crisis of thefts" in the U.S.      ... Read more »

The 70-year-old basketball coach spent the past three seasons at Iona, winning back-to-back MAAC coach of the year awards.      ... Read more »

The New York investigation of Donald Trump has lasted years, but the hush money payment to a porn actress is the focus of potential charges.      ... Read more »

The filing comes as former president Trump battles criminal investigations on multiple fronts, including a Manhattan district attorney's probe.      ... Read more »

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Artists from a Sydney tattoo studio have revealed the one thing they would never recommend client's get inked on themselves saying it is a 'curse'.... Read more »

Ex-teacher and chef Lee Holmes, from Sydney, has shared why an ice cube tray inside a lunchbox is the 'secret' to avoiding soggy salads in your lunchbox.... Read more »

Rudolph, 83, said in legal docs reviewed by TMZ that Ronald, 81, made business transactions without his knowledge that potentially cost him money.... Read more »

Annabel Findlay (pictured), who had a history of depression and psychiatric illness, had been receiving treatment at the firm's Roehampton clinic in after being admitted following a referral from her GP.... Read more »

Martina Navratilova says she has beaten breast and throat cancer and jokes: 'Who has two cancers at the same time? I was never an underachiever, but this is getting ridiculous.'... Read more »

Donald Trump on Monday night lashed out at the 'sick' prosecutors investigating him in multiple cases, as police forces around the country readied for a possible arrest.... Read more »

The Met cannot be trusted to police itself and may harbour many more predatory officers like Sarah Everard's killer Wayne Couzens and serial rapist David Carrick, it concludes.... Read more »

The combination of London's record-high house prices and increasing mortgage rates should mean property values start to fall as demand drops, according to conventional logic.... Read more »

Succession star Sarah Snook is pregnant - with the actress debuting her baby bump at the hit show's fourth season premiere in NYC on Monday.... Read more »

Surveillance video of the crash obtained by DailyMail.com appears to show a white car driving erratically at high speed, before running a red light and T-boning a dark SUV in the intersection.... Read more »

F1 star Lando Norris was restrained in a headlock and robbed of his £144,000 designer watch at his sports car after the Euro 2020 final at Wembley, a court heard today.... Read more »

Simon Ateba, a reporter with Washington DC-based Today News Africa, confronted the White House press secretary on Monday and accused her of silencing him.... Read more »

Sitting in the vast, high-ceilinged kitchen of their very own chateau, sunlight pouring through windows that look out over a vista of rural bliss, Heidi and Anthony Muir are a vision of contentment.... Read more »

Paul Grant revealed just weeks before he died that he had been 'drinking too much' and admitted to 'blowing' his Star Wars fortune. He admitted to spending his money on sex workers and drugs.... Read more »

Schultz is slated to testify before Bernie Sanders's Senate HELP Committee next week.... Read more »

Officials said covering gender-affirming care would be too expensive yet spent more on legal fees to oppose it.... Read more »

One year after Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, the International Criminal Court charged him with war crimes.... Read more »

The far right conspiracist is reportedly transferring millions and buying luxuries to hide his wealth.... Read more »

Trump claimed in a social media post over the weekend that he would be arrested sometime this week.... Read more »

“He has had two jobs. One is to deal with monetary policy. One is to deal with regulation. He has failed at both.”... Read more »

Sinan Antoon and Feurat Alani look back at how the unprovoked U.S. invasion devastated Iraq.... Read more »

During a four-hour hearing last week, the judge used language that mimicked the vocabulary of anti-abortion activists.... Read more »

Trump’s surprise witness is former Rudy Giuliani lawyer Robert Costello.... Read more »

Investigators discovered children as young as 14 years working overnight shifts at the Tony Downs Food Company.... Read more »

The world’s top scientists are warning that the window for action to prevent catastrophic global heating is nearly shut.... Read more »

A defender of Iraq’s southern marshlands was recently kidnapped amid extreme drought and fierce competition for water.... Read more »

Researchers estimate that hundreds — if not thousands — of medical deportations take place a year.... Read more »

"Let this serve as a reminder that poverty is a policy choice," said one advocate.... Read more »

Schools in the Los Angeles Unified School District, the second largest in the U.S., will close for three days from Tuesday due to strike action by teachers and other education staff across the city.Driving the news: The Service Employees International Union, Local 99 (SEIU Local 99), which represents 30,000 school... Read more »

Fox News is seeking a temporary restraining order against a senior producer named in Dominion Voting Systems' defamation lawsuit against the network.Driving the news: Abby Grossberg, who's worked with Fox News hosts Tucker Carlson and Maria Bartiromo, filed lawsuits against the network in New York and Delaware Monday, alleging the... Read more »

Chinese President Xi Jinping is signaling solidarity with his "dear friend" Vladimir Putin this week in Moscow — a visit that also underscores Russia's reliance on China to keep its economy and war machine running.Why it matters: China has helped shield Russia from Western efforts to isolate it following the... Read more »

Data: Axios research; Table: Jacque Schrag/AxiosFormer president Trump's possible indictment this week is just one of several legal challenges bearing down on the leading 2024 Republican presidential candidate.Why it matters: An indictment would be historic — no U.S. president has ever faced criminal charges — but the legal woes swirling... Read more »

President Biden on Monday vetoed a bill that would have repealed a Department of Labor rule allowing retirement fund managers to consider environment, social and governance (ESG) principles in their investment decisions.Why it matters: It was Biden's first use of the veto since becoming president, though several more may be... Read more »

Lawyers for former President Donald Trump in new court filing Monday asked to "quash" an Atlanta special grand jury probe investigating efforts to overturn the 2020 election.Why it matters: This marks the strongest involvement yet of Trump's defense attorneys in the grand jury's high-profile investigation — as the former president... Read more »

A stark new U.N. climate change report warns that humanity stands at the precipice of a more dangerous world, but says it has the tools needed to pull back from the brink.Driving the news: The final installment of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's (IPCC) sixth assessment report amounts to... Read more »

The FDIC guarantees bank deposits of up to $250,000 — a figure most of us weren't thinking all that much about until a week ago, when regulators guaranteed all customer deposits, even those above a quarter-million dollars, at two failed banks.Why it matters: Now lawmakers, academics, and some in the... Read more »

UBS yesterday agreed to buy troubled Swiss banking rival Credit Suisse, in a $3.2 billion deal whose speed was unthinkable before Silicon Valley Bank's collapse.Why it matters: The Swiss government literally changed the law to get the deal done, creating short-term stability for the global banking sector but long-term questions... Read more »

The bombastic, rambling speeches are still there. So are the insults and grievances. But there's something different about former President Trump's 2024 campaign: It's organized and focused in ways his previous campaigns were not.Why it matters: In what's likely his last bid for the White House, Trump's team is no... Read more »

The White House will take a preemptive shot at Republicans on the federal budget this week, rolling out a blistering five-point critique of a plan by the far-right House Freedom Caucus, Axios has learned.Why it matters: The Biden administration — still waiting for Republicans' official budget plan for fiscal 2024... Read more »

On an icy Feb. 1 in Tennessee, mourners gathered in a Memphis church and vowed to keep Tyre Nichols on America's conscience. “Let’s never let them forget Memphis," attorney Ben Crump said.By most measurements, it already has. The most convenient way to cope with one terrible news event in 2023... Read more »

Every 15 years or so, it seems, the U.S. economy rolls into a ditch — and the tech industry pulls something remarkable out of its labs. Here we are again!State of play: Silicon Valley's favorite bank has failed, while its top firms continue to lay off hordes of workers —... Read more »

Data: National Residency Matching Program; Chart: Simran Parwani/AxiosMore medical school graduates are steering away from emergency medicine and opting for specialties like orthopedics and plastic surgery, raising concern about a field that bore the brunt of COVID-19 and remains beset by the overdose epidemic and other health crises.Driving the news:... Read more »