Author: Rod Mcguirk
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Father and son gunmen kill at least 15 people in attack on Hanukkah event at Sydney’s Bondi Beach
SYDNEY (AP) — Two gunmen opened fire during a Hanukkah celebration on Sydney’s Bondi beach, killing 15 people, including a child, officials said Monday, in what Prime Minister Anthony Albanese called an act of antisemitic terrorism that struck at the heart of the nation. The shooters were father and son, authorities said. The massacre at…
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Gunmen kill at least 16 people in attack on Hanukkah celebration on Sydney’s Bondi Beach
SYDNEY (AP) — An attack at a famous Australian beach killed 16 people, including a child, officials said Monday, after two gunmen opened fire at a Hanukkah celebration on Sydney’s Bondi Beach. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese called it an act of antisemitic terrorism. Hundreds of people had gathered Sunday at the beach for an event…
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Australia to enforce social media age limit of 16 next week with fines up to $33 million
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Social media platforms must report monthly how many children’s accounts they close once Australia begins enforcing its 16-year age limit next week, a minister said Wednesday. Facebook, Instagram, Kick, Reddit, Snapchat, Threads, TikTok, X and YouTube would face fines of up to 50 million Australian dollars ($33 million) from Dec. 10…
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Taylor Swift struck a deal with Singapore not to perform in any other Southeast Asian country
Taylor Swift is stealing the show at an Asian summit where Singapore’s leader has been forced to defend his tiny country’s lucrative and exclusive concert deal with the singer that could cause bad blood with neighboring nations
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Singapore’s prime minister says a South China Sea code of conduct will take time
Singapore’s prime minister says Southeast Asian countries’ quest to reach agreement with China on a code of conduct in the contested South China Sea will take time, with difficult issues yet to be resolved despite recent efforts to accelerate the process
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China and Myanmar likely to be high on the agenda when Southeast Asian leaders meet in Australia
An increasingly assertive China and a humanitarian crisis in Myanmar are likely to be high on the agenda when Southeast Asian leaders meet in Australia for a rare summit this week
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Australian Parliament wants WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange back home, not sent to US
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says he hopes for an amicable end to the prosecution of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange after lawmakers pssing a motion calling for the Australian citizen to be allowed to return to his home country
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Proposing on Valentine’s Day, Albanese becomes Australia’s first leader to get engaged in office
Anthony Albanese has become first Australian prime minister to get engaged in office
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Australia to ban doxxing after pro-Palestinian activists publish information about hundreds of Jews
The Australian government says will outlaw doxxing – the malicious release online of personal or identifying information without the subject’s permission – after pro-Palestinian activists published personal details about hundreds of Jewish people in Australia
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Australia’s most powerful cyclone in 8 years to cross coast
CANBERRA, Australia • A tropical cyclone nearing Australia is forecast to be the most powerful storm in eight years to hit the country, bringing wind gusts of up to 196 mph as it crosses the northwest coast, meteorologists said Thursday. Cyclones are common along the sparsely populated Pilbara coast of Western Australia state and fatalities…