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Federal MP in critical condition after alleged vehicle attack
A man has been arrested after federal MP Helen Haines was struck by a vehicle in front of her Victorian electorate office.
French protesters block Louvre in Paris
Protesters have blocked the famous Louvre museum in Paris as French authorities introduce limited curfews.
Parts of Queensland bracing for rain bomb
The Bureau of Meteorology is warning South-East Queensland will be hit with a month's worth of rain in a week.
China’s flag carrier scrambles to fly stranded passengers out of fuel-starved Cuba
Dozens of Air China passengers stranded in Cuba by successive cancellations were due to fly out on an extra flight on Monday, as a US oil embargo deepens the island’s energy crisis. The disruption has hit one of Cuba’s last direct air links to Europe, the Chinese carrier’s twice-weekly route between Beijing and Havana via Madrid. Air China added flight CA590 for travellers whose regular CA866 service was cancelled before October 10, the Chinese embassy said in a notice on Sunday. The flight was...
China’s flag carrier scrambles to fly stranded passengers out of fuel-starved Cuba
Dozens of Air China passengers stranded in Cuba by successive cancellations were due to fly out on an extra flight on Monday, as a US oil embargo deepens the island’s energy crisis. The disruption has hit one of Cuba’s last direct air links to Europe, the Chinese carrier’s twice-weekly route between Beijing and Havana via Madrid. Air China added flight CA590 for travellers whose regular CA866 service was cancelled before October 10, the Chinese embassy said in a notice on Sunday. The flight was...
Honduras targets Chinese shops, state builder as President Asfura sits on Taiwan pledge
Honduran migration officials have summoned or placed under review 41 Chinese nationals after inspecting shops in the capital and a hospital being built by a state-owned contractor from China in the south of the country. Teams from the National Migration Institute, working with police and intelligence officers, interviewed 86 Chinese citizens at 54 shops in Comayaguela, Tegucigalpa’s twin city and main commercial district, and told 25 of them to report for further document checks. Migration...
Honduras targets Chinese shops, state builder as President Asfura sits on Taiwan pledge
Honduran migration officials have summoned or placed under review 41 Chinese nationals after inspecting shops in the capital and a hospital being built by a state-owned contractor from China in the south of the country. Teams from the National Migration Institute, working with police and intelligence officers, interviewed 86 Chinese citizens at 54 shops in Comayaguela, Tegucigalpa’s twin city and main commercial district, and told 25 of them to report for further document checks. Migration...
The workplace intelligence double standard: Why clever women are branded 'hostile' - while smart men are treated better
It pays to be clever at work - unless you're female, according to a new study.
Bollywood actor Tiger Shroff, 36, survives drive-by shooting in Mumbai as gang claims responsibility
Police have arrested three suspects after a Bollywood star was targeted in a drive-by shooting in Mumbai. Actor Tiger Shroff, 36, survived the attack which a gang has claimed responsibility for.
Cayetanos slam LLDA for ‘special interest’ in Taguig projects
MANILA, Philippines — Senate Minority Leader Alan Peter Cayetano and his sister, Sen. Pia Cayetano, scrutinized the Laguna Lake Development Authority (LLDA) on Monday over its supposed focus on inspecting projects in Taguig City. The senators pointed out the LLDA’s seemingly “special interest” in Taguig City, led by Sen. Alan’s wife, Mayor Lani Cayetano, despite