SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australians will vote on Saturday in the first referendum to alter the national constitution in almost a quarter century. The referendum asks whether to recognise Indigenous people and establish a representative body that can provide non-binding advice to parliament. This is how it will play out. HOW DO AUSTRALIANS VOTE? A record 17,676,347 people are enrolled...
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia Prime Minister Anthony Albanese made a final plea to vote in favour of recognising Indigenous people in the constitution in a referendum on Saturday, as opinion polls show the vote is set to fail. Australians have to vote 'Yes' or 'No' to a question asking whether they agree to alter the 122-year-old...
JERUSALEM (Reuters): Human Rights Watch on Thursday (Oct 12) accused Israel of using white phosphorus munitions in its military operations in Gaza and Lebanon, saying the use of such weapons puts civilians at risk of serious and long-term injury. Asked for comment on the allegations, Israel's military said it was "currently not aware of the use...
WASHINGTON D.C. (Reuters): Israel and the White House on Thursday (Oct 12) condemned remarks by Donald Trump in which he praised the Iran-backed group Hezbollah and criticized Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over an attack by Palestinian group Hamas that killed more than 1,300 people in Israel. Trump, a former Republican president who is the frontrunner...
HONG KONG: The Special Administrative Region’s affluent become Hong Kong dollar millionaires at the age of 33 on average and are expected to build HK$10mil in liquid assets by an average age of 62, the latest HSBC Premier 2023 Affluent Survey finds. According to the survey, 61% of respondents bank on savings from their salary...
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin's foreign intelligence chief said on Wednesday that the issue of support for Ukraine was becoming toxic in the United States and that the divisions would deepen ahead of next year's U.S. presidential election. Since Russia invaded Ukraine in February last year, the United States and the European Union have...
KABUL, Afghanistan (Reuters) -A 6.3 magnitude earthquake struck Afghanistan's western province of Herat on Wednesday, forcing authorities to redeploy relief and rescue teams already in the field following a series of deadly quakes on Saturday. There were no early details on casualties caused by the latest quake, disaster management spokesman Janan Sayeeq told Reuters. Saturday's tremors...
THE forces are starting to align to push President Biden out of the way in 2024 – leaving understudy Kamala Harris as the next weak link on the Democratic chain. But despite Nancy Pelosi and Hillary Clinton’s best efforts, it won’t be so easy to push Harris out. The historic prospect of the first woman president –...
A growing nationwide scam could target your grandparents, the FBI warns. “Phantom hacker” scams are on the rise and are disproportionately affecting older people, according to a Sept 29 FBI public service announcement. It’s an “evolution of more general tech support scams”, US federal officials say, as these “phantom hackers” claim to be technology support, bank staff and...
(Reuters) - Moldova's pro-European President, Maia Sandu, said Russia's Wagner paramilitary force was the main force behind an attempt to foment a coup against her, she told the Financial Times in an interview published on Friday. Sandu, interviewed by the Financial Times during the European Union's European Political Community summit in Spain, said Wagner's late leader...
