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IN THE NEWS Homes, structures ‘in the thousands’ are burned in Palisades, Eaton, officials say; more fire weather ahead (Los Angeles Times) — Officials have said the death toll from the California fires is likely to rise with more then 2,000 structures destroyed and at least 130,000 residents under evacuation orders. The fires are set […]
IN THE NEWS California officials scramble to fight fires with strained resources (The New York Times) — At least five people (at time of writing) have been killed and tens of thousands have been forced to evacuate as out-of-control wildfires continue to rage in the Los Angeles area. The New York Times reports a diminishing […]
IN THE NEWS PM blitz to fire up attack on Coalition’s nuclear plan (AAP) — Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is beginning his day in Rockhampton as his tour of electorates in Queensland, the Northern Territory and Western Australia continues. The AAP reports the PM will once again criticise the Coalition’s nuclear power plans with Treasurer […]
IN THE NEWS Anthony Albanese switches to election footing with blitz of three campaign battlegrounds (Guardian Australia) — Inevitably we start 2025 as we finished 2024, with everyone talking about the election. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is apparently signalling “the unofficial start of the campaign” with the PM travelling to electorates across Queensland, the Northern […]
SOUTH KOREA MARTIAL LAW A few hours ago South Korea’s President Yoon Suk Yeol declared emergency martial law, only for around 190 politicians to then assemble in the country’s Parliament at 1am and unanimously block the law. The fast-moving story has already taken plenty of twists and turns, but at the time of writing the […]
G20’S ‘DISAPPOINTING’ UKRAINE CONSENSUS Numerous G20 leaders have expressed their disappointment at the statement put out at the summit in Brazil regarding the Ukraine war, while Russia has accused the US of trying to escalate the 1,000-day conflict. On Tuesday, Kyiv launched US-supplied long-range missiles at a target inside Russia for the first time, BBC […]