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Macron has yet another problem: this time Anti-Riot Force Sent to Martinique, after New Kaledonia war

24 Sep, 2024 3 views

The French government has sent a special anti-riot police unit that’s been banned for 65 years to the French Caribbean island of Martinique Sept. 22, 2024, at 12:59 p.m. Long-Forbidden French Anti-Riot Force Sent …

Aussies plan increase in military hardware expenditures

4 Jul, 2020 5 views

Australia releases weapons wish list amid defense spending boost By: Nigel Pittaway   The Royal Australian Air Force Super Hornet will be the first platform to be integrated with the AGM-158C long-range anti-ship missile …

IN THE ISLAND OF PARADISE: Fiji markets itself as retreat for billionaires during pandemic

29 Jun, 2020 22 views

  Rory Sullivan, CNN • Updated 28th June 2020 (CNN) — With the touism industry gradually reopening around the world, Fiji has made an unusual appeal to billionaires looking for a retreat during the pandemic. The South …

Canada’s Huawei reactions’ punishment playbook used? Australian drug smuggler sentenced to death in China

14 Jun, 2020 5 views

Defendant has been in custody since 2013 after being caught trying to carry more than 7.5kg of methamphetamine out of the country, newspaper report says Court ruling comes amid rising tensions between Beijing and …

Australia joins US in seeking probe of China amid questions over coronavirus origin

22 May, 2020 12 views

BROOKE SINGMAN, GILLIAN TURNER Australia on Sunday called for an “independent international” probe  into China’s management of the coronavirus outbreak and the origin of the pandemic, joining the U.S. in scrutinizing China’s role. Australia’s Foreign …

Australia’s PM says it’s ‘unfathomable’ that WHO supports reopening of wet markets

18 Apr, 2020 13 views

prime minister is blasting the WHO Tuesday over its stance on wet markets, calling it “unfathomable” that the U.N. agency supports them reopening in . Scott Morrison made the comments; “I think that’s unfathomable, frankly. We need to protect the world against potential sources of …

Great Barrier Reef suffers worst mass coral bleaching

7 Apr, 2020 6 views

Australia’s Great Barrier Reef has suffered its most widespread coral bleaching on record, scientists said Tuesday in a dire warning about the threat posed by climate change to the world’s largest living organism. James …

Australians will overcome this chanllnge! Eden far from a paradise as Australia bushfires hit economy

11 Jan, 2020 14 views

Jill Gralow, Swati Pandey EDEN, Australia – The peak summer holiday period should bring boatloads of cruise-ship passengers and other holiday makers to the Australian coastal town of Eden, with visitors thronging stores like …

Burning Nature hurts. This time PM’s future. The bushfire crisis has given the Government a political ‘out’ to its climate change problem

11 Jan, 2020 5 views

By Frank Jotzo The fires across Australia are taking a terrible toll. For those who have lost their loved ones and for those who have lost their homes. For those who suffer weeks and …