Strikes by train drivers are continuing today with no services on c2c and disruption on Greater Anglia. Members of the train drivers’ union Aslef at the two train operating companies will walk out today, followed by strikes in the coming days at other train operators. Services could be disrupted on the evening before and morning … Read more
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HELSINKI, Nov 22 (Reuters) – Finland will close all but the northernmost crossing point on its border with Russia from midnight on Friday in a bid to halt a flow of asylum seekers to the Nordic nation, Prime Minister Petteri Orpo said on Wednesday. Since the beginning of the month, more than 600 people without … Read more
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Finland’s President Sauli Niinisto addresses the 78th United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York, U.S., September 20, 2023. REUTERS/Caitlin Ochs/File Photo Acquire Licensing Rights HELSINKI, Nov 20 (Reuters) – Finland said on Monday it had become impossible to return asylum seekers who did not meet the criteria for protection and said that … Read more
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Fijian Drua first five-eighth Teti Tela has retired from first class rugby. Photo / Photosport The Fijian Drua have officially farewelled stalwart first five-eighth and former Te Awamutu Sports representative Teti Tela, who is retiring from first class rugby. Fijian Drua #30 Tela, the Drua’s all-time leading points scorer with 124 points from 24 appearances, … Read more
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Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro speaks during a meeting with Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi at the Miraflores Palace, in Caracas, Venezuela June 12, 2023. REUTERS/Leonardo Fernandez Viloria/File Photo Acquire Licensing Rights WASHINGTON, Oct 18 (Reuters) – The Biden administration on Wednesday broadly eased sanctions on Venezuela’s oil sector in response to a deal reached between the … Read more
Reporting by Stacey Pestrin and Imogen Hayne South Australian One Nation MP Sarah Game will move to repeal the state’s Voice to Parliament, in the wake of the defeated referendum. South Australia became the first jurisdiction in the country to legislate a state-based First Nations Voice to Parliament in March and elections are due to … Read more
Reporting by Kate Ashton In Melbourne’s affluent inner south-east, these two private school boys decided to vote differently from each other. Blake (left) and Cooper (right) voted in Brighton.(ABC News: Danielle Bonica) Cooper, 18, said he voted Yes because the Voice was a good first step. “Referendums don’t come around that often,” he said after … Read more
Johnny Sexton was asked in midweek if he needed to convince Andy Farrell to pick him for the game against Tonga. ‘I don’t have any say in selection,’ Sexton began, before the head coach, sat alongside him, cut in. ‘He does, he picks the side,’ joked Farrell. During Farrell’s uncertain first year as head coach, … Read more
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (AP) — A fire caused heavy damage Friday morning to a building that houses the Kentucky Sen’s Bowling Green office. Rand Paul and a local law firm. Fire crews were called to the State Street building around 2 a.m. Friday and discovered a massive fire that required additional units, Bowling Green Fire … Read more