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Jasper Lindell joined The Canberra Times in 2018. He is a Legislative Assembly reporter, covering ACT politics and government. He also writes about development, transport, heritage, local history, literature and the arts, as well as contributing to the Times' Panorama magazine. He was previously a Sunday Canberra Times reporter. Jasper Lindell joined The Canberra Times in 2018. He is a Legislative Assembly reporter, covering ACT politics and government. He also writes about development, transport, heritage, local history, literature and the arts, as well as contributing to the Times' Panorama magazine. He was previously a Sunday Canberra Times reporter. Source link

The United States on Tuesday cast the sole vote against a United Nations Security Council resolution that would have called for an immediate cease-fire in the Gaza Strip, saying it feared it could disrupt hostage negotiations. It was the third time Washington wielded its veto to block a resolution demanding a stop to fighting in Gaza, underlining America’s isolation in its continued, forceful backing of Israel. Over four months of war, Israel has come under increasing international pressure over the scope and intensity of its campaign against Hamas in Gaza, with many leaders decrying the high civilian death toll. Algeria’s...

A man is under arrest in hospital awaiting charges for the alleged murder of three people, including a child, found at two crime scenes. The bodies of a seven-year-old child and a 41-year-old woman were found in a taekwondo studio in Sydney's North Parramatta on Tuesday afternoon. A 39-year-old man's body was earlier found with stab wounds at nearby Baulkham Hills after a concern for welfare report. A 49-year-old man was arrested on Tuesday night after presenting to Westmead Hospital with apparent stab wounds and slash wounds. NSW police and forensics officers at the crime scene in Sydney's North Parramatta....

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The United States is preparing to announce a slew of sanctions against Russia following the death of Vladimir Putin’s most fierce critic, Alexei Navalny. Financier and political activist Bill Browder, who has been targeted by the Kremlin since he was deported from Russia nearly two decades ago, is leading the charge for specific action to be taken. Previously campaigning for sanctions against Russian human rights abuses, Mr Browder called on Western countries to introduce Magnitsky Acts, named after his former lawyer who suspiciously died in a Russian Prison. Mr Bowder now wants a NAVALNY Act to ‘hit Putin where it...

Pep Guardiola believes Erling Haaland 'shut up' his critics with his match-winning goal for Manchester City against Brentford. City recorded 25 efforts on goal, with 11 on target against Brentford to follow 31 attempts against Chelsea on Saturday - of which nine fell Haaland's way without resulting in a goal. Haaland was more clinical against Brentford but from fewer chances, ending his run of four games in five without a goal, sprinting free and converting past Mark Flekken. Guardiola insisted there was nobody he would rather have had running past Kristoffer Ajer's unfortunate slip, before advising anyone criticising his performance...

A man in Washington, D.C., is suing the organizers of the Powerball lottery after he woke up to what he thought was news that he had the winning numbers – only to find out the wrong numbers were accidentally posted on the lottery's website. Plaintiff John Cheeks chose the numbers 7, 15, 23, 32, and 40 with a Powerball number of 2. On Jan. 7, 2023, the D.C. Lottery's "winning numbers," posted on its website, matched the ones Cheeks had: 7, 15, 23, 32, and 40 with a yellow Powerball number of 2, the suit said. In the early morning...

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Britain’s competition watchdog has found baby formula milk has soared in price by 25 per cent in the past two years. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has begun a market study into formula supply following findings last November of an initial review into the sector. It said last autumn that the baby formula market was highly concentrated, with just two companies accounting for 85 per cent of sales. A baby in a high chair looks towards a...

Article contentThe Quebec Court of Appeal heard arguments Tuesday in the Crown’s appeal of a judge’s decision to acquit Ernesto Fera in a case where he was charged with killing his wife, Nadia Panarello, inside their home in Laval two decades ago.Some of the time spent by prosecutor Alexandre Dubois during the hour he was allowed to make arguments before a panel of three judges involved the Crown’s claim that Superior Court Justice James Brunton misinterpreted evidence presented during Fera’s trial in 2021. This involves a debate on whether traces found in snow behind the couple’s home were left by...

It survived brutal conditions to carry Captain Scott and Ernest Shackleton to Antarctica, but after a battering from the Scottish weather, the RRS Discovery is now at risk of disintegrating. The 120-year-old ship is docked in Dundee, the city where it was built and where it’s become a major tourist attraction. Engineers are now embarking on an urgent mission to save it. Source link