NIGERIA’S Ministry of Foreign Affairs has issued a cautionary advisory to its nationals living in or travelling to Australia, citing an alarming rise in hate crimes and xenophobic incidents targeting foreigners. The ministry expressed concern over what it described as an ‘unfortunate recent surge’ in discriminatory acts, including Islamophobia, in various Australian cities. Call for … Read more
AUSTRALIAN gold mining company Resolute Mining Ltd. has confirmed the detention of its Chief Executive Officer, Terry Holohan, in Mali, West Africa, by the nation’s military-led government. Holohan and two other company executives were reportedly detained following discussions with local mining and tax officials in Mali’s capital, Bamako, on Friday. The company’s statement on Sunday described the … Read more
TWO light aircraft collided near Australia’s largest city, Sydney, killing three people on Saturday, local police said. Emergency services received reports just before midday that two planes had collided near the town of Oakdale, about an hour’s drive southwest of Sydney. “Two crime scenes have been established, and three men have been located … Read more
Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has urged all Australians in Lebanon to leave the country. Albanese made the announcement on Tuesday that the government’s official advice is for Australians to avoid traveling to Lebanon amid the escalating conflict between Israel and Hezbollah. “The travel advice very clearly is don’t go to Lebanon,” he said. “People … Read more
CHILDREN under the age of 14 in South Australia would be banned from using social media under a proposal put forward by the state’s Premier. Peter Malinauskas announced that his state government had appointed Robert French, former Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia, to examine the legal practicalities of implementing Australia’s first social … Read more
THE Australian Government has announced about 323 million dollars in funding the Asian Development Bank (ADB). Penny Wong, the Minister for Foreign Affairs, and Pat Conroy, the minister for International Development and the Pacific, said on Friday. They said that the commitment was worth 492 million Australian dollars (about 323 million U.S. dollars). The fund … Read more