The former fire chief in Los Angeles, Kristin Crowley, failed to regain her job on Tuesday after she was ousted by Mayor Karen Bass last month following the most destructive wildfires in the city’s history. Crowley made her case to the LA city council on Tuesday for why she believes her firing was unwarranted, to…
A second Bankstown nurse involved in a viral video showing both he and his colleague allegedly threatening Israeli patients has been charged by Strike Force Pearl detectives. Ahmed Rashid Nadir, who worked at the Bankstown-Lidcombe hospital in Sydney’s west, was arrested on Tuesday evening, and later charged with using a carriage service to menace, harass…
The former Australian of the year who received an immunotherapy treatment he developed to treat his brain cancer has undergone “complex surgery”. Prof Richard Scolyer, who has documented his experience with brain cancer on social media, shared on Tuesday that he had undergone the surgery at Chris O’Brien Lifehouse in Sydney. “Thank you to everyone…
People shop in a supermarket in the Manhattan borough of New York City on Feb. 20, 2025. Charly Triballeau | AFP | Getty Images Consumers are certain to face higher sticker prices as businesses prepare to pass on rising costs from tariffs onto buyers, according to EY-Parthenon chief economist Gregory Daco. In an EY survey…
A cross-party group of MPs has written to Keir Starmer expressing “deep concern” about cuts to the UK’s aid budget, as ministers brace for a potentially stormy debate on Foreign Office spending on Wednesday. The international development committee warned of the damage the cuts may cause in a letter to the prime minister written by…
The attorney general of Florida has opened a criminal investigation of Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan after the pair were able to fly into the state last week despite facing trial in Romania on charges of rape, sex with a minor, people trafficking and money laundering. James Uthmeier, appointed to be the state attorney…
For the 80th anniversary of Victory in Europe Day the Cenotaph will be draped in union flags and there will be a military procession and flypast as well as a new installation of about 30,000 ceramic poppies at the Tower of London, it has been announced. Four days of commemorations will begin on the bank…
The largest theme park in Wales has closed with immediate effect after nearly 40 years, its owner has announced. Oakwood Theme Park, in Pembrokeshire, west Wales, announced on Tuesday that it will shut. Aspro Parks, the owner and operator of Oakwood Theme Park, said it had reached the “difficult decision” due to financial challenges caused…
A 16-year-old boy has been arrested in Western Australia after an alleged threat, which alluded to a terrorist massacre, was made online against a recently opened Sydney mosque. The comment on the place of worship’s Instagram page threatened to “Christchurch 2.0” the mosque at Edmondson Park in the city’s west, an apparent reference to the…
Trump to defend trade war in major address to Congress tonight Jason Miller, a top adviser to Donald Trump, says the president will defend his trade war to Americans when he speaks to a joint session of Congress tonight. “I would say that he’s going to lean into it and he’s going to talk about…
