One in 10 Australian parents are struggling to afford the costs of vaccinating their children, according to a nationally representative survey conducted earlier this year. The national vaccination insights project surveyed 2,000 Australian parents of children under five between March and April, and found the biggest barrier to turning declining vaccination rates around were the…
Thousands of people who fled the onrushing Hurricane Milton are facing fuel shortages, debris and long traffic jams as they to return to damaged Florida communities that are confronted with lengthy rebuilds. Millions of people were urged to evacuate ahead of Milton, which slammed into western Florida on Wednesday as a category 3 hurricane, causing…
The Venezuelan government has cancelled the passports of dozens of journalists and activists since President Nicolás Maduro claimed a re-election victory, part of what rights groups said is an intensifying campaign of repression against the authoritarian president’s opponents, the Financial Times has reported. At least 40 people, mostly journalists and human rights activists, have had…
Renters in Australian capital cities are on average spending nearly $15,000 more a year to rent a house since the pandemic, analysis has revealed. Research from the advocacy organisation Everybody’s Home showed on average renters in capitals are paying $14,700 more annually to rent a house, and $9,600 more to rent a unit compared with…
The Scottish DJ and producer Jack Revill, known to many as Jackmaster, has died aged 38, his family has announced. Revill died in Ibiza on Saturday morning after “complications arising from an accidental head injury”, his family said. A statement said: “It is with profound sorrow that we confirm the untimely passing of Jack Revill,…
Unifil says it refused a request by Israel to leave its positions in south Lebanon A spokesperson for UN peacekeepers in Lebanon on Saturday said that Israel had requested it leave its positions in south Lebanon where Israel is clashing with Lebanese militant group Hezbollah, but they had refused. They asked us to withdraw “from…
I was in a meeting recently between MPs and BBC execs. The former wanted to talk about one thing: getting more of the BBC’s jobs and spending out of London. Fair enough. Our national broadcaster should be… national. Everyone agrees on the need to increase the range of people and perspectives on our screens but how much…
At least 11 people have been killed in tribal clashes in the north-west of Pakistan, a local official has said. Tensions rose in Kurram district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, after two people were critically injured in a shooting incident between rival tribes. It was not immediately clear what caused the shooting. Vehicles were targeted in different…
Two exchange-traded funds are looking for profits in China with two different strategies. While the Rayliant Quantamental China Equity ETF dives into specific regions, the newly launched Roundhill China Dragons ETF buys the country’s biggest stocks. “[It’s] focused just on nine companies, and these companies are the companies that we identified as having similar characteristics…
A woman has died after going overboard from a passenger ship off the Channel Islands. The French coastguard said it received a distress message saying a woman in her 20s had gone overboard north of Les Casquets rocks, west of Alderney, shortly after midnight on Saturday. The woman went overboard from the Maltese-flagged cruise ship…
