Border Force have ramped up efforts to deter asylum seekers from arriving illegally in Australia by boat following the recent High Court decision. The Australia Border Force and Operation Sovereign Borders have launched a joint agency taskforce in response to what they believe is an increase in activity by people smugglers who are using the … Read more
An alarming spike in pneumonia cases among children has been detected in the Netherlands, mirroring a similar surge in China. Dutch health experts say a striking number have been sickened since rates began soaring in August, with most cases among those aged five to 14. Surveillance data shows rates of the illness, which can prove … Read more
A solo traveller has revealed the six biggest mistakes she made when backpacking around south east Asia and Europe. TikToker Rory Hollier shared her do’s and don’ts on booking hotels, spending cash and which hostels to avoid, in the video seen by 155,000 people. She regularly makes videos where she shares helpful tips and tricks for solo … Read more
Australian travellers have discovered a ‘magical’ island – and its white sand beaches, formidable forests, and crystal clear waters bursting with coral reef have earned it the label of ‘Hawaii Down Under’. A two-hour flight from Sydney, Lord Howe island is located 600km east of the New South Wales coast and boasts diverse wildlife and unique … Read more
Ever dreamed of leaving everything behind to discover the earth’s furthest corners? Photographer Finn Beales explores how to do exactly that in his photo book Let’s Get Lost, published by White Lion Publishing, which explains the art of getting lost. The tome promises ‘pure visual escapism with over 200 spectacular shots of remote and beautiful places’ from the … Read more
A museum has claimed black women were more likely to die of the plague in medieval London because of ‘premodern structural racism’. The new study, which fails to put an estimate on how many black people were living in the capital during the period, examined the remains of just 145 individuals – from the time … Read more
President Joe Biden approached the completion of his hosting duties at the APEC summit in San Francisco with a joke that could either mean he’s enjoying himself or ready to jump aboard Air Force One to leave. ‘We’re going to extend this conference another five days,’ he quipped as he sat down at a round … Read more
President Joe Biden headed back east from San Francisco Friday with plans to recharge in Delaware after hosting an economic conference where he spent hours meeting with China’s Xi Jinping, partied with Gwen Stefani, and passed the torch to Peru while facing still more daunting campaign poll numbers. His meeting with Xi turned out to be … Read more
Australian economics professor Sean Turnell woke at the Chatrium Hotel in Yangon about 5am on February 6, 2021 and checked his emails. Turnell had been trying to get out of Myanmar’s biggest city since the country’s democratically elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi was overthrown in a military coup five days earlier. The 57-year-old had … Read more
China and the United States have agreed to hold nuclear arms control talks next week, the first such move since the Obama administration. Beijing announced that the two countries would hold ‘consultations on arms control and non-proliferation’ in Washington on Monday. It came after the Pentagon last week disclosed plans for a new devastating nuclear weapon … Read more