Category: Australia

Prosecutor drops Australian Parliament House rape charge

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Prosecutor drops Australian Parliament House rape charge A prosecutor said Friday he had dropped a rape charge against a former government adviser because of the life-threatening trauma a trial would cause the woman allegedly assaulted in a Parliament House office. A prosecutor said Friday he had dropped a rape charge against a former government adviser because of the life-threatening trauma a trial would cause the woman allegedly assaulted in a Parliament House office. Former government staffer Brittany Higgins alleges a more senior colleague, Bruce Lehrmann, 27, raped her in a…

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Tiranga Welcome’ for EAM S Jaishankar in Australia

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Tiranga Welcome’ for EAM Jaishankar in Australia External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar received a warm ‘Tiranga welcome’ on his visit to Australia as India’s tricolour lit the country’s old Parliament House here. External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar received a warm ‘Tiranga welcome’ on his visit to Australia as India’s tricolour lit the country’s old Parliament House here. After concluding his first-ever visit to New Zealand, Jaishankar was given a “Tiranga welcome” in the Australian capital on Sunday. Speaking at a joint press conference here on Monday along with his Australian…

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2 female Indian students win Australia’s Victorian Premier’s Award for academic excellence

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2 female Indian students win Australia’s Victorian Premier’s Award for academic excellence Two Indian women, Divyangana Sharma and Ritika Saxena, bagged the Victorian Premier’s award, a prestigious literary prize given by the Victorian government. Two Indian women, Divyangana Sharma and Ritika Saxena, bagged the Victorian Premier’s award, a prestigious literary prize given by Australia’s Victorian government to international students. Divyangana Sharma was felicitated with the Victorian Premier’s Award – International Student of the Year 2021- 22 and the Victorian International Education Awards 2021-22 in the Higher Education category. According to…

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Will Joe Biden meet Vladimir Putin at G20 summit? US President does not rule it out

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Will Joe Biden meet Vladimir Putin at G20 summit? US President does not rule it out US President Joe Biden has not completely ruled out the prospect of a meeting with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on the sidelines of the G20 summit. US President Joe Biden has not completely ruled out the prospect of a meeting with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on the sidelines of the upcoming G20 summit. “That remains to be seen,” Biden told reporters when asked if he would meet Putin at the upcoming G20 or APEC…

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Complainant testifies about Australian Parliament House rape

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Complainant testifies about Australian Parliament House rape A government staffer testified Wednesday about being raped by a colleague in the Australian Parliament House and described her fears of not being believed because of the disparity in their workplace statuses. A government staffer testified Wednesday about being raped by a colleague in the Australian Parliament House and described her fears of not being believed because of the disparity in their workplace statuses. Brittany Higgins became the first witness to testify against Bruce Lehrmann, 27, who has pleaded not guilty in the…

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Ecuador prison clash leaves at least 15 dead, 20 injured

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Ecuador prison clash leaves at least 15 dead, 20 injured A clash between inmates armed with guns and knives inside the Latacunga prison in central Ecuador on Monday left at least 15 people dead and 20 injured, authorities said. A clash between inmates armed with guns and knives inside the Latacunga prison in central Ecuador on Monday left at least 15 people dead and 20 injured, authorities said. Officials attributed the fighting to national and international drug trafficking groups which have turned the Andean nation’s prisons into the scene of…

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Nobel panel to announce winner of medicine prize

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Nobel panel to announce winner of medicine prize The winner, or winners, of the Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine will be announced Monday at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden. The winner, or winners, of the Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine will be announced Monday at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden. Among the researchers who may be honored this year are those who were instrumental in the development of the mRNA technology that went into COVID-19 vaccines, which saved millions of lives across the world. Last year’s…

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How COVID damages heart found, may lead to new treatments

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How COVID damages heart found, may lead to new treatments Researchers have discovered how COVID-19 infection damages the heart tissue, paving the way for better treatments for the condition. Melbourne, Oct 3 (PTI) Researchers have discovered how COVID-19 infection damages the heart tissue, paving the way for better treatments for the condition. The study conducted on a small group of people found that COVID-19 damaged the DNA in heart tissue, which was not detected in influenza samples. The researchers noted that while COVID-19 and influenza are both severe respiratory viruses,…

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What the war in Ukraine means for Asia’s climate goals| Explained

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What the war in Ukraine means for Asia’s climate goals| Explained Europe’s need for gas means that they’re competing with Asian countries, driving up prices of fossil fuels and resulting in what Tim Buckley, the director of the thinktank Climate Energy Finance, refers to as “hyper-inflation.” The queues outside petrol pumps in Sri Lanka have lessened, but not the anxiety. Asanka Sampath, a 43-year-old factory clerk, is forever vigilant. He checks his phone for messages, walks past the pump, and browses social media to see if fuel has arrived. Delays…

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Tough new data protection laws likely in Australia

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Tough new data protection laws likely in Australia Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus said the government would make “urgent reforms” to the Privacy Act following the unprecedented hack last week on Optus, Australia’s second-largest wireless carrier. Australia could have tough new data protection laws in place this year in an urgent response to a cyberattack on a telecommunications company that stole the personal data of 9.8 million customers, the attorney-general said on Thursday. Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus said the government would make “urgent reforms” to the Privacy Act following the unprecedented hack last…

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