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Australia will respond ‘very seriously’ to war crime allegations: PM Morrison

11:37 am November 21, 2020

Melbourne: Australia will respond “very seriously” to war crime allegations against its defence personnel, Prime Minister Scott Morrison has assured the people of Afghanistan, a day after a long-awaited military report said the country’s special forces unlawfully killed 39 people in the war-torn nation. According to the report released on Thursday, there is “credible information” that at […]

Siberian heatwave: Wildfires rage in Arctic, sea ice melts

Australia to pay ‘whatever it takes’ to fight wildfires

9:11 pm January 6, 2020

Sydney: Australia’s government said Monday it was willing to pay “whatever it takes” to help communities recover from deadly wildfires that have ravaged the country. Prime Minister Scott Morrison said the government was committing an extra 2 billion Australian dollars ($1.4 billion) toward the recovery effort in addition to the tens of millions of dollars […]

Aussie Prime Minister (PM) Scott Morrison: Some volunteer firefighters to receive paid leave

Aussie PM Morrison: Some volunteer firefighters to receive paid leave

3:19 pm December 24, 2019

Perth: Australia’s beleaguered prime minister announced Tuesday that volunteer firefighters from the federal public sector will receive paid leave entitlements in a move to help contain wildfires that have ravaged parts of the country. About 5 million hectares (12.35 million acres) of land have burned nationwide over the past few months, with nine people killed […]

Aide recounts actions tying Trump to delay in Ukraine funds

6:59 pm November 17, 2019

WASHINGTON: Gordon Sondland, President Donald Trump’s emissary to the European Union, had a message when he met with a top Ukrainian official. Sondland said vital U.S. military assistance to Ukraine might be freed up if the country’s top prosecutor “would go to the mike and announce that he was opening the Burisma investigation,” a U.S. […]

Australia warns of ‘collateral damage’ from Trump-Xi trade war

2:43 pm June 26, 2019

Sydney: Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Wednesday warned that “collateral damage” from trade spats between China and the United States were hurting smaller countries and threatening the global economy. In an usually public warning to allies in Washington, Morrison said the “world’s most important bilateral relationship — the US-China relationship” had become “strained”. “Trade […]