Israel set for general election after collapse of weakened government
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Israel’s weakened coalition government has announced that it intends to dissolve the Knesset, setting the stage for the country’s fifth election in three years and a potential return to office for longtime prime minis...
Byelection defeats cast pall over Boris Johnson’s pitch that he is an election winner
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Helen Hurford, the Tory candidate in Tiverton and Honiton, reportedly reacted to her humiliating byelection defeat by locking herself in a room and refusing to speak to the media. About 4,000 miles away in Kigali, Bor...
Albanese to meet Macron in Paris for ‘important reset’ of Australia’s relationship with France
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Prime minister Anthony Albanese has confirmed he will visit France to meet President Emmanuel Macron, and is considering travelling to Ukraine, during next week’s trip to Europe for the Nato summit. Albanese said he w...
Biden’s proposed federal tax cut on gas could cost dearly in the future
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America’s hard-pressed drivers may be about to receive a holiday. On Wednesday Joe Biden called on Congress to suspend the federal tax on gas and diesel until September as the country struggles with soaraway costs at ...
Colombia election: Gustavo Petro elected first leftist president – video
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Colombia has elected the former guerrilla fighter Gustavo Petro as president, making him the South American country’s first leftist head of state. It follows similar victories for the left in Peru, Chile and Honduras....
Israel set for general election after collapse of weakened government
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Israel’s weakened coalition government has announced that it intends to dissolve the Knesset, setting the stage for the country’s fifth election in three years and a potential return to office for longtime prime minis...
Swimmer seriously injured by shark off central California coast
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A swimmer was seriously injured in a shark attack on the central California coast on Wednesday, police said. The attack occurred midmorning at Lovers Point Beach in Pacific Grove, a community along the Monterey Bay co...
Federal government won’t increase its share of hospital funding despite state push for 50-50 split
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The federal health minister, Mark Butler, says the commonwealth will not increase its share of hospital funding before the national partnership agreement with the states and territories expires in 2025. Butler’s comme...