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Southern Baptist leaders ‘stonewalled’ sex abuse victims, scathing report says
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Leaders of the Southern Baptist Convention, America’s largest Protestant denomination, stonewalled and denigrated survivors of clergy sex abuse over almost two decades while seeking to protect their own reputations, a...
World leaders respond to Anthony Albanese’s Australian election victory
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World leaders have congratulated Anthony Albanese on his election victory in Australia, while former heads of government in the Pacific have urged him to “make a radical shift towards strong and urgent climate action”...
‘Historic day’: Finland’s leaders confirm intention to join Nato – video
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Speaking at the presidential palace in Helsinki, the Finnish president, Sauli Niinistö, and prime minister, Sanna Marin, formally declared that the country would apply for Nato membership. The Finnish parliament is ex...
Kremlin threatens retaliation after Finland leaders say it must join Nato
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Finland must apply to join Nato “without delay” in the wake of Russia’s attack on Ukraine, its president and prime minister have said, signalling a historic shift in the country’s security policy that drew a blunt war...
Second leaders’ debate a ratings winner for Nine despite employees criticising it as a ‘shambles’
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The second leaders’ debate of the election campaign, hosted by Channel Nine, attracted 641,000 viewers, however the network’s own employees have criticised the format as a “shambles”. The Great Debate on Nine averaged...
Second leaders’ debate factcheck: the five biggest clangers in Morrison v Albanese
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The second leaders debate of the federal election quickly became bogged down in a slanging match of claim and counter-claim on Sunday night. The prime minister, Scott Morrison, and Labor leader, Anthony Albanese, each...
Scott Morrison and Anthony Albanese clash over cost of living and integrity in messy leaders’ debate
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Scott Morrison and Anthony Albanese have bickered over electricity prices, national security and a federal integrity commission in a the second leaders’ debate of the election campaign. Ahead of early voting opening o...
Local elections 2022: Tory council leaders point finger at Johnson after losses blamed on Partygate
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Local Tory leaders have called on Boris Johnson to consider his position after losses to the Lib Dems and Labour in the local elections which several blamed on Partygate and the cost of living crisis. The Conservative...
Albanese and Morrison to face off in second leaders’ debate of federal election, Nine says
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Anthony Albanese and Scott Morrison will go head to head in a second leaders’ debate less than a fortnight out from the federal election, the Nine network has announced. It follows days of backroom negotiations betwee...
Climate crisis – not China – is biggest threat to Pacific, say former leaders
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Growing military tensions in the Pacific between China, the US and Australia do not address the most significant security threat to the region – climate change – former leaders of Pacific nations have warned. In a sta...
‘Liberal democracy in action’: world leaders congratulate Macron on French election win
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World leaders have congratulated France’s centrist President Emmanuel Macron on his re-election and the defeat of far-right leader Marine Le Pen in elections on Sunday. Macron’s win triggered relief among allies that ...
Morrison and Albanese clash on Solomon Islands-China pact in first leaders’ debate of federal election
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Australia’s political leaders have traded barbs over China’s security agreement with Solomon Islands, with Anthony Albanese labelling it a “Pacific stuff-up” and Scott Morrison accusing him of siding with China. In an...
Catalan president calls for investigation as spyware targets pro-independence leaders
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The Catalan president has called on the Spanish government to launch an “official and independent investigation” into how and why he and more than 60 figures associated with the regional independence movement reported...
Catalan leaders targeted using NSO spyware, say cybersecurity experts
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Dozens of pro-independence Catalan figures, including the president of the north-eastern Spanish region and three of his predecessors, have been targeted using NSO Group’s Pegasus spyware, according to a report from c...