World news and comment from the Guardian | guardian.co.uk

0 komentar

World news and comment from the Guardian | guardian.co.uk


Scott Morrison says family of dead asylum seeker can travel to Australia

Posted: 07 Jun 2014 01:00 AM PDT

Officials contact family of Tamil who set himself on fire in Geelong, but relatives say they have not heard from Canberra

Continue reading...






Bob Hewitt to face trial for rape of young girls in South Africa

Posted: 06 Jun 2014 11:01 PM PDT

Australian-born tennis legend denies any sexual contact with the alleged victims, whom he coached decades ago

Continue reading...






Tony Abbott 'embarrassing' Australia, says Tanya Plibersek

Posted: 06 Jun 2014 10:55 PM PDT

The prime minister has reportedly cancelled meetings with the world's top finance officials during his visit to the United States

Continue reading...






Phone tapping: Australia offers better protection than others

Posted: 06 Jun 2014 08:04 PM PDT

Vodafone report says there are more safeguards in Australia than in other countries

Continue reading...






Land for 6,600 new homes released in north-west Sydney

Posted: 06 Jun 2014 07:44 PM PDT

State government will extend eligibility criteria for a first home owner grant by $100,000

Continue reading...






Clive Palmer brushes off Queensland corruption claims

Posted: 06 Jun 2014 07:10 PM PDT

Mining magnate hits back after deputy premier Jeff Seeney refers him to Crime and Misconduct Commission

Continue reading...






Wisconsin same-sex marriage ban struck down as unconstitutional

Posted: 06 Jun 2014 03:24 PM PDT

District judge issues ruling against 2006 voter-approved ban
Milwaukee and Madison prepare for possible marriage flood

Continue reading...






Tony Abbott: 'D-day was a day that changed the world'

Posted: 06 Jun 2014 02:45 PM PDT

Prime minister pays tribute to Normandy veterans, stopping at graves of two of the 14 Australians killed in battle on D-day

Continue reading...






Vladimir Putin in D-day peace talks with Ukraine president

Posted: 06 Jun 2014 02:16 PM PDT

Russian president welcomes call from Petro Poroshenko to end bloodshed in east after 15-minute face-to-face meeting Continue reading...






North Dakota becomes last US state to have gay marriage ban challenged

Posted: 06 Jun 2014 01:20 PM PDT

Seven couples filed a lawsuit on Friday calling for an end to North Dakotas constitutional ban on same-sex marriage

Continue reading...






White House fights to restore veterans' trust: 'It's not going to be quick or easy'

Posted: 06 Jun 2014 12:59 PM PDT

Revelations of misconduct, fraud and abuse by officials in Phoenix has turned up the heat on a beleaguered VA department. Can veterans trust the system ever again?

Continue reading...






D-day anniversary: emotional swansong for UK veterans of Normandy

Posted: 06 Jun 2014 12:27 PM PDT

UK veterans group will never again walk in their hundreds through the white rows of headstones of Bayeux war cemetery Continue reading...






Rising seas wash Japanese war dead from Marshall Islands graves

Posted: 06 Jun 2014 12:12 PM PDT

Officials blame climate change as 26 skeletons are found on Santo Island after high tides batter Pacific archipelago Continue reading...






CIA sends out first tweet and shows it has a sense of humour

Posted: 06 Jun 2014 12:07 PM PDT

Agency says 'we can neither confirm nor deny that this our first tweet' as it officially joins Twitter and Facebook

Continue reading...






Georgia man armed with guns and explosives killed in courthouse shootout

Posted: 06 Jun 2014 11:49 AM PDT

Dennis Marx threw out smoke devices to prevent officers from reaching him, after shooting a deputy outside courthouse

Continue reading...






Missouri witness charged with lying over gun purchase in murder case

Posted: 06 Jun 2014 11:27 AM PDT

Prosecutors accuse John Mark Reidle of lying about a gun purchase in case of shooting deaths at Jewish sites in Kansas City

Continue reading...






Walter Carter appointed by Obama to head US naval academy

Posted: 06 Jun 2014 11:19 AM PDT

Selection of Carter, a former 'Top Gun' pilot, comes as military struggles to end sexual assault in its ranks

Continue reading...






Man jailed after going on rampage in Exeter cathedral

Posted: 06 Jun 2014 11:19 AM PDT

Nicholas Courtney pulled down his trousers before climbing on to the altar, breaking a crucifix and punching a 70-year-old Continue reading...






Deutsche Telekom to follow Vodafone in revealing surveillance

Posted: 06 Jun 2014 11:09 AM PDT

Deutsche Telekom, operating in 14 countries including the US, Spain and Poland, has already published data for Germany Continue reading...






Volunteers or paid fighters? The Vostok Battalion looms large in war with Kiev

Posted: 06 Jun 2014 10:31 AM PDT

The Vostok Battalion is shaping the direction of conflict in eastern Ukraine as it grows in numbers and influence Continue reading...

D-day anniversary: Britain's Normandy veterans gather for last time

Posted: 06 Jun 2014 10:27 AM PDT

Soldiers remembered and stories shared at final assembly of Normandy Veterans' Association in Bayeux war cemetery Continue reading...






Cameron's stance on EU sparks unusual candour from German politicians

Posted: 06 Jun 2014 10:22 AM PDT

Juncker row provokes words along the lines of 'join up or leave', yet few believe that Britons would vote to quit EU Continue reading...

Oklahoma execution investigation expected to finish sooner than planned

Posted: 06 Jun 2014 10:15 AM PDT

State police to interview witnesses including the Guardian
Inquiry to be completed in 'weeks instead of months'

Continue reading...






War veteran makes great escape from care home to mark D-day anniversary

Posted: 06 Jun 2014 10:06 AM PDT

Bernard Jordan, reported missing after leaving nursing home wearing his medals, found in France at commemorations Continue reading...








Posting Komentar