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- At least 13 dead after third migrant boat in three days sinks in Greek waters
- Caller tells Joe Biden ‘Let’s go Brandon’ during White House Christmas event
- NSW reports 6,288 Covid cases on Christmas Day as Australia hits record infections
- Former South Korean president Park Geun-hye pardon for corruption
- Australia’s Christmas Day weather forecast: sunshine, storms and a scorcher
| At least 13 dead after third migrant boat in three days sinks in Greek waters Posted: 24 Dec 2021 03:56 PM PST People still missing despite major rescue effort as smugglers switch to more perilous route from Turkey At least 13 people have died after a migrant boat capsized in the Aegean Sea late Friday, bringing to at least 27 the combined death toll from three accidents in as many days involving migrant boats in Greek waters. The sinkings came as smugglers increasingly favour a perilous route from Turkey to Italy, which avoids Greece's heavily patrolled eastern Aegean islands that for years were at the forefront of the country's migration crisis. Continue reading... |
| Caller tells Joe Biden ‘Let’s go Brandon’ during White House Christmas event Posted: 24 Dec 2021 01:56 PM PST The saying has became an internet sensation as a coded vulgarity among Trump supporters A vulgar anti-Biden slogan made for an awkward moment on Friday during Joe Biden's phone calls with children tracking Santa's flight when a father said, "Let's Go Brandon." The refrain, a sanitized version of "Fuck Joe Biden," has been an internet sensation since a television journalist told race car driver Brandon Brown that a Nascar crowd shouting the vulgarity was actually saying, "Let's go Brandon." Continue reading... |
| NSW reports 6,288 Covid cases on Christmas Day as Australia hits record infections Posted: 24 Dec 2021 02:46 PM PST Victoria has 2,108 new infections and Queensland 765 as tens of thousands around the country forced into isolation
New South Wales has recorded its highest ever Covid daily caseload, with 6,288 new infections announced on Christmas Day, as tens of thousands of Australians are forced into isolation over the festive period. Covid transmission is also continuing to surge in Victoria, where authorities announced 2,108 new Covid-19 infections and six deaths from the virus. Continue reading... |
| Former South Korean president Park Geun-hye pardon for corruption Posted: 24 Dec 2021 04:05 PM PST Moon Jae-in, her successor, has freed Park from 22-year sentence three months ahead of presidential election South Korea's disgraced former president Park Geun-hye has been pardoned by her successor, Moon Jae-in, in a special amnesty that could influence voters in a presidential election that is just three months away. Park has been serving a 22-year sentence following her impeachment in 2017 and conviction for corruption and abuse of power, after a scandal that exposed webs of double-dealing between political leaders and conglomerates. Continue reading... |
| Australia’s Christmas Day weather forecast: sunshine, storms and a scorcher Posted: 24 Dec 2021 04:04 PM PST Brisbane braces for a downpour, Darwin is on cyclone watch, Perth to endure 43C, and other capitals in for a warm and partly cloudy day
Most Australian capitals are in for a warm and partly cloudy Christmas with a chance of a shower in Sydney, Melbourne and Canberra. Sydney was told to expect a maximum of 30C and a warm night with a minimum of 21C, while Melburnians would be able to enjoy a moderate high of 20C before temperatures dropped to 13C. Continue reading... |
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