POLITICS

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) called an Australian territory’s coronavirus mitigation strategies “covid tyranny,” prompting its leader to compare death tolls with Texas and tell him, “I’m glad we are nothing like you.”Cruz shared a clip last week…

Western Australia's newest Greens senator has promised to be a strong voice for Aboriginal Australians in parliament, urging for an end to business as usual from the government on Indigenous affairs.In her first speech to parliament on…

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas Republicans approved on Monday redrawn U.S. House maps that favor incumbents and decrease political representation for growing minority communities, even as Latinos drive much of the growth in the nation’s…

Two TAFE managers have been accused of engaging in "serious corrupt conduct" by accepting hundreds of thousands of dollars from a software company hoping to provide products to the education and training provider.The NSW Independent…

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas Republicans approved redrawn U.S. House maps that favor incumbents and decrease political representation for growing minority communities, even as Latinos drive much of the growth in the nation’s largest red…

Myanmar has started releasing people imprisoned after the military coup following an announcement on state television that a total of 5600 people are to be freed.This came after junta chief Min Aung Hlaing was barred from attending an…

Labor is prepared for the possibility of a December federal election even as the coalition indicates it plans to go full term.Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese thinks it's possible Prime Minister Scott Morrison will call an election for…

North Korea fired a ballistic missile into the sea on Tuesday in a continuation of its recent weapons tests, the South Korean and Japanese militaries said, hours after the U.S. reaffirmed its offer to resume diplomacy on the…

Some federal government MPs are concerned about their security while working in their electorates, following the stabbing death of a UK MP last week.During a coalition partyroom meeting on Tuesday, six MPs raised the issue of their safety…

VANCOUVER – A lawyer representing British Columbia government workers has urged a public inquiry into money laundering to call for better protection for whistleblowers, saying had those been in place, illegal cash may not have…