MANCHESTER, England — After a decade without winning the Premier League, Manchester United announced Sunday that it had agreed to sell a minority stake in the storied club to Jim Ratcliffe in a deal that would also see the British billionaire and boyhood fan take control of its soccer operations. The record 20-time league champions … Read more
The entire population of Gaza is “being dehumanised,” the chief of the main UN agency operating there told the UN Security Council Monday, as pressure intensified on the besieged strip with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ruling out a ceasefire, saying “this is a time for war”. Philippe Lazzarini, commissioner general of the UN Relief … Read more
A powerful magnitude 7 earthquake has struck the Vanuatu region. Following the quake, hazardous tsunami waves were possible within 300km of the epicentre along the coasts of Vanuatu and New Caledonia. However, a tsunami warning for the coasts has now passed, the US Tsunami Warning System says. The German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) said … Read more
A man has suffocated after falling face-first on a beach in New Zealand while walking with his two-year-old daughter. Andre Bradshaw, 25, suffered a medical episode while walking his daughter Skyla on Raumati Beach north of Wellington in June this year. For months, Bradshaw’s family were left with only questions about how he died, until … Read more
PARIS — Women’s rights activists criticized French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday for appearing to take sides with actor Gérard Depardieu by saying the film star who is facing sexual misconduct allegations “makes France proud.” Speaking on Wednesday night on TV channel France 5, Macron described himself as a “big admirer” of a “great actor.” … Read more
For more than 40 years, Adelaide man Mustapha Chahine has yearned for answers over the disappearance of his son Khaled from a Lebanese street. The family suspects he was taken when he was just 16 by Israeli soldiers as the first Lebanon war was about to erupt. It came after Mustapha had already experienced immense … Read more
China and Australia’s differences should not define a vital diplomatic relationship, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has said as he closed out his historic trip. On the final day of his three-day trip, Mr Albanese visited China’s seat of power to a military guard of honour. He was greeted by Chinese Premier Li Qiang and the … Read more
Australians heading to Bali in the new year are in for some extra cash in their pockets, as Indonesian officials look to scrap a $50 tourist charge. Indonesia’s Tourism and Creative Economies Minister Sandiaga Uno last week confirmed officials were proposing travellers from 20 countries, including Australia, should be granted visa-free travel. Removing the visa … Read more
MADRID — Spain’s Royal Tapestry Factory has been decorating the walls and floors of palaces and institutions for more than 300 years. Located on a quiet, leafy street in central Madrid, its artisans work with painstaking focus on tapestries, carpets and heraldic banners, combining the long wisdom of the craft with new techniques. The factory … Read more
Thousands of Palestinians fled northern Gaza on Wednesday, travelling kilometres on foot through the battered enclave in a growing exodus prompted by Israel’s intensified ground and air campaign. Streams of people — women, children, the elderly and disabled — made their way down Salah Eddin St, one of the two north-south highways in Gaza, along … Read more
