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SEOUL, Aug. 12 (Yonhap) -- Defense Minister Ahn Gyu-back was set to hold a meeting Wednesday with the leaders of the alumni groups of the Army, Navy and Air Force military academies and seek their support for the government's ongoing push to integrate the three academies into a single institution, the defense minist…
Lobbyist Jeremy Greenwood gave his best mate Jean-Claude Perrottet “kickbacks” from a Catholic Schools NSW contract he secured because he wanted his to boost his friend’s income, a corruption inquiry has heard.
The NSW government has demanded an explanation from the health watchdog over its suspension on the sale of defibrillators used in the state’s ambulances.
New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has avoided a leadership spill. (ABC News: Fletcher Yeung )
Former NSW building commissioner David Chandler says he would be willing to return to public life to address “absolute market failure” in the missing middle apartment sector, laying down his solution to address the state’s housing crisis by building thousands of cheaper dwellings for those who have been priced out.
Gellung Warl, which was established as part of the treaty process, says bill would erode the basic rights of people in prison
The Coalition will work with One Nation on a legally questionable attempt to ban Australian citizens linked to overseas terrorist groups from returning, as Labor sledges the parties’ cooperation on a bill they say is constitutionally unviable.
Pauline Hanson’s One Nation has welcomed into its party a far-right influencer who has been filmed mixing with neo-Nazis, is close associates with figures who attended Nazi training camps, and enjoys sponsorship from an overseas bookstore selling Adolf Hitler texts.
New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon's fate hung in the balance Wednesday as his ruling National Party met to decide whether he should stay on as leader with less than three months until a general election.
WELLINGTON — New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon said he had the "full support" of his ruling National Party on Wednesday after surviving a leadership challenge called with less than three months until a general election.
Zelenskyy warns Putin will use Russian election, in which opposition to the war is banned, as pretext for major call-up of troops. What we know on day 1,631
Prime minister Anutin Charnvirakul calls for tighter gun controls and ‘decisive penalties’ after nine dead in school shooting
Some 20 months after Syria's Bashar al-Assad fled Damascus and went to Moscow, amid jihadist groups taking over the capital city in December of 2024, Russia has finally reached a negotiated settlement over the fate of its Syrian bases with the new Sharaa government.
Lusaka, Zambia – Zambians vote on August 13 in general elections widely seen as a test of whether years of economic reform have translated into improvements in everyday life.
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Tuesday that Ukraine had handed proposals to US negotiators for a plan to end the war with Moscowand suggested that Russia would use its parliamentary election next month as a pretext to declare a new mobilization.
New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon speaks at a news conference at Parliament in Wellington, New Zealand, on July 20, 2026. (AP Photo/Charlotte Graham-McLay, File)
Mainland Chinese men in rubber dinghy dismissed as ‘sea clutter’ by coastguard radar operator, raising fresh concerns over island’s security
Mainland Chinese men in rubber dinghy dismissed as ‘sea clutter’ by coastguard radar operator, raising fresh concerns over island’s security
Representative Tom Tiffany, whose district covers a large swath of rural northern and central Wisconsin, was expected to easily win his party’s nomination for governor on Tuesday.
Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity News,
MANILA, Philippines — A hypothetical tandem of Naga City Mayor Leni Robredo and Sen. Raffy Tulfo is in a statistical tie with a hypothetical tandem of Vice President Sara Duterte and Sen. Imee Marcos in the 2028 elections, according to a survey by polling firm Octa Research.
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The prime minister tells the Guardian that last year’s diplomatic rift with ally New Zealand could be on voters’ minds as they head to the polls
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Authored by Jill McLaughlin via The Epoch Times,
The Iranian threat that prompted President Trump’s secret Air Force One swap last month emerged as he was heading into his last day at the NATO summit in Turkey on July 8.
Published 12 August 2026 10:29am
Canada’s University of Alberta has won a legal battle to dissolve a research trust named after Ukrainian SS veteran Yaroslav Hunka, whose standing ovation in the Canadian parliament from lawmakers, then-Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, and Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky sparked an international scandal.
Canada’s University of Alberta has won a legal battle to dissolve a research trust named after Ukrainian SS veteran Yaroslav Hunka, whose standing ovation in the Canadian parliament from lawmakers, then-Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, and Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky sparked an international scandal.
Anthony Albanese’s comments about melons given to him by Japanese prime minister Sanae Takaichi continue to make headlines weeks after they were made
The government needs to deliver on its pledge to address the shortfalls of the city’s heat stress warning system
The government needs to deliver on its pledge to address the shortfalls of the city’s heat stress warning system
Prime Minister Andy Burnham's plan to stop the early release of PC Andrew Harper's killers is prominent across Wednesday's papers. The Daily Express says the prime minister has done a "U-turn" on his early release scheme by instructing the justice secretary to find a way to exclude Jessie Cole and Albert Bowers, who…
South Korea added 108,000 jobs in July from a year earlier, government data showed Wednesday, marking the second consecutive month of gains, while manufacturing employment continued to remain weak.
SEOUL, Aug. 12 (Yonhap) -- South Korea added 108,000 jobs in July from a year earlier, government data showed Wednesday, marking the second consecutive month of gains, while manufacturing employment continued to remain weak.
Polls have begun closing in primary elections across the country, as voters in states such as Wisconsin, Minnesota and South Carolina pick their party's candidates ahead of the 2026 midterms.
SEOUL, Aug. 12 (Yonhap) -- North Korea has sent condolences over the death of a former leader of the Lao parliament, state media said Wednesday.
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A Maryland woman has agreed to pay the U.S. government $160,000 to resolve civil allegations that she submitted false claims for payment, following her earlier criminal conviction for defrauding a nonprofit that received USAID funding.
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President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Tuesday that Ukraine had handed proposals to U.S. negotiators for a plan to end the war with Moscow and suggested that Russia would use its parliamentary election next month as a pretext to declare a new mobilization.
Foreign policy investigator Adam Kredo of The Washington Free Beacon revealed on Monday that California regulators ordered Arc of Justice, a nonprofit operated by left-wing Code Pink cofounder Medea Benjamin, to cease charitable operations after years of missing tax filings and unanswered questions about what happen…
Sean Reid of Rockingham, Vt., casts his ballot at the polling station in Rockingham during Vermont’s state and federal primary elections on Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2026. (Kristopher Radder/The Brattleboro Reformer via AP)
Andrea Lucas, nominee to be a member of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, testifies during a Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee hearing, June 18, 2025, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib, File)
While recent protests were triggered by irregularities in the national medical entrance exam, the quality of education more broadly warrants attention
While recent protests were triggered by irregularities in the national medical entrance exam, the quality of education more broadly warrants attention
The Department of Justice said that officials are monitoring polling sites in Hennepin and Ramsey counties – Minnesota’s largest – throughout the state’s primary elections on Tuesday.
Federal agents walk down a street while conducting immigration enforcement operations in Minneapolis, Feb. 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Ryan Murphy, File)
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