How Peter Dutton lost his heartland

Tiffanie Turnbull BBC News, Sydney Getty Images Peter Dutton’s own electorate helped hand his rivals the election For the past three years, when peers of Australia’s former Liberal Party leader Peter Dutton were grilled over his divisive persona, they’d often profess his celebrity status in the north. “Peter is one of us… He’s very popular…

Pro-Palestinian protesters arrested at US’s Columbia University | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Pro-Palestinian student group says it staged demonstration to protest against university profiting from ‘imperialist violence’. Dozens of pro-Palestinian activists have staged a protest at Columbia University in the United States. Footage posted on social media showed demonstrators standing on tables, chanting and beating drums inside the university’s main library. Columbia University Apartheid Divest, a pro-Palestinian…

World records 2nd-warmest April; global temperature remains 1.5 deg C above pre-industrial levels

The Ballon Generali de Paris hot air research balloon, which displays the increase in the average annual temperature in Europe compared to the pre-industrial period in Paris, France, April 29, 2025. | Photo Credit: REUTERS Last month was the second-warmest April globally, with the past 12 months being 1.58 degrees Celsius warmer than at the…

Pakistan vows retaliation after India launches air strikes | India-Pakistan Tensions News

Pakistan has promised to retaliate after India launched military strikes on Pakistan and Pakistan-administered Kashmir, fuelling fears of a broader confrontation between the nuclear-armed neighbours. Pakistan’s government on Wednesday pledged to respond “at a time, place and manner of its choosing to avenge the loss of innocent Pakistani lives and blatant violation of its sovereignty”….

Starlink gets nod for satcom services as telecom department issues letter of intent

FILE PHOTO: The Starlink logo is seen in front of the Indian flag in this illustration taken, June 21, 2023. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo | Photo Credit: Dado Ruvic Starlink, backed by billionaire Elon Musk, on Wednesday received the Government’s nod for satcom services in India, as the Department of Telecommunications issued a letter of intent…