Showing posts with label 2017 at 07:51AM. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 2017 at 07:51AM. Show all posts
Tuesday, October 17, 2017
Not happy with the NBN? You’re not alone. The number of complaints has jumped 160%
Monday, October 16, 2017
Lisa Wilkinson leaves Channel Nine’s Today Show to join Ten Network’s The Project
Tuesday, October 10, 2017
Saturday, October 7, 2017
Rapper Nelly arrested on rape accusation
MORE: Rapper Nelly arrested on rape accusation | Perth Now
Thursday, September 7, 2017
Jet turns back after hitting turbulence severe turbulence off Cervantes: Perth
Flight EY487 the non-stop service to Abu Dhabi took off at 5.15pm and climbed to about 8534mts off Cervantes when it encountered the severe turbulence.
The crew descended to 6096mts and reduced speed by 100kts (185km/hr) while they accessed the situation.
MORE: Jet turns back after hitting turbulence | Perth Now
Wednesday, September 6, 2017
Irma, Jose + Katia mark the first time since 2010 3 hurricanes ‘been in the Atlantic
Tropical storms Jose and Katia strengthened Wednesday afternoon, bringing the number of hurricanes churning in the Atlantic basin to three.
It’s the first time since 2010 that three active hurricanes have been in the Atlantic
MORE; http://cnn.it/2w9cOIw
Thursday, August 17, 2017
Islamic State claims responsibility for Barcelona van attack
“The perpetrators of the Barcelona attack are soldiers of the Islamic State and carried out the operation in response to calls for targeting coalition states,” the agency said, referring to a United States-led coalition against the Sunni militant group.
Source: Islamic State claims responsibility for Barcelona van attack | Reuters
Wednesday, August 16, 2017
Man killed in Melbourne’s third suburban shooting in past week
Emergency services were called to the home on Kurrajong Road at Narre Warren about 7:40pm after receiving reports of gunfire, police said.
A man was found with a gunshot wound and paramedics tried to save him, but he died at the scene.
Neighbour Tamara Sykes said she heard the gunfire…
Wednesday, August 9, 2017
Public servant Craig Richard Eakin charged in relation to alleged tobacco smuggling ring
A federal public servant has been charged in relation to an alleged international tobacco smuggling ring that was the subject of police raids in Sydney this week.
Craig Richard Eakin has been charged with illegally importing tobacco, receiving a bribe, abusing public office to gain advantage, accessing data with intent to commit an offence, dealing with the proceeds of crime and committing an offence at the direction of an organisation.
The Australian Federal Police (AFP) has also launched an application to freeze Eakin’s assets under proceeds of crime legislation in the New South Wales Supreme Court…
Thursday, August 3, 2017
White House says Trump erred, but did not ‘lie’ about praise
The White House says US President Donald Trump did not lie about compliments he received from the Mexican President and the Boy Scouts of America, but they were delivered in person and not by phone as he claimed.
Key points:
- Mr Trump claimed he received praising phone calls from Mexican President and Boy Scouts
- Mexican authorities and Boy Scouts denied alleged phone calls
- White House says compliments were actually received in person, but Mr Trump did not “lie”
Mr Trump last week said he received a phone call “from the head of the Boy Scouts” telling him a politically charged speech he delivered to thousands of members “was the greatest speech that was ever made to them, and they were very thankful“.
The organisation’s boss has apologised “to those in our Scouting family who were offended by the political rhetoric that was inserted into the jamboree” and another senior figure said they had concerns about him making an address.
Earlier this week, Mr Trump said his Mexican counterpart Enrique Pena Nieto had also called him and praised his immigration policies.
“They said their southern border, very few people are coming because they know they’re not going to get through our border, which is the ultimate compliment,” Mr Trump said.
Responding to questions about a statement from the Mexican Government denying what Mr Trump described and the Boy Scouts being unaware of a phone call having been made, White House spokeswoman Sarah Huckabee Sanders defended the President.
Monday, July 31, 2017
Kabul attack: Islamic State group claims responsibility for deadly Iraqi embassy attack
The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for an attack on the Iraqi embassy in Kabul that began with a suicide bomb blast at the main gate, allowing gunmen to enter the building and battle security forces.
Key points:
- Gunmen entered Iraqi embassy building, and battled security forces
- Attack kicked off with suicide bomb attack at main gate
- Islamic State says seven guards killed in the attack
The assault came a week after 35 people were killed in a Taliban attack on government workers in Kabul and underlines Afghanistan’s precarious security as the United States weighs an overhaul of its policy in the region.
Afghan security forces confronted three gunmen for hours before the Interior Ministry announced in mid-afternoon that the attack, in a normally busy business district of the capital, had been suppressed.
“Terrorist attack on Iraqi embassy in Kabul over after all terrorists killed,” the ministry said in a statement.
The Islamic State group’s news outlet said two attackers had blown up the gate, killing seven guards, and two fighters had broken into the compound.
Saturday, July 29, 2017
U.S. police chiefs blast Trump for endorsing ‘police brutality’
Police leaders across the country moved quickly to distance themselves from — or to outright condemn — President Trump’s statements about “roughing up” people who’ve been arrested.
The swift public denunciations came as departments are under intense pressure to stamp out brutality and excessive force that can erode the relationship between officers and the people they police — and cost police chiefs their jobs.
Some police leaders worried that three sentences uttered by the president during a Long Island, N.Y., speech could upend nearly three decades of fence-mending since the 1991 Los Angeles Police Department beating of Rodney King ushered in an era of distrust of police.
“It’s the wrong message,” Chuck Wexler, executive director of the Police Executive Research Forum, told Washington radio station WTOP while speaking of the trust-building work that departments have undertaken since King’s beating. “The last thing we need is a green light from the president of the United States for officers to use unnecessary force.”
Trump made the comments at a gathering of law enforcement officers at Suffolk County Community College in New York.
“When you guys put somebody in the car and you’re protecting their head, you know, the way you put their hand over?” Trump said, miming the physical motion of an officer shielding a suspect’s head to keep it from bumping against the squad car.
“Like, don’t hit their head, and they just killed somebody — don’t hit their head,” Trump continued. “I said, you can take the hand away, okay?”
Source: U.S. police chiefs blast Trump for endorsing ‘police brutality’ – The Washington Post
Saturday, July 22, 2017
John Heard: Home Alone and Gladiator actor dies aged 72
His death was confirmed by the Santa Clara Medical Examiner’s office in California late on Saturday, local time.
TMZ reported that Heard, who lived in southern California, was found at a Palo Alto, California, hotel where he was recovering from back surgery.
According to the site, police had been called to the hotel to reports of a medical emergency, but Heard was pronounced dead at the scene.
Heard played Peter McCallister, the father of Kevin, played by Macaulay Culkin, in Home Alone and Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
Monday, July 10, 2017
Sunday, July 9, 2017
Donald Trump Jr.’s stunningly incriminating statement to the New York Times
Donald Trump Jr. has made a potentially damaging New York Times report much, much worse.
The Times on Sunday reported that the president’s eldest son was promised damaging information about Hillary Clinton before meeting with a Kremlin-connected Russian lawyer at Trump Tower in New York on June 9, 2016.
As Times reporters Jo Becker, Matt Apuzzo and Adam Goldman explained, Trump Jr.’s motivation for agreeing to the meeting “points to the central question in federal investigations of the Kremlin’s meddling in the presidential election: whether the Trump campaign colluded with the Russians. The accounts of the meeting represent the first public indication that at least some in the campaign were willing to accept Russian help.”
Paul Manafort, the campaign’s chairman at the time, and Jared Kushner, President Trump’s son-in-law and adviser, also attended.
Needless to say, the report looks bad for the president, even though his private legal team told the Times that Trump did not participate or even know about the meeting. Trump has a go-to playbook in situations like these: cast doubt on the credibility of unnamed sources (five, in this case) and cry, “Fake news!”
Source: Donald Trump Jr.’s stunningly incriminating statement to the New York Times – The Washington Post
Thursday, June 29, 2017
Trump’s Twitter tirade against journalist Mika Brzezinski draws strong criticism from Republicans
Donald Trump launched a crude Twitter attack on the brains, looks and temperament of a female TV personality on Thursday, drawing strong criticism including from senior Republicans.
Mr Trump’s tweets, aimed at co-host of MSNBC’s Morning Joe Mika Brzezinski revived concerns about his views of women in a climate where civility is already in short supply and he is struggling for any support he can get for his proposals on health care, immigration and other controversial issues.
The Republican President called Brzezinski — a journalist and daughter of former White House national security advisor Zbigniew Brzezinski — “low IQ Crazy Mika” and said she was “bleeding badly from a face-lift” when she visited one of his properties around New Year’s Eve.
He referred to Brzezinski’s co-host, former Republican US congressman Joe Scarborough, as “Psycho Joe”.
Thursday, June 1, 2017
French Open: Nick Kyrgios knocked out of Roland Garros
Grief-stricken Nick Kyrgios has conceded his French Open hopes were all but cooked when his grandfather died in April.
Australia’s last man standing crashed out of the season’s second grand slam in Paris with a 5-7, 6-4, 6-1, 6-2 second-round loss to tough South African Kevin Anderson on Friday (AEST).
Kyrgios entered the tournament under a fitness cloud – and hip and shoulder niggles undoubtedly contributed to his demise as the 22-year-old coughed up an uncharacteristic nine double-faults in the four-set defeat.
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