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Monday, October 30, 2017
Sunday, July 2, 2017
Tuesday, June 20, 2017
Trump’s speech on Cuba ‘grotesque’
US President Donald Trump’s speech on Cuba was a ‘grotesque spectacle,’ but the island’s government will continue working towards better relations with the majority of Americans who back detente, Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez says.
Trump announced a partial rollback of the normalisation of relations with Cuba on Friday in Miami, the heartland of Cuban exiles, in a theatre named after the leader of the failed US-backed Bay of Pigs invasion of the island in 1961.
‘It was a grotesque spectacle straight from the Cold War,’ Rodriguez said in Vienna on Monday, during a tour of European countries, in a news conference broadcast live in Cuba.
Trump’s speech before an audience that included people Cuba considers terrorists, included dramatic flourishes like a Cuban-American exile playing the US national anthem on his violin.
The US president stopped short of breaking diplomatic relations with Cuba, restored in 2015 after more than five decades of hostility and leaves many recent agreements between the two countries intact.
However, it will tighten restrictions on Americans travelling to the Caribbean island, hurting the booming Cuban tourism industry and clamp down on US business dealings with Cuba’s military.
Source: Trump’s speech on Cuba ‘grotesque’
Wednesday, May 24, 2017
Aussie soccer coach kidnapped by Islamics freed after terrifying 7 months
An Australian soccer coach held hostage by an Islamic extremest group in Yemen since last year has been released after a terrifying seven months in captivity.
Craig McAllister, 56, was kidnapped in October by an unnamed group that demanded a ransom from the Australian government for his release.
Foreign Minister Julie Bishop confirmed Mr McAllister is now ‘safe and well’ following months of work by the federal government.
She thanked the Sultan of Oman, Qaboos bin Said Al-Said, for Oman’s work to find Mr McAllister and take him in.
I deeply appreciate the efforts of officials from across government – who continue to provide the family assistance – and of many other parties in Australia and overseas,’ she said in a statement on Wednesday night.
‘The government will not be making any further comment on this case in order to protect other Australians who remain captive overseas or face the risk of kidnapping.’
She said Australians were strongly discouraged from travelling to Yemen given the high risk of kidnapping.
The Omani foreign ministry said Mr McAllister was found with the help of local tribesmen, state news agency ONA reports.
Oman said it had been making efforts to find him on behalf of the Australian government and that Mr McAllister was taken to Oman on Sunday in preparation for his return home.
The football coach appeared in a video recording last year pleading the government to pay a ransom.
The 56-year-old did not identify which group was holding him in Yemen, south of Saudi Arabia, but a colleague told EFE it was an Islamist group.
‘I have been working as a football coach… At the moment I am kidnapped by a group here,’ Mr McAllister said.
‘They are requesting that the Australian government send the money they have requested.’
Mr McAllister had been working with a charitable Christian group devoted for humanitarian work in Asia and Europe.
Source: Craig McAllister freed after being held hostage in Yemen | Daily Mail Online
Monday, March 20, 2017
South Sudan plane crash: At least 44 feared dead after passenger jet comes down in airport
Saturday, February 25, 2017
AFL superstar Geelong captain Joel Selwood loses his licence after being caught speeding at 127km/h
The Geelong captain could face further punishment from his club after being clocked at 127km/h in Victoria on Friday.
The Geelong captain was caught doing 127km/h on Friday and could face further punishment from his club.
Selwood, an Australian Grand Prix ambassador, will lose his license for one month after he was booked in a 100km/h zone.
Source: Joel Selwood loses his licence after being caught speeding | Daily Mail Online
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