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How do Victoria’s coronavirus rules compare to other states?

Save articles for later Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Bit by bit, Victoria is returning to something like 'normal'. With no new COVID-19 cases or deaths recorded for the fifth day in a row on Wednesday and active cases dropping to just 30, restrictions will be eased […]

U.S. Election: What happened to plans to disband the Minneapolis police department?

Policing has become a divisive issue during the 2020 U.S. presidential election campaign. Donald Trump has positioned himself as the candidate of law and order, while Joe Biden has said he believes policing should be re-imagined. The international conversations surrounding police reform started after the death of George Floyd at the hands of the Minneapolis […]

Hospital admissions surge as pandemic shadows US election

Save articles for later Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Washington: Americans have gone to the polls under the shadow of a resurging pandemic, with an alarming increase in cases nationwide and the number of people hospitalised with COVID-19 reaching record highs in a growing number of states. […]

Andrew Cuomo keeps sowing new COVID confusion

COVID confusion reigns in New York, as Gov. Andrew Cuomo changes the rules on travel while breaking his promise to revisit city indoor dining capacity by Nov. 1. The 14-day isolation “required” by his quarantine list discouraged most of America from visiting. He finally scrapped it as New York itself hit the marks that put […]

Can Donald Trump win the 2020 election without Florida?

FLORIDA, with 29 votes, could decide the US presidential 2020 election and with more than 90 per cent of votes counted in the state – Biden and Trump are neck-and-neck. Florida is the least predictable win for Trump or Biden of the big four states -New York, California, Texas and Florida. New York and California […]

Sailors urged to quit smoking as Navy bans cigarettes on ships and bases

SAILORS are being urged to “stub it out” as the Navy bans cigarettes on its ships and bases. Personnel used to be issued 600 cigs a month — plus a daily rum ration. But now cigarettes, chewing tobacco and snuff will be forbidden. Top Brass said it will come into force in June next year […]

UK police force warns public of delays after number of staff self-isolate

Police have warned the public of delays as dozens of staff are forced to isolate following a coronavirus outbreak. Staff at West Mercia Police’s 101 hotline are quarantining after a positive test, Birmingham Live reports. The force has urged the public to report non-urgent crimes online as they could face delays over the staff shortage. […]

Pictured with his deadly arsenal: Vienna ISIS wannabe Kujtim Fejzulai

Pictured with his deadly arsenal: ‘Lone wolf’ ISIS wannabe Kujtim Fejzulai, 22, who shot dead four people during rampage through streets of Vienna before being gunned down by police Two women and two men were killed after shooting began outside a synagogue in central Vienna at 8pm The gunman, armed with an automatic rifle, pistol […]