Getty ImagesTwice a week, Ben Bradshaw drops his young son off at a Sydney childcare centre before heading off to work.
Like thousands of parents and carers across Australia, the 40-year-old…
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Reckoning for Australia’s childcare sector after onslaught of abuse cases
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Italy approves $15.5 billion for world’s longest suspension bridge from mainland to Sicily
MILAN (AP) — Italy cleared the way Wednesday to build the world’s largest suspension bridge linking the Italian mainland with Sicily in a massive 13.5 billion euro ($15.5 billion) infrastructure project that has been…
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A zoo in Denmark asked patrons to donate their pets. Not as attractions, but for food : NPR
Gara, a Siberian tiger, cares for her newborn cubs at the Aalborg Zoo in Denmark in 2008.
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EU staff urge sanctions on Israel over Gaza crisis, warn against ‘silence as complici
The diplomatic tide against Israel continues to build—this time shaking the European Union from within. Amid accusations of famine in Gaza, some 1,300 EU institution employees have sent a sharply worded letter to the bloc’s top leaders,…Continue Reading
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Twenty killed after trucks overturn in Gaza, Hamas-run civil defence says
Twenty people have been killed and more than 30 injured in central Gaza after four trucks overturned on a crowd, the Hamas-run civil defence agency says.
Crowds rushed to the vehicles on a road south east of Deir al-Balah on Tuesday evening. They…
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Trump administration sanctions popular hip hop artist “El Makabelico” over alleged ties to Mexican drug cartel
The Trump administration said Wednesday it was sanctioning Mexican musician Ricardo Hernández, known as “El Makabelico,” over allegations that the artist was laundering money for a drug cartel.
The move comes after the administration has…
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Italy approves controversial bridge tying Sicily to mainland – DW – 08/06/2025
A committee of Italian ministers on Wednesday green lit plans to build a 3.3-kilometer (2.05-mile)-long bridge connecting the island of Sicily across the Strait of Messina to mainland Italy.
The controversial project has been in discussions…
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Trump deserves Nobel Peace Prize for mRNA vaccines, professor says
Cambodia recently announced that it plans to nominate President Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize. In response, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt, naming other conflicts that Trump has “ended,” said that, “It’s well past time…
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