44 h. ago Dozens of writers boycott Adelaide festival after it dumps pro

Miles Franklin winner Michelle de Kretser among more than 24 people who have pulled out of annual writers’ festival to protest Abdel-Fattah’s axingFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastDozens of authors, journalists, media personalities and a sponsor are boycotting the Adelaide festival after it dumped Palestinian Australian author Randa Abdel-Fattah from its annual writers’ week lineup, citing concerns over “cultural sensitivity” in the wake of the Bondi terror attack.More speakers were expected to withdraw from the festival, with speculation that other high-profile figures were coordinating their exit announcements. Continue reading...

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44 h. ago Almost 50 writers boycott Adelaide festival after it dumps pro

Helen Garner and Miles Franklin winner Michelle de Kretser among 45 people who have pulled out of annual writers’ festival to protest Abdel-Fattah’s axingFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe Adelaide festival has pulled down part of its website as dozens of speakers said they were boycotting writers’ week, after Palestinian Australian author Randa Abdel-Fattah was dumped from the lineup with the board citing “cultural sensitivity” concerns in the wake of the Bondi terror attack.The page promoting the schedule of authors, journalists, academics and commentators was “unpublished” on Friday following widespread condemnation of the board’s decision to remove Abdel-Fattah. Continue reading...

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61 h. ago Albanese announces royal commission after Bondi attack as he defends not calling inquiry earlier

Prime minister confirms commission on antisemitism and social cohesion after initially resisting demands for a broad national inquiryFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe prime minister has confirmed his government will call a federal royal commission after the Bondi terror attack, with Anthony Albanese backflipping on an earlier stance against a wide-ranging commonwealth inquiry.Albanese announced on Thursday the federal royal commission will examine four key areas, including the prevalence of antisemitism, how law enforcement will respond to antisemitism, the circumstances surrounding the alleged Bondi attack and strengthening social cohesion. Continue reading...

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63 h. ago PM announces federal royal commission into antisemitism in wake of Bondi beach attack

Anthony Albanese backflips after initially resisting demands for a broad national inquiry The prime minister has confirmed his government will call a federal royal commission into the alleged Bondi terror attack, with Anthony Albanese backflipping on an earlier stance against a wide-ranging Commonwealth inquiry.Albanese announced on Thursday the federal commission will examine four key areas, including the prevalence of antisemitism, how law enforcement will respond to antisemitism, the circumstances surrounding the alleged Bondi attack and strengthening social cohesion. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Horror moment families learned police had mixed up friends and other was actually dead

The devastated parents of a 17-year-old boy spent three weeks grieving and planning his funeral - only for police to discover that he was in fact alive, in hospital

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3 d. ago The full horror of the Charlie Hebdo massacre, minute by minute: How Jihadi brothers and their Jew

On January 7, 2015, two Islamist brothers stormed the offices of French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo and committed France's worst terror attack in a generation.

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4 d. ago Manchester Arena attack families demand MI5 held accountable in 'Hillsborough Law'

Families of those who lost their lives in the 2017 Manchester Arena terror attack have written to Prime Minister Keir Starmer demanding action over MI5 as part of a new law designed to prevent cover-ups

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5 d. ago Martin O'Neill addresses his Celtic return as board break silence on Wilfried Nancy sacking

O’Neill ‘honoured’ as he returns to Parkhead role

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5 d. ago US to slash routine vaccine recommendations for children in major change experts say creates doubt

Jabs to prevent influenza, rotavirus, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and other vaccines are no longer fully recommendedThe Trump administration will slash routine vaccine recommendations during childhood from 17 to 11 jabs – the biggest change to vaccines yet under the purview of longtime vaccine critic Robert F Kennedy Jr.The changes, which US health officials announced on Monday afternoon and are effective immediately, will erode trust and reduce access to vaccines while allowing infectious diseases to spread, experts said. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Leonardo DiCaprio questions if 'people still have appetite' for the cinema amid rise of streaming after his critically lauded film One Battle After Another failed to break even at box office

The actor, 51, has starred in some of the biggest and most acclaimed movies in his career, and is widely expected to pick-up yet another Oscar nomination later this month, for One Battle After Another.

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6 d. ago Critical weather alert issued by Met Office as huge snow dump expected to smother UK

The weather alert was issued at 2:01am on Sunday.

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7 d. ago Switzerland fire latest: Police provide first details on victims as families face agonising wait for information

Swiss Police have confirmed that around 40 people have died after a fire ripped through a bar in a popular Swiss ski resort

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7 d. ago Jailed Islamist killer who won payout under ECHR rules for solitary confinement held prison officer hostage at knife point and told him: 'I've killed two people and I'll kill you'

Drug gangster turned jihadist sympathiser Fuad Awale, 38, used European rights laws to argue that his being locked up alone was unfair - despite the move following his hostage taking terror attack.

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8 d. ago FBI says it thwarted planned New Year’s Eve terrorist attack in North Carolina

FBI says teen was planning Islamic State-inspired hammer and knife attack on Jews, Christians and LGBTQ+ peopleThe FBI said on Friday that it thwarted an alleged plot to carry out a New Year’s Eve terrorist attack on a grocery store and restaurant in North Carolina in support of the Islamic State (IS).Christian Sturdivant, 18, of Mint Hill – a town outside Charlotte – was arrested on 31 December as he was being released from a special medical facility. He was charged with attempting to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization, the US attorney for the western district of North Carolina, Russ Ferguson, said at a press conference on Friday morning. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago FBI claims ‘lone wolf’ teen inspired by ISIS was planning knives and hammers attack at grocery store on New Year’s Eve

Christian Sturdivant, 18, was arrested and charged with attempting to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization

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8 d. ago FBI thwarts ISIS terror attack: Chilling details of teen's 'jihad' plot against Christians... and his fatal mistake

The FBI announced it had stopped a ISIS 'potential terrorist attack' for New Year's Eve in North Carolina.

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8 d. ago Islamophobia has surged since the Bondi attack. Australia’s Muslim community should not have to endure this abuse | Aftab Malik

No Muslim leader wants to diminish the suffering of the Jewish community or be seen as engaging in competitive victimhood. We must stand in solidarity with each otherWhile many Australians remain in a state of anger, grief and reflection due to the devastating Bondi terror attack, Muslim community leaders are in a predicament. What is to be done about the ensuing rise of anti-Muslim sentiment, hatred and racism that their communities face?Following the 14 December mass shooting, community registers that document Islamophobia have largely been reluctant to speak publicly about the spike in Islamophobia, out of concern of being perceived to trivialise the killing of Jewish Australians, their suffering, or vying for sympathy from the public. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Family of teen Camila Mendoza Olmos found dead in a field break their silence

Authorities confirmed that the body was that of 19-year-old Camila Mendoza Olmos, who vanished from her home in San Antonio, Texas, on the morning of Christmas Eve

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8 d. ago Families of Scots found dead after long water searches hope police sonar kits will end agony

Greig Stoddart, 44, died fishing on Christmas Eve 2023, and was not found for weeks - but volunteers discovered his body in just two hours using an underwater sonar kit.

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1 week ago Australian prime minister centres New Year’s message on Bondi victims

Anthony Albanese centred his New Year's message on the victims of the Bondi terror attack.

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