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Victim raped at age 13 speaks out after her attacker was spared jail

April 16, 2023 10:36 AM AEST | By PAMEDIA

She said sentencing her rapist to a community payback order would make others question whether to report rape.

Ahern urges DUP to compromise to restore Stormont powersharing

April 16, 2023 10:24 AM AEST | By PAMEDIA

Former taoiseach Bertie Ahern also credited UK prime minister Rishi Sunak with invigorating efforts to secure a return to devolution in Belfast.

Tories could lose more than 1,000 seats in local elections, party ch...

April 16, 2023 10:21 AM AEST | By PAMEDIA

Greg Hands was confronted with several issues s facing the UK on Sunday broadcast shows.

Sudan military rivals fight for power, killing at least 25

April 16, 2023 10:14 AM AEST | By Reuters

By Khalid Abdelaziz and Nafisa Eltahir KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Sudan's military launched air strikes on a paramilitary force's base near the capital in a...

After 18 years, Europe's largest nuclear reactor starts regular outp...

April 16, 2023 09:31 AM AEST | By Reuters

By Essi Lehto HELSINKI (Reuters) -Finland's much-delayed Olkiluoto 3 (OL3) nuclear reactor, Europe's largest, began regular output early on Sunday, it...

Streeting: Labour’s ads attacking Sunak not a ‘mistake’ with ‘more t...

April 16, 2023 09:29 AM AEST | By PAMEDIA

Wes Streeting said Rishi Sunak should not get away with coming in at the last minute to replace ‘yet another failing Conservative prime minister’.

Nurses’ strikes could continue until Christmas, union leader says

April 16, 2023 09:25 AM AEST | By PAMEDIA

Nurses could remain on picket lines until Christmas if they cannot reach a deal with the Government, Royal College of Nursing leader Pat Cullen said.

Air strikes hit base belonging to Sudan's RSF in Omdurman, eyewitnes...

April 16, 2023 08:51 AM AEST | By Reuters

CAIRO, April 16 (Reuters) - The Sudanese army has launched air strikes on a base belonging to the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces in the city of Omd...

Police name biker killed in Highland crash

April 16, 2023 08:36 AM AEST | By PAMEDIA

Andrew McIntyre from Inverness-shire died at the scene.

Sudan clashes kill at least 25 in power struggle between army, param...

April 16, 2023 07:44 AM AEST | By Reuters

By Khalid Abdelaziz and Nafisa Eltahir KHARTOUM (Reuters) -Clashes between Sudan's main paramilitary group and the armed forces on Saturday killed at...

Young people drive bullfighting’s resurrection in Spain

April 16, 2023 07:37 AM AEST | By PAMEDIA

While bullfighting is nowhere close to drawing the crowds of half a century ago, it remains an important, if divisive, symbol of Spanish identity.

Name-that-tune game Heardle dropped by Spotify after a year

April 16, 2023 07:15 AM AEST | By PAMEDIA

Heardle plays fleeting moments of a song and challenges users to see how quickly they can guess it.

Ferry runs aground near Seattle

April 16, 2023 06:52 AM AEST | By PAMEDIA

The Walla Walla ran aground in Rich Passage as it was travelling from the city of Bremerton to Seattle, according to Washington State Ferries.

Former Indian legislator and brother fatally shot live on TV

April 16, 2023 06:47 AM AEST | By PAMEDIA

Atiq Ahmad and his brother were under police escort on their way to a medical check-up when three men posing as journalists targeted them.

Poland, Hungary ban grain and food imports from Ukraine; Kyiv unhapp...

April 16, 2023 06:13 AM AEST | By Reuters

WARSAW/BUDAPEST (Reuters) -Poland and Hungary have decided to ban imports of grain and other food from neighbouring Ukraine to protect the local agric...

Fire at apartment building in Dubai kills 16

April 16, 2023 06:13 AM AEST | By PAMEDIA

The blaze in the Al Murar area of the historic Deira neighbourhood hit a five-storey apartment believed to have been shared by multiple individuals.

Hijacked Singapore-registered oil tanker recovered in Ivory Coast

April 16, 2023 06:10 AM AEST | By Reuters

ABIDJAN (Reuters) - A hijacked Singapore-registered oil tanker has been recovered and escorted to Abidjan port in Ivory Coast on Saturday, five days a...

Exclusive-Sri Lanka's bondholders send debt rework proposal to gover...

April 16, 2023 06:05 AM AEST | By Reuters

By Jorgelina do Rosario and Rodrigo Campos WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A committee of Sri Lanka's international private creditors sent its first debt rework...