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With food producers already struggling to find workers for the upcoming harvest season, in this edition of The Conversation Hour we explore what the backpacker changes announced by the Federal Government will mean for farmers, food production and the cost of living more broadly.
Prime Minister Mark Carney delivers a speech at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France, as part of a trip during which he welcomed a proposal by European Commission President for Canada to become the EU's first associate member, on September 17, 2026. Photo by JEAN-CHRISTO...
Polls opened in Russia's Far East on Friday as the country began three days of voting for its parliamentary election, the first since Moscow launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine. The Kremlin's main party, United Russia, is poised to keep its grip on power alongside other p...
Australia will begin detaining visa overstayers as part of a broader immigration crackdown, Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke announced.
South Korean President Lee Jae Myung said on Friday that United States President Donald Trump wants dialogue with Pyongyang and confirmed Seoul will not be deploying troops to intervene militarily in the Iran war.
United Russia won more than two-thirds of the Duma's seats in the 2021 election and is poised to dominate the body again
Wie können Autofahrer und Spediteure angesichts der hohen Spritpreise entlastet werden? Viele Vorschläge liegen auf dem Tisch, nun hat CDU-Generalsekretärin Hoppermann erstmals konkrete Eckdaten ins Spiel gebracht.
Putin will win sham election. What happens next terrifies Europe The Telegraph
The fighting between Saudi Arabia and Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis has sharply escalated in the past two weeks, with the militia making their biggest territorial gains in years.
‘Nepotism, Favouritism Were There’: Anant Nag On Dadasaheb Phalke Award Selection Says PM Modi Changed System news.abplive.com
Right-wing activist and influencer Swatantra Bhardwaj, who was jailed in connection with the assault of the father of a student during a protest at Jantar Mantar, was released on bail from Tihar Jail late Thursday night.
Congress MP Rahul Gandhi on Friday attacked the Election Commission of India (ECI) over its move to freeze the Trinamool Congress's name and its “flowers and grass” symbol for the October 6 bypolls in West Bengal.
Russians are growing fearful that President Vladimir Putin may soon order a massive new mobilization for the war in Ukraine after this weekend’s parliamentary elections.
An opinion article on Thursday in the right-wing Israeli paper Israel Hayom has suggested that any Turkish troops in Syria would be considered sitting ducks for Israel, because Nato's collective defence pact would not apply outside a member state's borders.
A talk was delivered in the British Parliament this week by a writer who argues that the "influence of Islam in our society needs to be resisted", that some Islamic practices should be banned in Britain and that "the West is quite right to be suspicious of Islam".
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"This should not have happened, and I take full responsibility."
WASHINGTON, Sept 18 - When President Donald Trump addressed the United Nations a year ago, he touted the US bombing of Iran’s nuclear sites just months earlier as \"totally obliterating everything\" and said he had brought peace between Israel and Iran.