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Australia's Albanese Labor government sworn in for second term
SYDNEY (Reuters) -Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese was sworn in for a second term on Tuesday, alongside his ministers, after a landslide win at a national election he said had returned the ...
Australia's conservative Liberal party elect first woman leader after election loss
Australia's conservative Liberal Party elected Sussan Ley, a former outback pilot with three finance degrees, as its first ...
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How the Thirteen Colonies Tried—and Failed—to Convince Canada to Side With Them During the American Revolution
After peaceful attempts at alliance-building stalled, the Continental Army launched an ill-fated invasion of Quebec in June 1775 ...
Grief, strength and resistance: The Black Woman of Gippsland is a powerful reckoning with colonial myths
From playwright and director Andrea James, this is theatre that breathes beyond the stage, reconnecting culture and story ...
As Dutton champions nuclear power, Indigenous artists recall the profound loss of land and life that came from it
In the 1970s, a huge concrete dome was built on Runit Island to cover some 85,000 cubic metres of radioactive waste dumped by ...
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Mathews: An obituary for the American Republic (1789-2025)
The American democratic republic, a modest British colony that became the world’s richest country and greatest military power, has died. It was 236 years old. No official announcement was made ...
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Colony Group officially acquires Orange Digital
Colony Group continues its rapid expansion in Australia with the acquisition of leading digital agency, Orange Digital. This strategic move reinforces Colony’s commitment to growing its ...
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Report to Congress on Yemen, Red Sea Attacks and U.S. Policy
and the Aden-led People’s Democratic Republic of Yemen (a former British colony and protectorate, then independent Marxist regime). North-south tensions and conflict have recurred since the ...
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Mystery as flight attendant found dead in bed
A British Airways flight attendant was found dead in a hotel room after failing to turn up to work. Airline bosses are trying to unravel the mystery of his death. The flight attendant’s ...
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Descendants of slave owners in the Caribbean call for reparations at the UN
during a meeting of descendants of slave owners and slaves in former British colonies in the Caribbean at U.N. headquarters (AP) Turk noted a European Union statement in 2023 that expressed ...
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China to Retaliate With Sanctions on US Officials, NGO Leaders Over Hong Kong Issues
The U.S. sanctions on officials in March were not the first related to the former British colony, which returned to Chinese rule in 1997. During Donald Trump’s first presidential term ...
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Australian police launch campaign to lure disillusioned British cops across the world - as officer who made the move says it was 'best decision I've ever made'
Australian Police have launched a campaign in a bid to tempt disillusioned British coppers Down Under, as one crime fighting ex-pat says it was the 'best decision' he ever made. South Australian ...