The founder of Russia’s Wagner mercenary force said his troops now tightening their grip on the Ukrainian city of Bakhmut were being deprived of ammunition and if they were forced to retreat the entire front would collapse. “If Wagner retreats from Bakhmut…
Aspirational migrant families have helped trigger a rise in enrolments in Victoria’s independent schools at the expense of their government and Catholic counterparts. COVID-19 stalled a decade of rapid enrolment growth in Victorian schools, except in the independent sector, which accounted for…
The £360m bid to make Britain a science superpower: Government to announce heavy investments in artificial intelligence, nuclear fusion and genetics The Government will also set up an exascale supercomputer facility Read more: Scientists urge pregnant women to avoid using plastic bottles The…
Cancer death rates will be 10% lower than five years ago, new research suggests – as NHS bosses hail impact of awareness campaigns in getting people to come forward for checks Study predicts 172,314 patients will die in 2023 – down 10…
EU law will STILL apply in Northern Ireland despite Rishi Sunak’s new Brexit breakthrough, top Brussels negotiator claims Maros Sefcovic told the European Parliament ECJ would have ultimate authority The vice president was a key player in the Windsor Framework agreement A top…
Shocking pictures reveal how Ukrainian city which once housed 10,000 people has been reduced to a dystopian wasteland by Vladimir Putin’s Russian forces Footage reveals ruins left of Maryinka, in Donetsk, where front line runs through Grey ruins surrounded by debris create…
Norwalk, Connecticut: A few years back, Joseph DeRuvo jnr made a quick stop at an upscale supermarket to buy eggs and was stopped in the dairy aisle by a store manager. “You’re not wearing shoes,” he recalled the manager saying to him….
First published in The Age on March 8, 1993 Policeman shot by fugitives Two prisoners who wounded a police officer in a shootout after using explosives to blast their way out of the Melbourne Remand Centre last night evaded a huge police…
Anti-drug campaigners blast Prince Harry for sending ‘worrying message to young people’ after he claimed Cannabis ‘really helped’ his mental health in latest interview – before describing ‘positive’ experience of psychedelic drug ayahuasca The Duke of Sussex told how using cannabis –…
Now Ladybird’s fairytales get the ‘sensitivity reader’ treatment: Classics like Cinderella and Sleeping Beauty to be re-examined after being branded ‘outdated or harmful’ for lack of ‘inclusivity’ and ‘problematic tropes’ Ladybird Books used sensitivity readers to re-examine its children’s fairytales Insiders claim…