Month: October 2019

Hundreds of millions of dollars in tax refunds could be paid to British and other holiday makers who have worked in Australia since the beginning “Thousands of British tourists could be owed money after ‘backpacker tax’ ruled illegal in Australia”

Turkey summoned the US ambassador on Wednesday in protest at votes in Congress to recognise the Turkish genocide against Armenians and to sanction Ankara for “Turkey enraged after US House votes to recognise Armenian genocide”

The Thai royal palace has been struck by another wave of intrigue after King Maha Vajiralongkorn fired four more officials, including two bedroom guards for “Bedroom guards of Thai king fired for ‘extremely evil conduct’ amid palace purge”

A Russia-linked Facebook influence campaign has targeted African countries where Russian military advisors, mercenaries and political consultants are reportedly operating, including Libya and Mozambique, according “Russia-linked Facebook influence campaign ‘pushed Kremlin interests in Africa’”

The Australian government has proposed using facial recognition scans to verify the age of internet users seeking to access pornography. Under the proposals, the faces of computer users “Australian government proposes facial recognition system to verify age for internet pornography”

Troops were deployed on the streets of Islamabad and major roads sealed with shipping container barricades as the city awaited the arrival of thousands of “Islamabad on alert as thousands of protesters arrive to take on Imran Khan”

Jeffrey Epstein did not kill himself, a leading forensic pathologist who was hired by his brother to examine the body has claimed. Mark Epstein, the “Jeffrey Epstein did not kill himself says pathologist who witnessed autopsy”

The rough transcript of a telephone call where Donald Trump urged the Ukrainian president to investigate his political rival Joe Biden missed out key details, “Transcript of Trump Ukraine call ‘missed out key details’, White House official tells impeachment inquiry”

Hundreds flocked to a Toronto public library to protest a talk by Meghan Murphy, a Canadian feminist writer who has been critical of transgender rights. “Toronto library overwhelmed by protests against ‘anti-transgender’ feminist Meghan Murphy”

Norway said it has discovered 10 submarines of the Russian northern fleet heading toward the Atlantic Ocean in the biggest such operation since the Cold “Russian submarines power into north Atlantic in biggest manoeuvre since Cold War”