China says it wants to become loveable China's President Xi Jinping said this week that China wants to become more credible, loveable and respectable, but that seems easier said than done. It's about as likely as Peter Dutton sponsoring a refugee family, or Scott Morrison closing offshore detention centres and bringing the asylum seekers to … Continue reading China says it wants to become loveable, but will Australians believe them?
Australia: Overnight News Headlines – June 6, 2021
Australian News Overnight news headlines you may have missed Police are responding to serious crash at Eyre, South Australia - Police are responding to serious crash at Eyre, South Australia. Police are investigating a serious crash at Eyre (west of Davoren Park). Just after 10.30pm, ... G7 nations reach historic agreement to tax multinational corporations … Continue reading Australia: Overnight News Headlines – June 6, 2021
Australia: Overnight News Headlines – June 5, 2021
Australian News Climate change strategy launched - Dairy Australia has a number of active projects in this area, including the DairyBase Carbon Calculator tool. Embed. Australian dairy farmers have always made ... Covid-19 vaccines: How Australia's options compare - And Melbourne, which is battling an outbreak of one of the super infectious Indian variants, is … Continue reading Australia: Overnight News Headlines – June 5, 2021
Australian News Headlines: March 2, 2021
Australian Flag UPDATE 1-Australia's central bank commits to keep 3-year yields low amid bond rout ... SYDNEY, March 2 (Reuters) - Australia's central bank on Tuesday re..., the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) kept rates at 0.1% and emphasised... March 01, 2021 10:46pm EST Boeing, Australian air force say pilotless, fighter-like jet completed first test … Continue reading Australian News Headlines: March 2, 2021
Australian News Headlines: March 1, 2021
Australian Flag Australia's Crown Resorts director quits over ties to billionaire shareholder ... that it had underpaid its staff. Several of Australia's biggest... companies, including Woolworths, Coles and Commonwealth Bank of Australia... FEBRUARY 28, 2021 08:42PM EST PRECIOUS-Gold prices edge higher on softer dollar ..., Germany and Australia ending February with their biggest monthly rises... FEBRUARY 28, 2021 08:35PM EST Australia shares … Continue reading Australian News Headlines: March 1, 2021
Australian News Headlines: February 26, 2021
Australian Flag Asian markets roiled as bond rout turns 'lethal' ... of the selloff prompted Australia's central bank to launch a surprise... February 25, 2021 09:03pm EST Asian markets roiled as bond rout turns 'lethal' ... of the selloff prompted Australia's central bank to launch a surprise... February 25, 2021 09:00pm EST MORE VIDEO RESULTS … Continue reading Australian News Headlines: February 26, 2021
Australian News Headlines: February 23, 2021
Australian Flag Australia's Macquarie reaps windfall profits from U.S. winter freeze ..., which also operates Australia's largest asset manager and investment... February 22, 2021 04:47pm EST Australia shares set to track Wall Street lower as U.S. Treasury yields firm ... Feb 23 (Reuters) - Australian shares were poised to inch lower on Tuesday after a … Continue reading Australian News Headlines: February 23, 2021
Australian News Headlines: February 22, 2021
Australian Flag Dollar falls as improving sentiment boosts riskier currencies ... will ease risks to Australia's economy over the year, ratings agency Fitch... the yen, the dollar held steady at 105.45 Australia on Monday began its... February 21, 2021 07:38pm EST FOREX-Dollar falls as improving sentiment boosts riskier currencies ... to Australia's economy over the … Continue reading Australian News Headlines: February 22, 2021
Australian News Headlines: February 21, 2021
Australian Flag Coronavirus Australia live news: Prime Minister, aged care residents and frontline staff will be among first to be vaccinated today Jane Malysiak gets the Pfizer shot at Sydney's Castle Hill Medical Centre before Prime Minister Scott Morrison receives his vaccination as well. Follow live.ABC News1 hour ago UK scientists highlight 12 criteria for … Continue reading Australian News Headlines: February 21, 2021
Australian News Headlines: February 20, 2021
Australian Flag Victoria records zero new coronavirus cases as Melbourne case moved to ICU Just 25 Covid cases remain in Victoria as state begins first weekend since end of third lockdown.The Guardian1 hour ago Zero cases of COVID-19 recorded in Victoria | ABC News video_youtubeABC News (Australia)1 hour ago Second woman accuses ex-Liberal staffer of … Continue reading Australian News Headlines: February 20, 2021
Australian News Headlines: February 19, 2021
Australian Flag Facebook’s brazen attempt to crush regulations in Australia may backfire Facebook’s move to block news publishers in Australia may create an even stronger backlash against the company, adding fuel to arguments that it has too …The Washington Post1 hour ago Facebook sends blunt message to the world, blocking Australians’ access to news | … Continue reading Australian News Headlines: February 19, 2021
Australian News Headlines: 18 February, 2021
Emergency services and health Facebook pages have been caught up in the tech company's decision to block Australian news *content*.Sydney Morning Herald2 hours ago video_youtubeABC News (Australia)3 hours ago As Victoria emerges from a snap five-day lockdown, a “weak positive” test result has been recorded in aged care. The case, which wasn't added to Wednesday's … Continue reading Australian News Headlines: 18 February, 2021
February 8, 1983 – Dust storm hits Melbourne, Australia, turning day to night
The 1983 Melbourne dust storm was a meteorological phenomenon that occurred during the afternoon of 8 February 1983, throughout much of Victoria, Australia and affected the capital, Melbourne. In late 1982 and early 1983, the El Niño weather cycle had brought record drought to almost all of eastern Australia, with Victoria's Mallee and northern Wimmera severely affected. During the morning of Tuesday 8 February 1983, a strong but dry cold front began to … Continue reading February 8, 1983 – Dust storm hits Melbourne, Australia, turning day to night
February 8, 1587 – Mary, Queen of Scots was beheaded
After 19 years of imprisonment, Mary, Queen of Scots was beheaded at Fotheringhay Castle in England for her complicity in a plot to murder Queen Elizabeth I. In 1542, while just six days old, Mary ascended to the Scottish throne upon the death of her father, King James V. Her mother sent her to be raised in … Continue reading February 8, 1587 – Mary, Queen of Scots was beheaded
February 7, 1992 – European Union treaty was signed
After suffering through centuries of bloody conflict, the nations of Western Europe finally united in the spirit of economic cooperation with the signing of the Maastricht Treaty of European Union. The treaty, signed by ministers of the European Community, called for greater economic integration, common foreign and security policies and cooperation between police and other … Continue reading February 7, 1992 – European Union treaty was signed
February 6, 1952 – King George VI died and Elizabeth II became queen
On February 6, 1952, after a long illness, King George VI of Great Britain and Northern Ireland died in his sleep at the royal estate at Sandringham. Princess Elizabeth, the oldest of the king’s two daughters and next in line to succeed him, was in Kenya at the time of her father’s death; she was … Continue reading February 6, 1952 – King George VI died and Elizabeth II became queen
February 5, 146 BCE – Punic Wars, between Rome and Carthage, came to an end
On February 5, 146 BCE, the Roman Republic finally triumphed over its nemesis, Carthage, after over a century of fighting. The victory and subsequent destruction of the city of Carthage marked the end of the Punic Wars and represented Rome's replacement of Carthage as the dominant power of the Western Mediterranean, a position it would hold for the next … Continue reading February 5, 146 BCE – Punic Wars, between Rome and Carthage, came to an end
February 4, 2004 – Facebook was launched
On February 4, 2004, a Harvard sophomore named Mark Zuckerberg launches The Facebook, a social media website he had built in order to connect Harvard students with one another. By the next day, over a thousand people had registered, and that was only the beginning. Now known simply as Facebook, the site quickly ballooned into one of … Continue reading February 4, 2004 – Facebook was launched
February 3, 1998 – US Marine jet severed ski-lift cable in Italy
On February 3, 1998, a U.S. Marine jet flying low over the town of Cavalese in the Italian Alps severed a ski-lift cable, sending a tram crashing to the ground and killing 20 people. Cavalese is located in the Dolomite Mountains, about 20 miles northeast of Trento, Italy. In 1976, 42 people there, including 15 … Continue reading February 3, 1998 – US Marine jet severed ski-lift cable in Italy
February 2, 1812 – Russians established Fort Ross in California
Staking a tenuous claim to the riches of the Far West, Russians established Fort Ross on the coast north of San Francisco. As a growing empire with a long Pacific coastline, Russia was in many ways well positioned to play a leading role in the settlement and development of the West. The Russians had begun … Continue reading February 2, 1812 – Russians established Fort Ross in California
February 1, 1979 – Ayatollah Khomeini returned to Iran
On February 1, 1979, the Ayatollah Khomeini returned to Iran in triumph after 15 years of exile. The shah and his family had fled the country two weeks before, and jubilant Iranian revolutionaries were eager to establish a fundamentalist Islamic government under Khomeini’s leadership. Born around the turn of the century, Ruhollah Khomeini was the … Continue reading February 1, 1979 – Ayatollah Khomeini returned to Iran
January 31, 1968 – Nauru gained independence from Australia.
Nauru, officially the Republic of Nauru (Nauruan: Repubrikin Naoero) and formerly known as Pleasant Island, is an island country and microstate in Oceania, in the Central Pacific. Its nearest neighbour is Banaba Island in Kiribati, 300 km (190 mi) to the east. It further lies northwest of Tuvalu, 1,300 km (810 mi) northeast of the Solomon Islands, east-northeast of Papua New Guinea, southeast of the Federated States of Micronesia and south of the Marshall Islands. With only a 21 km2 (8.1 sq mi) … Continue reading January 31, 1968 – Nauru gained independence from Australia.
January 31, 1950 – Truman announced development of H-bomb
On June 31, 1950, U.S. President Harry S. Truman publicly announced his decision to support the development of the hydrogen bomb, a weapon theorized to be hundreds of times more powerful than the atomic bombs dropped on Japan during World War II. Five months earlier, the United States had lost its nuclear supremacy when the Soviet … Continue reading January 31, 1950 – Truman announced development of H-bomb
January 30, 1950 – Birth of Jack Newton, Australian golfer
Jack Newton OAM (born 30 January 1950) is an Australian former professional golfer. Newton was born in Cessnock, New South Wales. He was one of Australia's most successful golfers in the 1970s and early 1980s. He turned professional in 1971 and won his first professional tournament – the Dutch Open – in 1972. Newton notched up several victories over the next … Continue reading January 30, 1950 – Birth of Jack Newton, Australian golfer
January 30, 1948: Mahatma Gandhi assassinated
On January 30, 1948, Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, the political and spiritual leader of the Indian independence movement, was assassinated in New Delhi by a Hindu extremist. Born the son of an Indian official in 1869, Gandhi’s Vaishnava mother was deeply religious and early on exposed her son to Jainism, a morally rigorous Indian religion that … Continue reading January 30, 1948: Mahatma Gandhi assassinated
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