Australia

Australia doubles foreign student visa fee in migration crackdown

Australia said it had more than doubled the visa fee for international students, the latest move by the government to rein in record migration that has intensified pressure on an already tight housing market.

July 1, 2024 3:37 pm
 

World

Euro rises after France far-right win first round vote

The euro touched a 10-day high on Sunday, after the first round of France’s shock snap election put the far-right in first place, but offered little further clarity on the final outcome, leaving investors bracing for further volatility.

July 1, 2024 1:20 pm
 

Australia

Australia home prices keep climbing on tight supply

Australian home prices rose in June for a seventeenth straight month, as tight supply outweighed demand-side pressures of high interest rates, a cost of living squeeze and tight lending conditions, property consultant CoreLogic said.

July 1, 2024 12:22 pm
 

World

Trump targets anti-immigration drive on murdered Women, Girls

Minutes before going on stage for the first presidential debate on Thursday, Donald Trump received a phone call from the mother of 12-year-old Jocelyn Nungaray, who was killed in Houston this month, allegedly by two Venezuelan men in the U.S. illegally.

July 1, 2024 10:42 am
 

World

Greek firefighters battle wildfires amid strong winds

Greek firefighters were battling two wildfires near Athens on Sunday amid strong winds, just hours after managing to contain blazes in a mountainous area also near the capital as well as on an island in the Aegean Sea.

July 1, 2024 9:26 am
 

World

Suspected suicide bombers kill 18 in Nigeria

At least 18 people were killed and 30 others injured after a series of attacks by suspected female suicide bombers in Nigeria’s northeastern Borno state on Saturday, the head of the local state emergency management agency said.

July 1, 2024 7:34 am
 

World

Israeli tanks enter North and South Gaza

Israeli forces advanced further on Sunday into the Shejaia neighbourhood of northern Gaza and also pushed deeper into western and central Rafah in the south, killing at least six Palestinians and destroying several homes, residents said.

July 1, 2024 6:34 am
 

World

No progress in Gaza ceasefire talks with Israel

A senior official of the militant Islamist group Hamas, Osama Hamdan, said on Saturday there has been no progress in ceasefire talks with Israel over the Gaza war.

June 30, 2024 6:00 pm
 

World

Wildfire fanned by winds rages uncontrolled on Greece's Serifos island

A wildfire fanned by gale-force winds raged uncontrolled on the Greek island of Serifos on Sunday, prompting authorities to order several hamlets to evacuate.

June 30, 2024 4:20 pm
 

World

Beryl, southeast of Barbados, intensifies into hurricane

The U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) said that tropical storm Beryl has intensified into a hurricane in the Atlantic Ocean, and cautioned that it may undergo rapid strengthening as it approaches the Caribbean island of Barbados.

June 30, 2024 2:18 pm
 

World

Moderate Pezeshkian makes it to Iran presidential run-off

In an election campaign dominated by hardliners, Iranian presidential hopeful Massoud Pezeshkian stood out as a moderate.

June 30, 2024 12:03 pm
 

World

France to vote in election that could put far right in government

French voters cast their ballots in the first round of a snap parliamentary election that could usher in the country’s first far-right government since World War Two, a potential sea change at the heart of the European Union.

June 30, 2024 11:39 am

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