BBC: Staff at the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) will go on strike on Wednesday for the first time in 20 years, after rejecting a pay rise offer. The 24-hour strike will begin at 11:00 local time (00:00 GMT) and is expected to disrupt live television and radio broadcasts. It comes after 60% of ABC staff […]
BBC: Hong Kong police can now demand phone or computer passwords from those who are suspected of breaching the wide-ranging National Security Law (NSL). Those who refuse could face up to a year in jail and a fine of up to HK$100,000 ($12,700; £9,600), and individuals who provide “false or misleading information” could face up […]
BBC: New York’s LaGuardia airport has been closed until further notice after an Air Canada Express plane and ground vehicle collided. The Federal Aviation Administration issued a ground stop for the airport late on Sunday night and said there was a “high” likelihood the order would be extended. CBS News, the BBC US partner, reported […]
BBC: Major stock markets in Asia slumped on Monday after Washington and Tehran threatened to escalate hostilities, as the Iran war enters its fourth week. Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 index was almost 3.6% lower, while South Korea’s Kospi fell by almost 6%. US President Donald Trump warned on Saturday that he would “obliterate” Iranian power […]
(Reuters) TEL AVIV/JERUSALEM/WASHINGTON, March 23 – Iran warned it would strike energy and water infrastructure across the Gulf if U.S. President Donald Trump follows through on his threat to attack its electricity grid, raising fears of mass disruption in a region heavily dependent on desalination for drinking water. Trump set a Monday deadline of around 7:45 p.m. […]
BBC: A controversial secularism law in Quebec is heading to Canada’s Supreme Court – but the outcome will impact much more than religious expression in Canada, legal experts say. The case has the potential to test national unity and the balance between courts and elected officials. “This case is probably going to be the most […]
BBC: Germany is continuing to struggle with a shortage of skilled workers, as elderly staff retire, and there are not enough young candidates to fill their roles. To try to alleviate the problem the country is increasingly turning to workers from India. For Handirk von Ungern-Sternberg, it started with an email that dropped into his […]
BBC: Extremist Jewish settlers have carried out a spate of attacks on Palestinian villages in the occupied West Bank, setting fire to homes, vehicles and agricultural fields. The violence began after a teenage settler – 18-year-old Yehuda Sherman – was killed on Saturday, after reportedly being hit by a vehicle driven by a Palestinian while […]
(Reuters) TEL AVIV/JERUSALEM/WASHINGTON, March 22 – U.S. President Donald Trump and Iran threatened to escalate their war, targeting energy and fuel facilities in the Gulf, which could again roil global energy and financial markets and deepen a regional crisis. Trump on Saturday threatened to “obliterate” Iran’s power plants if Tehran did not fully reopen the Strait of Hormuz within 48 hours, […]
BBC: More than 160 people have been injured – some seriously – in Iranian missile strikes on two southern Israeli towns close to a nuclear facility, Israeli emergency officials say. They say 84 people are being treated in Arad and another 78 in Dimona, after ballistic missiles hit the towns on Saturday evening. The International […]