Obama’s State of the Union address
Obama pushes for higher taxes for rich
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Scientists say humans causing unprecedented damage to oceans A team of 18 scientists have revealed in the journal Science the negative impacts humans have on the world’s oceans and marine life. They concluded human activity such as marine harvesting has severely damaged the ocean’s wildlife populations. The journal also reveals coral reefs have declined by 40 per cent…
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New South Wales attorney general, Brad Hazzard, has requested that the victims of the Sydney siege receive terrorism compensation, as Australian victims would if the incident occurred overseas. Australians who are injured, or relatives of people who have died, in an overseas terrorism attack can claim compensation of up to $75,000 under federal law. To be…
DetailsFrance boosts security after attacks
France will mobilise 10 000 security troops to search for a probable accomplice to the past three terror attacks on the city. After a crisis meeting on Monday, French Prime Minister, Manuel Valls, declared the search crucial as “the threat is still present”. The meeting has come after a video emerged of one of the…
DetailsSukumaran’s Bali clemency plea fails
A clemency plea by Myuran Sukumaran, who was sentenced to death by firing squad in 2006 for being part of a drug smuggling conspiracy, has been denied by Indonesia’s President Joko Widodo. The plea by the member of the so-called Bali Nine conspirators was rejected in a letter, delivered by hand, citing there is “not enough reason” for the…
DetailsTwelve shot dead in Paris magazine attack
Cartoonists around the world have reacted to a terrorist attack on the Charlie Hebdo office in Paris which left 12 dead.
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