MELBOURNE, Australia — Australia’s re-elected Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Sunday was greeted by well-wishers at a Sydney café and said the country had voted for unity over division. Albanese’s center-left Labor Party won an emphatic victory in elections on Saturday. As vote counting continued, the government was on track to win at least 85…
The Current23:14In a small Alaskan town, the Canada-U.S. fight feels personal Chelsey and Dustin Stone were getting ready for another busy tourist season when they got the first call. “He was pretty upset, rightfully so,” said Dustin. The couple runs a small, nine-room inn in Skagway, Alaska, called At The Whitehouse. In the winter, they…
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) – A blackout brought much of Spain and Portugal to a standstill Monday, halting subway trains, cutting phone service and shutting down traffic lights and ATM machines for the 50 million people who live across the Iberian Peninsula. Spanish power distributor Red Eléctrica said that restoring power to large parts of the…
Moscow has accused Ukraine of making a “direct threat” after Volodymyr Zelensky warned Kyiv wouldn’t offer any security guarantees during Russia’s Victory Day commemoration on May 9. Russian President Vladimir Putin unilaterally declared a three-day ceasefire on Monday (April 28) to mark the 80th anniversary of the Soviet Union and allies’ victory in World War…
Several federal prosecutors — including the chief of the Public Corruption and Civil Rights Section — have submitted their resignations following a plea deal offered by the new U.S. attorney in Los Angeles to a sheriff’s deputy who had already been found guilty of using excessive force. Two sources confirmed to The Times that Assistant…
Singapore: Prime Minister Lawrence Wong’s People’s Action Party (PAP) won the Singapore General Election Saturday by a landslide, securing 87 of the 97 parliamentary seats, local media reported. Mr Wong and the PAP had sought a new mandate from the general election in the midst of uncertainties to the global economy caused by the US…