Australia’s conservative government on course for ‘miracle’ election victory
Sydney/Melbourne, AustraliaReuters Australia’s Liberal-led conservative government was headed for a remarkable win at the national election early on Sunday after uncovering a narrow path to victory that twisted through urban fringes and rural townships. The results upended pre-election polls which predicted a Labor victory, though it is unclear whether the Scott Morrison-led coalition can govern […]
Australia staring at election cliff-hanger as poll predictions fall flat
Sydney, AustraliaReuters Australia’s two major political parties are locked in a tight contest with more than one-third of votes counted in the national election on Saturday, running counter to pre-election opinion polls that had predicted a change in government. Early counting showed a small swing to the governing Liberal-led conservative coalition, according to Australian Electoral […]
Government takes early lead in Australia’s election count
Sydney, AustraliaReuters Early counting in Australia’s national election showed a small swing to the governing Liberal-led conservative coalition, running counter to pre-election opinion polls and setting the stage for a tight contest on Saturday night. The coalition is leading the national two-party count against centre-left Labor by 51.7 per cent to 48.3 per cent with […]
Tiny East Timor to become world’s first plastic-neutral nation
Kuala LumpurThomson Reuters Foundation In a region where seas are awash with trash, East Timor is set to become the world’s first country to recycle all its plastic waste after it teamed up with Australian researchers on Friday to build a revolutionary recycling plant. The $US40 million plant will ensure that no plastic, once used […]
DISASTER READINESS: STAY OR GO? AS WEATHER GETS WILDER, NATIONS URGED TO PREPARE FOR DISPLACEMENT
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Ten years after war ended, Sri Lankan Tamils may never get back land
Bangkok, ThailandThomson Reuters Foundation Sri Lankan Government forces may never return swathes of land taken from ethnic Tamils during a decades-long civil war, land and human rights experts said on Friday, further impoverishing tens of thousands uprooted in the bloody conflict. Thousands of people were killed in the war, which ended in May, 2009, after […]