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A Russian television chef, who was an outspoken critic of President Vladimir Putin’s war in Ukraine, has been found dead in Serbia, the BBC reported. Alexei Zimin, 52, was considered a household name in Russia before he left the country after criticising the Kremlin’s annexation of Crimea in 2014. He set up his new home […]
Jamie Oliver says he is “devastated” by the offence he has caused to First Nations people and has issued an apology, after calls by Australia’s peak body for Indigenous education for the British celebrity chef to withdraw his children’s book from sale. Oliver is in Australia promoting his latest cookbook, Simply Jamie, but it is […]
Australian movie star Chris Hemsworth has been criticised for starring in a slick advertisement promoting Abu Dhabi as a tourism destination in partnership with the United Arab Emirates government, the latest celebrity to use their influence to promote the gulf state. Hemsworth features in the minute-long ad with his actor and model wife, Elsa Pataky, […]
Lib Dems: England bus fare cap move to £3 is ‘without a doubt a bus tax’ Liberal Democrat environment spokesperson Tim Farron MP has described the announcement raising the bus fare cap from £2 to £3 in England and extended the scheme for a further 12 months as “without a doubt a bus tax.” In […]
The newly elected Northern Territory government wants to grant itself sweeping new powers to exempt major projects from environmental assessments in a move described by conservationists and Indigenous groups as authoritarian and anti-democratic. A leaked consultation document, seen by Guardian Australia, outlines how a new Territory Coordinator (TC) would have powers to “step in” and […]