Written by Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature Housing standoff continues after government rejects Greens’ Help to Buy compromise Josh Butler The government has rejected the Greens’ latest compromise offer to pass the Help to Buy housing bill, continuing the long-running stand-off into the parliament’s final week for 2024. […]
Washington: The United States “fundamentally rejects” a decision by the International Criminal Court to issue arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former defence minister Yoav Gallant, the White House said Thursday. “We remain deeply concerned by the Prosecutor’s rush to seek arrest warrants and the troubling process errors that led to this […]
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has rejected the recent appointment of ‘Prof.’ Benard Odoh as the Vice-Chancellor of Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka. Accusing the Amb. Greg Mbadiwe-led governing council of the university of violating extant laws in appointing Odoh as the Vice-Chancellor, the union appealed to the visitor, President Bola Tinubu, to […]
ISLAMABAD – The Supreme Court constitutional bench Monday dismissed a petition seeking an order that only candidates who secure more than 50 per cent of the votes in elections can be declared winners. A seven-member bench, headed by Justice Amin-ud-Din Khan, and comprising Justice Jamal Khan Mandokhail, Justice Muhammad Ali Mazhar, Justice Ayesha Malik, Justice […]
The manager of a small hotel in northern Italy refused a reservation made by an Israeli couple, accusing Israeli people of being “responsible for genocide.” Jewish groups decried the incident as an example of antisemitism. The couple had booked two nights for the beginning of November at the Hotel Garni Ongaro in Selva di Cadore, […]
CITY HALL — Alderpeople unanimously rejected Mayor Brandon Johnson’s proposed $300 million property tax increase on Thursday as they sought to reset budget negotiations with the mayor’s administration. Now, Johnson and City Council will have to find some common ground on how to bring in new revenue to close an almost $1 billion budget gap […]
In a rare 50-0 unanimous vote, the Chicago City Council voted Thursday to reject Mayor Brandon Johnson’s proposed $300 million property tax increase, sending his 2025 budget plan back to the drawing board and dealing an emphatic blow to the proposal. “This is a healthy process,” Johnson said after the vote was taken. “This is […]
(NewsNation) — The last 24 hours for Sean “Diddy” Combs has been a period of denial, developments and details. Diddy’s lawyers filed a fourth request for bail in a Manhattan federal court Friday, citing new evidence in his case on sex trafficking and racketeering charges. Also on Friday, a judge rejected his “unprecedented” gag order […]
McFadden rejects Farage’s offer to help government as intermediary with Trump Nigel Farage, the Reform UK leader, has offered to help the Labour government establish a good relationship with the Trump administration. In an article for the Daily Telegraph, Farage says he believes that Trump’s victory is a sign that “politics, including our own, is […]
The mother of a Canadian man detained in Syria says the Supreme Court of Canada has signed her son’s death warrant by closing the door on a plea to hear his case. “I’ve been screaming about this for 7 1/2 years now,” said Sally Lane, the mother of Jack Letts. “I’m exhausted. I just want […]