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Ukraine recap: fears of escalation after US drone downed over the Black Sea

There was another of those moments when the world held its breath this week when news broke on March 14 of an incident between a US drone and two Russian jets. The unmanned US Reaper MQ-9 drone, reportedly on routine surveillance duties in international airspace, had to be brought down…

The Conversation · Mar 16, 2023

Battle for Bakhmut highlights divide between Wagner mercenary chief and the Kremlin

The founder and leader of Russia’s Wagner mercenary group, Yevgeny Prigozhin, has been touted as someone who could pose a political challenge to Russian President Vladimir Putin. Once a key battlefield ally, in recent days Prigozhin has publicly lamented losing his direct line to the Kremlin. Wagner fighters are not…

France 24 · Mar 16, 2023

Gervaise Widdowson handed life sentence over murder of Dinh Lam Nguyen whose body was found in wheelie bin

A second man is sentenced to life in jail for a murder where the victim's body was found in a wheelie bin floating in a dam in Perth's east.

ABC News · Feb 13, 2023

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Putin’s army chief handed ‘poisoned chalice’ amid Russian power tussle

President Vladimir Putin has put his top military officer Valery Gerasimov in charge of Russia’s stalled invasion of Ukraine, in the latest reshuffle since the start of the war. The chief of the general staff will be expected to bolster the army’s sagging war effort while contending with the Wagner…

France 24 · Jan 12, 2023

Todd Nathan Kiernan gets life sentence after labelling victim Dinh Lam Nguyen's body with his own name

A killer who was tracked down because he wrapped his victim's body in plastic that had his name on it, before placing it in a wheelie bin that contained letters addressed to him, is sentenced to life in jail.

ABC News · Oct 19, 2022

‘Danger to the regime?’ Russia faces ethnic minority anti-mobilisation protests

Russia is seeing a wave of demonstrations in areas with high ethnic minority populations against President Vladimir Putin’s call for “partial mobilisation”. Analysts say this approach is undermining the Kremlin’s legitimacy among these groups and is likely to give Russia poorly motivated soldiers for its war against Ukraine.

France 24 · Sep 30, 2022

Babysitter Jareth Harries-Markham jailed for repeated sexual abuse of children in his care

An experienced WA prosecutor is almost brought to tears as he details the sexual abuse of 16 young girls, some of them just babies, by a man who was being paid to babysit them.

ABC News · Sep 27, 2022

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Judges go bush to learn about Indigenous culture, with aim to deliver fairer justice in courts

Some of the nation's most senior legal officials undertake a three-day outback immersion program to learn about Indigenous culture and how to create a fairer court system.

ABC News · Sep 13, 2022

Deloitte launches UK first 'future of work' offices in Newcastle

The accountancy firm has opened space in the city's One Trinity Gardens to accommodate its new hybrid working approach

Birmingham Post · Mar 24, 2022

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