Fremantle Football Club to field women’s AFL team in 2017 A win for women and community sport Sport and Recreation Minister Mia Davies today congratulated the Fremantle Football Club on receiving a licence to field a team in the 2017 AFL National Women’s League. “The announcement of the first female Australian Football League (AFL) team […]
Parliament House, Kurilpa Bridge, City Hall, Story Bridge and King George Square are among the iconic landmarks in Brisbane illuminated purple this week to help raise awareness for World Elder Abuse Awareness Day (WEAAD). Seniors Minister Coralee O’Rourke said the lighting of the landmarks supported the Palaszczuk Government’s call for communities across Queensland to join […]
A US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) official said on Wednesday the massacre at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida was both hate crime and an act of terror. “This was an act of violence, born out of hate, that inflicted terror on an entire community,” said Ron Hopper, special FBI agent in charge of […]
The US Senate has passed its draft of the National Defence Authorisation Bill, including a provision to set up a new fund to reimburse Pakistan for its efforts in the war against terrorism. The Senate version authorised $800 million under a provision called the `Pakistan Security Enhancement Authorisation’, Dawn online reported on Thursday. It also […]
Brazil has confirmed 1,581 cases of microcephaly related to the Zika virus since October 2015, the Health Ministry announced. A total of 7,936 suspected cases of microcephaly were reported in the past nine months, 3,308 of which have been dismissed of its link to the virus and 3,047 remain under probe, the ministry said on […]
Assam Congress chief Anjan Dutta passes away at the age of 64 here at AIIMS on Thursday morning . He was admitted to the hospital on May 25 and was undergoing treatment under pulmonary medicine expert Randeep Guleria. “He died today (Thursday) morning at 7.15 a.m. and his body has been sent to the mortuary […]
US President Barack Obama on Wednesday met the Dalai Lama privately at the White House, a session that sparked anger among Chinese officials who accuse the Tibetan spiritual leader of sponsoring a separatist movement. It was Obama’s fourth meeting with the Dalai Lama, CNN reported. Obama and the Dalai Lama met in the Map Room, […]
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has filed a fresh chargesheet against British national Christian Michel James and two others in its ongoing money laundering probe in the Rs 3,600-crore AgustaWestland helicopter deal, officials said on Wednesday. The central agency charged James under provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) following his role as a […]
Drinking coffee at “normal” temperature would not increase your risk of contracting cancer, says a new report by the World Health Organisation’s cancer research arm. The WHO classified coffee as a possible carcinogen in 1991, for its potential link to bladder cancer. Based on a review of more than 1,000 studies, the International Agency for […]
The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved raising of the retirement age of central government doctors to 65 years, union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said on Wednesday. The retirement age of non-teaching and public health specialists of the Central Government Health Services will also be 65 years. “Keeping in mind the shortage of doctors, a decision […]