Papua New Guineans go to the polls Saturday in an election the country’s leader sees as a turning point for a Pacific nation once described as a “totally dysfunctional blob”. Since the last election five years ago, capping a turbulent political period which at one point saw PNG with two rival prime ministers, the rugged … Read more
All 18 of Northern Ireland’s MPs have been confirmed with the SDLP and UUP losing their seats at Westminster. The final result came in Fermanagh and South Tyrone where UUP’s Tom Elliott lost to Sinn Féin’s Michelle Gildernew. Former SDLP party leaders Mark Durkan, Margaret Ritchie and Alasdair McDonnell were toppled in Foyle, South Down … Read more
Former Australian rugby chief John O’Neill has called for Argentina and Japan to be dumped from the troubled Super Rugby competition, along with a South African side. As the SANZAAR organisers grapple with a way forward for the confusing 18-team, five-nation championship, former Australian Rugby Union chairman O’Neill says they must return to a 15-team … Read more
German police are investigating a “probable terrorist attack” after a man ploughed a lorry into a Christmas market in the heart of Berlin, killing 12 people and injuring 48. The driver, reportedly a Pakistani asylum seeker who entered Germany last year, is being questioned. German media say police are searching a refugee shelter at a … Read more
German police are investigating a “probable terrorist attack” after a man ploughed a lorry into a Christmas market in the heart of Berlin, killing 12 people and injuring 48. The driver is an Afghan or Pakistani asylum seeker, according to security sources cited by DPA news agency. He reportedly arrived in Germany in February as … Read more
German police are questioning a man they believe ploughed a lorry into a busy Christmas market in the heart of Berlin, killing 12 people and injuring 48. The driver is an Afghan or Pakistani asylum seeker, according to security sources cited by DPA news agency. He reportedly arrived in Germany in February as a refugee. … Read more
It was a shocking outcome for many, an uncomfortably close race. As results came in, one state after another turning red, the optimism of Hillary Clinton’s supporters soon faded and the realisation set in – that Donald J Trump was now president-elect and that the dream of America having its first female president had swiftly … Read more