Australian aviation authority Casa approves Alphabet’s Project Wing, which delivers food, drinks and medication A world-first drone delivery business has been granted approval to take to the skies over Canberra’s north. For the past 18 months, Project Wing, an offshoot of Google’s parent company Alphabet, has been trialling drone delivery ...
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In unprecedented move, U.S. names Iran’s Revolutionary Guards a terrorist group
President Donald Trump said on Monday he would name Iran’s elite Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps a terrorist organization, in an unprecedented step that drew Iranian condemnation and raised concerns about retaliatory attacks on U.S. forces. The action by Trump, who has taken a hard line toward Iran by withdrawing from ...
Read More »Australia’s opposition Labor on track to win election
Australia’s opposition Labor is the favorite to win a national election expected in May, two polls showed on Monday, but its lead has narrowed over the conservative coalition government which announced income tax cuts in its budget last week. A closely watched Newspoll done for The Australian newspaper showed Labor ...
Read More »Google satellite shows first Saudi nuclear reactor only one year from completion, expert says
Inspections by UN nuclear watchdog are required before kingdom can insert fuel into the reactor Saudi Arabia is about a year away from completing the building of its first nuclear reactor, according to Google satellite images identified by a nuclear expert who said Thursday the construction so far appears to ...
Read More »Iran vows to retaliate if US lists Revolutionary Guards as terror organisation
‘So the leaders of America, who themselves are the creators and supporters of terrorists in the region, will regret this inappropriate and idiotic action Iran has threatened to retaliate against the US if it designates its elite Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist organisation. Washington is reportedly expected ...
Read More »Saudi Arabia threatens to ditch dollar oil trades to stop ‘NOPEC’
They said the option had been discussed internally by senior Saudi energy officials in recent months. Two of the sources said the plan had been discussed with OPEC members and one source briefed on Saudi oil policy said Riyadh had also communicated the threat to senior U.S. energy officials. The ...
Read More »Scientists discover chunk of distant planet that could offer glimpse into future of our Solar System
The ‘heavy metal’ composition of the planet is thought to have allowed it to survive the intense events it has undergone Scientists have spotted a chunk of a distant planet that could offer a hint at the future of our Solar System. The fragment, seen circling a dead star 400 ...
Read More »Brexit to be delayed until next year after parties fail to break deadlock, attorney general warns
Geoffrey Cox admits Theresa May will be forced to accept Article 50 extension longer than ‘just a few weeks or months’ – paving way for new cabinet bust-up Brexit is on course to be delayed until next year, the attorney general has warned, as cross-party talks to end the crisis ...
Read More »Australia passes social media law penalising platforms for violent content
Labor supports legislation in response to Christchurch shooting that threatens jail for executives, despite media companies’ concerns The Australian parliament has passed legislation to crack down on violent videos on social media, despite furious reaction from the tech industry, media companies and legal experts. The Labor opposition combined with the ...
Read More »High stakes for Turkey as Erdogan faces choice between US F-35 fighter jet and Russia’s S-400 missile system
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan now faces a choice that will have major consequences for both Turkey’s foreign relations and its economy. He can walk back pledges to buy a Russian missile defense system, the S-400, in favor of buying American weapons systems, or reject U.S. demands and forgo partaking ...
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