As a state MP for 15 years and Victoria’s deputy premier from 1999 to 2007, John Thwaites was constantly in the public eye but after politics he has flourished in academia as a sustainability advocate. Professor Thwaites, 65, has been made a member of the Order of Australia (AM) in the 2021 Australia Day honours, “for significant service to the […]

Fox News Flash top headlines for January 24 Fox News Flash top headlines are here. Check out what’s clicking on Foxnews.com. Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said Sunday he has tested positive for COVID-19 and that the symptoms are mild. Mexico’s president, who has been criticized for his handling of his country’s pandemic and for not setting an example […]

Coronavirus vaccine: European Union citizens receive their jabs It comes after protests erupted in the Netherlands on Sunday following the introduction of new tougher COVID-19 restrictions in the country. Demonstrators set fires, looted stores and clashed with police officers in cities across the Netherlands. The protests resulted in more than 240 arrested, according to the Dutch police. Water cannons, dogs and […]

Damascus: A new, 5000 Syrian lira banknote has gone into circulation, the largest denomination in the country reeling from a decade of conflict and a crippling economic crisis. The new 5000 Syrian Lira banknote, the largest denomination in the country reeling from 10 years of conflict and a crippling economic crisis. Credit:SANA/AP Syria’s currency has been on a downward spiral […]

Police shot and wounded a man who fled from them in a stolen car in Queens on Sunday night, authorities and sources said. The shooting took place just before 10 p.m. at 97th Avenue and Allendale Street in Jamaica following a police pursuit of the stolen vehicle, police and sources said. Two men were inside the vehicle, including the 28-year-old […]

MEXICO CITY — Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said Sunday he has tested positive for COVID-19 and that the symptoms are mild. Mexico’s president, who has been criticized for his handling of his country’s pandemic and for not setting an example of prevention in public, said on his official Twitter account that he is under medical treatment. “I regret […]

Off to a £250k flying start! As poll reveals a THIRD of families don’t have enough computers for home schooling, our campaign to help get laptops to lockdown pupils starts with a bang The campaign to help get laptops to lockdown pupils has so far raised £250,000  Mail Force obtaining devices for children who desperately need them for study Four […]

A COVID testing centre has been burned to the ground on the first night of a curfew in the Netherlands. The attack comes as lock down protests grip Europe with police pelted with rocks and politicians burned in effigy. ? Read our coronavirus live blog for the latest news & updates Video from Urk, 50 miles northeast of Amsterdam, showed […]

Youths torch Dutch Covid testing centre and an effigy of Danish PM goes up in flames amid fiery anti-lockdown protests across Europe The testing facility in Urk in the Netherlands, went up in flames on Saturday night In Denmark an effigy of Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen was set on fire  The Netherlands appeared to be bearing the brunt of the […]