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Sydney’s Museum of Contemporary Art to start charging entry fee for first time since 2000
Sydney’s Museum of Contemporary Art will begin charging an entry fee in 2025 for the first time in more than two decades.
Free general admission was introduced in 2000 under the directorship of Elizabeth Ann MacGregor with the aid of a Telstra sponsorship.
But stagnant government funding has forced the …
Warrant issued for Bolivian ex-president over alleged relationship with minor
Bolivia’s former president Evo Morales has claimed he is the “victim of a brutal judicial war” orchestrated by the current president, Luis Arce, after prosecutors issued an arrest warrant over his alleged relationship with a minor.
On Monday, public prosecutor Sandra Gutiérrez revealed that a warrant for Morales’s arrest has …
Canada’s turmoil is harbinger of diplomatic havoc in second Trump term
Young terrorism suspects could avoid prosecution in plan for diversion scheme
Young terrorism suspects could avoid prosecution if they agree to a diversion scheme, in a new government plan to cope with the post-lockdown surge in youngsters drawn to violent extremism.
The youth diversion orders are part of a host of terrorism reforms announced by the Labour government, including a new …
Labour’s review of UK-China relations on hold until after chancellor visits Beijing
A review of UK-China relations has been delayed until after the chancellor makes her first trip to Beijing next month, the Guardian has learned, amid a row over an alleged spy who befriended Prince Andrew.
Rachel Reeves will travel to China in early January as part of a charm offensive …
Driverless bus service in Scotland to be withdrawn due to lack of interest
The UK’s first driverless bus service, originally heralded as a breakthrough of global significance, is being withdrawn from service because too few passengers used it.
The autonomous buses, operated by Stagecoach, have been running between Fife and Edinburgh along a 14-mile route over the Forth road bridge since May 2023 …
Cost of HS2 could pass £80bn as estimated bill jumps 15% in a year
The bill for building the HS2 high-speed railway could pass £80bn at current prices, as estimated costs jumped by 15% since the last parliamentary report just over a year ago.
An update expected imminently from ministers will put the budget at building the line from London to Birmingham at between …
Elon Musk and Farage meeting renews reports he could fund Reform UK
Elon Musk has met Nigel Farage and Nick Candy, Reform UK’s new treasurer, at Donald Trump’s home, Mar-a-Largo, reviving speculation the billionaire could fund the hard-right party.
After the meeting on Monday, Reform released photos of Musk sitting with Farage and Candy, and standing with them beneath a portrait of …
Mother of Filipina who spent 15 years on death row in Indonesia calls for pardon
The mother of Mary Jane Veloso, the Filipino domestic helper who spent almost 15 years on death row in Indonesia, has urged her government to grant a pardon after she is repatriated so their family can be reunited for Christmas.
Veloso, 39, who was sentenced to death in 2010 for …
UK government denies rift with Mauritian PM over Chagos Island deal
Downing Street has denied that a deal with Mauritius to hand over control of the Chagos Islands is in peril after the island’s new prime minister said the arrangement as it stands is not beneficial to his country.
, under which the UK would hand over …