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Australia should repatriate and investigate alleged crimes of Islamic state member found in Syria, experts say
The Australian government should repatriate, monitor and investigate any crimes committed by a member of Islamic State who was wounded in the extremist group’s final battle, according to multiple security and international law experts.
Last week, the Guardian revealed an Australian man whose fate was not publicly known
…‘Like a bullet going right by you’: affluent English towns and suburbs rail against noisy, unstoppable rise of padel tennis
Across the affluent suburbs and well-heeled country towns and cities of England the sound of “gunfire” – or the fear of it – has been ringing out in recent months. From Bath to Weybridge and Winchester to Lytham St Annes a street battle of sorts has been waged as desirable …
Energy giant AGL is disputing $25m fine for wrongly taking welfare money from hundreds as ‘excessive’
Energy giant AGL is disputing a “manifestly excessive” $25m fine for using the Centrepay debit system to wrongly take welfare money from hundreds of vulnerable Australians. It argues that a judge should not have used the massive financial penalty to try to “provoke some attention” from the company’s board and …
Telegram fined nearly $1m by Australian watchdog for delay in reporting about terrorism and child abuse material
Encrypted messaging app Telegram has been fined nearly $1m by Australia’s online safety regulator for failing to respond on time to questions about what the company does to tackle terrorism and child abuse material on its platform.
The notice was issued to Telegram, among other companies, in May last year, …
Signs of the times: the stories behind Australia’s biggest and best-loved billboards
One of Sydney’s most renowned signs – and the largest billboard in the country – has received a makeover to mark its 50th anniversary. At 41 metres wide and 13 metres high, the Coca-Cola sign at Kings Cross presides over one of Sydney’s busiest thoroughfares, William Street, and has widely …
Keir Starmer pledges £200m for Grangemouth oil refinery site
Keir Starmer has announced £200m in funding to boost investment at Grangemouth oil refinery, which is closing down with the loss of more than 400 jobs.
The prime minister said the national wealth fund would provide £200m in state investment for up to five companies who moved to Grangemouth, where …
‘We’re healing this common body we call a nation’: the plays assessing Kenya’s present by retelling its past
On a recent Saturday at an auditorium in Nairobi, a rapt audience of more than 600 people held their breath as the revered Kenyan statesman and independence activist Tom Mboya walked out of a pharmacy with his friend Mohini Sehmi.
Gunshots rang out. “Did you hear that?” a panicked Sehmi …
UK churches need open-mindedness to preserve heritage says heavy metal musician
Crypto exchange seeks help in finding $1.5bn stolen from digital wallet
The cryptocurrency exchange Bybit has called on the “brightest minds” in cybersecurity to help it recover $1.5bn (£1.2bn) stolen by hackers in what is thought to be the biggest single digital theft in history.
The Dubai-based crypto platform said an attacker gained control of a wallet of Ethereum, one of …