HOSPITAL TROLLEY CRISIS IS NOT DEFENSIBLE, SAYS VARADKAR

The Taoiseach has admitted that the ongoing hospital trolley crisis is not defensible ... READ MORE›

CONSTITUTION COULD FORCE PALASZCZUK TO GOVERN IN A MINORITY

Queensland election What happens if Labor can't form a majority government?... READ MORE›

FRESH POLAND PROTESTS OVER JUDICIARY REFORM

Thousands of people have protested in Poland after MPs from the ruling party gave initial backing to controversial bills to reform the judiciary... READ MORE›

BONN CLIMATE TALKS WILL AIM TO MEET GOALS LAID OUT IN PARIS, SAYS UN

The UN hopes to create an operating manual for implementing the Paris agreement on climate change, with talks in the next two weeks in Bonn... READ MORE›

FRANCE SAYS 20 UNDER HOUSE ARREST UNDER NEW ANTI-TERROR LAW

Collomb said that in case of another mass attack the government could re-impose a state of emergency even with measures now available under the expanded laws... READ MORE›

BRITAIN BELIEVES NORTH KOREA WAS BEHIND 'WANNACRY' NHS CYBER ATTACK

Cyber security researchers quickly identified a possible link to North Korea... READ MORE›

RIGHTS BODY SOUNDS ALARM AFTER VIOLENCE AT HOME AND TO RIDE SERVICES CLAIMS 83 WOMEN IN MEXICO'S PUEBLA

Mexico's National Human Rights Commission says authorities should declare a gender violence alert for the central state of Puebla. The governmental commiss... READ MORE›

TASCOSS CALLS ON GOVERNMENT ENERGY CASH HANDOUT TO BE EXTENDED TO ALL

For Aurora Energy customers with a Pensioner Concession Card, this will be in addition to the State Government-funded concession already applied on quarterly Aurora Energy bills... READ MORE›

RETHINK ON HOUSING BENEFIT CAP FOR ELDERLY AND VULNERABLE

More than 700,000 people in supported housing usually have the accommodation element of their costs met entirely through housing benefit... READ MORE›

ROMANIAS LEADERS BACK DOWN, BUT PROTESTERS ARENT GOING ANYWHERE

At the time, Mr. Ponta was already facing corruption charges, the first sitting prime minister in Romanian history to do so... READ MORE›

OTTAWA WON'T APPEAL COURT DECISION BLOCKING NORTHERN GATEWAY PIPELINE

Natural Resources Minister Jim Carr won't appeal a recent court decision that overturned the former Harper government's approval of the controversial Northern Gateway pipeline project... READ MORE›

CANADA DISCRIMINATES AGAINST CHILDREN ON RESERVES, TRIBUNAL RULES

In a news release, the Canadian Human Rights Commission also applauded the tribunal's ruling... READ MORE›

TAX CHANGES COULD COST UK PUBLIC SECTOR WORKERS 30% OF SALARY

Tax changes could cost UK public sector workers 30 percent of salary... READ MORE›

GOVERNMENT TO PUSH FOR POSTAL BALLOT IF SAME SEX-MARRIAGE PLEBISCITE FAILS IN SENATE AGAIN

Marriage equality advocates have already signalled they will challenge the legality of a postal ballot in the High Court... READ MORE›

'MASSIVE EVIDENCE FOREIGN-FUNDED WHITE HELMETS SUPPORT TERRORIST ENTITIES IN SYRIA'

The real Syria Civil Defense inside Syria has existed for 63 years the White Helmets have existed for 3 years, they were founded in 2013... READ MORE›

IAIN DUNCAN SMITH SHOULD RESIGN, SAYS JEREMY CORBYN

Iain duncan smith should resign says jeremy corbyn... READ MORE›

HACKERS TOOK FINGERPRINTS OF 56 MILLION US WORKERS GOVERNMENT SAYS

But that assumes there was a financial motive to the theft officials say it seems more likely that it was a national security motive... READ MORE›

ALEPPO'S WHITE HELMETS REJECT FOREIGN INFLUENCE CLAIMS

The White Helmets came to prominence for their work rescuing those trapped in rubble after air strikes by Syrian government and Russian warplanes... READ MORE›

8 GOVERNMENT WORKERS LOST THEIR JOBS ALMOST FIVE YEARS AGO

Chalke is calling on the government to apologize to the workers who did not deserve the significant personal, financial and professional harm they suffered... READ MORE›

'GO HOME': INDIGENOUS LEADER TO MUSKRAT FALLS PROTESTERS FOLLOWING MEETING WITH PREMIER

The provincial government says significant progress was made during a marathon meeting between Premier Dwight Ball and Indigenous leaders on the Muskrat Falls project... READ MORE›

Despite the weirdness of Campbell Newman running for premier from outside the parliament in 2012, his government began its work in a familiar, austerian manner... READ MORE›

JAPAN'S PARLIAMENT CLEARS WAY FOR EMPEROR AKIHITO'S ABDICATION

Japan's parliament passed a law Friday allowing Emperor Akihito to become the first monarch to abdicate in 200 years... READ MORE›

ABBOTT SURVIVES LEADERSHIP TEST

Related Stories Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott has urged an end to disunity after surviving a party confidence vote on his leadership... READ MORE›

AUSTRALIA'S BELEAGUERED ABBOTT ENDURES ONE FINAL NIGHTMARE BEFOREA CHRISTMAS

The problem is, neither he nor the prime minister has managed to explain that satisfactorily to voters... READ MORE›

ONE IN SIX JOBSEEKERS HAVE ALLOWANCE STOPPED BY DWP EACH YEAR

The figures contradict official claims that only a small minority of jobseekers have been affected by the government's increasingly severe welfare policies... READ MORE›

ACLU SUES INDIANA GOV. MIKE PENCE, DEMANDS STATE ACCEPT SYRIAN REFUGEES

Singling out Syrian refugees for exclusion from Indiana is not only ethically wrong, it is unconstitutional... READ MORE›

STATE OF THE ART WHY THE WORLD IS DRAWING BATTLE LINES AGAINST AMERICAN TECH GIANTS

The American tech giants are huge, but they need the blessing of national governments, and those blessings aren't coming easily... READ MORE›

ETHIOPIA'S CRACKDOWN ON DISSENT TAKES RISING TOLL

Politicians held over protests as PM says anti-peace forces spreading false information about investment zone plan... READ MORE›

YEMENIS PROTEST SAUDI BOMBING & 'TRAITORS SUPPORTING WAR OF AGGRESSION' (VIDEO)

The Yemeni Civil War began in 2015 between two factions now claiming to constitute the Yemeni government... READ MORE›

UK'S FOREIGN AID GOES TO EU IN RUSH TO HIT TARGETS, SAY MPS

It emerged earlier this year that civil servants went on a 1 billion spending spree in just eight weeks to hit the Government's aid target... READ MORE›

NSW GOVERNMENT SPRUIKS COAL SEAM GAS MINING TO THE WORLD

The government department said it should have made clear that it is government policy to prohibit coal seam gas exploration in the state's northern rivers... READ MORE›

MEXICAN CABINET OFFICIAL OUT AFTER TRUMP VISIT

Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto announce Wednesday that his finance minister, Luis Videgaray, is out of his cabinet, a Mexican federal government official confirmed to CNNE... READ MORE›

GOVERNMENT DOING 'THE BEST THEY CAN' AS 15K CASES REMAIN IN PHOENIX BACKLOG

The government rolled out the Phoenix payroll system to some 120,000 federal employees in February 2016... READ MORE›

HOW THE SCANDINAVIANS GOT SO TALL

Hacker We're not arguing that government always does the right thing... READ MORE›

COLD WAR: ICELAND (THE COUNTRY) MAY SUE ICELAND (THE CHAIN) OVER NAME

The Icelandic government has confirmed it is considering launching a lawsuit against British supermarket Iceland over its name... READ MORE›

FRANCE'S MACRON 'TO END STATE OF EMERGENCY', BUT KEEP ITS ANTI-TERROR POWERS

Almost all of the state of emergency measures will become the law of the land, the newspaper, which had seen a copy of the bill, wrote... READ MORE›

QLD 'GAY PANIC' DEFENCE TO BE SCRAPPED

Under current Queensland legislation, accused murderers can use unwanted sexual advances as a partial defence... READ MORE›

COMMENT: NO QUESTION ABOUT IT - IT'S TIME TO BOYCOTT QUESTION TIME

Comment No question about it - it's time to boycott Question Time... READ MORE›

FIRST NATIONS CHILD WELFARE RULING A PRECEDENT FOR OTHER ON-RESERVE ISSUES, LAWYERS SAY

Every single element of government services that Canadians take for granted, First Nations people do not... READ MORE›