Jim Chalmers announces foreign investment tax changes to boost rental supply
Foreign investors who buy up Australian houses and leave them empty are set to be slugged with higher taxes in a major move aimed at helping more people into homes. …
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UPenn President Liz Magill, board chair both resign following backlash over congressional antisemitism testimony
University of Pennsylvania President Liz Magill testifies before a House Education and the Workforce Committee hearing titled “Holding Campus Leaders Accountable and Confronting Antisemitism” on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., …
Jim Chalmers announces foreign investment tax changes to boost rental supply
Foreign investors who buy up Australian houses and leave them empty are set to be slugged with higher taxes in a major move aimed at helping more people into homes. …
San Jose community leader Frank Fiscalini dies at 101
Frank Fiscalini, a longtime San Jose school superintendent and civic leader whose political influence brought him to within 2,000 votes of the city mayor’s office in 1990, died Friday at …
While Palestinians suffer, Hamas reaps the benefits
ISTANBUL — Much of the Gaza Strip lies in ruins, with its people pushed from their homes by Israeli bombardment and the death toll climbing ever higher. But Hamas, which …
Mideast ministers to discuss resolution to Israel-Hamas war with Joly, Trudeau in Ottawa – National
A group of foreign ministers from the Palestinian Authority, Saudi Arabia and Turkey are in Ottawa today for a quietly planned meeting with Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly to discuss …
Aid for Ukraine by year-end unlikely as GOP links it to border security
By Stephen Groves and Lisa Mascarao | Associated Press WASHINGTON — A deal to provide further U.S. assistance to Ukraine by year-end appears to be increasingly out of reach for …
Calls for Anthony Albanese to address concerns about release of detainees from immigration detention
Concerns that proper checks have not been completed before the release of nearly 150 immigration detainees has triggered a fresh wave of criticism of the federal government. The High Court …
Israel orders more evacuations in Khan Younis after U.S. blocks Gaza cease-fire call
Smoke rises over Gaza, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, as seen from southern Israel on Dec. 9, 2023. Athit Perawongmetha | Reuters Israel …
Turkey’s Erdogan accuses West of ‘barbarism,’ Islamophobia in Gaza war
ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan used a speech on human rights Saturday to accuse the West of “barbarism” for its stance on the Israel-Hamas war and what …