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Australian parliament rape retrial abandoned

03-12-2022 Bureau Report + BBC MELBOURNE: The case against a former political adviser accused of raping a colleague inside Australia’s Parliament House has been dropped. Bruce Lehrmann, 27, denies sexually assaulting Brittany Higgins on a minister’s sofa after a night out in 2019. He maintains no sex took place. Lehrmann’s …

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US Senate passes bill to prevent rail strike

03-12-2022 WASHINGTON: The United States Senate has passed a bill forcing railroad unions to accept a deal that would increase wages to avoid a nationwide strike that was anticipated to have devastating economic effects. The legislation was approved on Thursday by a vote of 80 to 15 and it now …

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Pakistani diplomat survives assassination bid in Kabul

02-11-2022 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies KABUL/ ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Head of Mission to Kabul Ubaid-ur-Rehman Nizamani Friday escaped an assassination bid, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) confirmed. In a statement sharing details of the attack, the Foreign Office stated that the embassy’s compound in Kabul came …

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Heartfelt tributes for murdered Idaho students

02-12-2022 IDAHO, MOSCOW: Four University of Idaho students who were murdered in a crime that shocked America have been remembered as “fun loving” and “brimming with promise”. The group are thought to have been asleep in their beds at home when they were stabbed to death on 13 November. Families …

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Deadly landslide engulfs motorway in Brazil

02-12-2022 BRASILIA: A landslide on a motorway in southern Brazil has killed at least two people and left dozens missing. A torrent of mud fell on to the BR-376 highway in the state of Parana, hitting more than 21 vehicles, authorities said. Rescue workers at the scene said bad weather …

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HK’s courts in firing line as Beijing rewrites rulebook

02-12-2022 KUALA LUMPUR/ BEIJING: When Hong Kong’s Financial Secretary Paul Chan addressed a recent legal forum, he highlighted the ability of the city’s courts to make rulings without interference as the “cornerstone” of international businesses’ confidence in the financial hub. Now the independence of Hong Kong’s British-inherited judiciary, ostensibly guaranteed …

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