Emily Petrini-Woolley said her friend Lisa Sharpe, who was killed last week in Eganville, Ont., was a kind and caring person who “loved everybody.”
India’s Adani calls off $2.5bn share sale in big setback
The group’s stocks were hammered in the past week after a US short seller raised debt and accounting concerns.
Rescue workers at scene after strike in Kramatorsk
A Russian missile destroyed an apartment building and damaged seven others in Kramatorsk, in Donetsk, late Wednesday. (Feb. 2)
Biden administration is ‘really embracing’ Israel’s PM Benjamin Netanyahu
The Biden administration is “really embracing” Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, says The Australian’s Foreign Editor Greg Sheridan.
“Netanyahu is an amazing leader,” he told Sky News host Peta Credlin.
“Although he was a close co-operator …
On This Day – 2 February 1996
In 1996, legendary actor, dancer and choreographer Gene Kelly died, aged 83. (Feb. 2)
Cardinal Pell funeral mass sees mourners, protests
Mourners attended the funeral for Australian Cardinal George Pell, who was once the most senior Catholic convicted of sex abuse. (Feb. 2)
FBI finds no classified docs at beach house, Biden lawyer says
The FBI searched President Joe Biden’s vacation home in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, on Wednesday without finding any classified documents, the president’s attorney said. Agents did take some handwritten notes and other materials relating to Biden’s time …
Florida city highlights impacts of gerrymandering
A protracted legal fight over how city council districts were drawn in Jacksonville, Florida, reflects an aspect of redistricting that often remains in the shadows. (Feb. 2) (AP Video: Cody Jackson)
Top diplomat Josep Borrell announces EU plan to train 30,000 Ukrainian soldiers
More than a dozen top European Union officials arrive in Kyiv on Thursday with promises of more military, financial and political aid, a symbolic trip meant to highlight support for Ukraine as the first anniversary of Russia’s invasion nears. Among tho…
Mourners call for end to police brutality at Tyre Nichols funeral in Memphis
The relatives of Black people killed by police in cities across the United States came to Tyre Nichols’ funeral in a Memphis church on Wednesday to offer comfort to the family of the Black 29-year-old, who was fatally beaten by officers last month.