Special Envoy for Trade Andrew Robb will visit India (3-6 April), Singapore (7-9 April) and China (9-15 April) to advance trade and investment negotiations and opportunities for Australia. “As our economy transitions in this post mining boom period, there is huge potential to create jobs and grow the economy by expanding our commercial relationships with […]
The Kremlin on Monday dismissed reports linking friends and relatives of Russian President Vladimir Putin to offshore deals worth billions of dollars. “There are no details, all are based on allegations and speculation,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said, demanding “professional results of the work of the journalistic community”. The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) […]
US presidential candidate and Republican front-runner Donald Trump reiterated his belief that Japan should arm itself to deter a threat from North Korea rather than have the US military protect the longtime ally against the rogue nuclear nation. “I would rather have them not arm, but I’m not going to continue to lose this tremendous […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has called up his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif and offered his “deep condolences” to the victims of the terror attack in Lahore park blast that left at least 69 dead, mostly women and children. “PM Narendra Modi called Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif to express his deep condolences at the terrorist attack […]
The Australian Government condemns the coordinated terror attacks on 22 March in Belgium. Our thoughts and sympathies are with the people of Belgium. The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade is urgently seeking to determine whether any Australians have been affected. I understand Belgian authorities have activated their emergency plan in response to these attacks […]
A Boeing 737-800 passenger jet operated by low cost airline FlyDubai crashed while attempting to land in the southern Russian city of Rostov-on-Don on Saturday, killing all 62 passengers, including two Indians. The flight was en route from Dubai and had been circling the airport for up to two hours after an initial aborted landing […]
New York, Republican front-runner Donald Trump late on Saturday won the South Carolina Republican primary. The victory is seen as a tremendous show of strength in the heart of the Deep South that validates his status as the GOP’s national front-runner, CNN reported. Trump’s win, following his victory in New Hampshire earlier this month and […]
A joint operation between NSW Fair Trading and NSW Police this morning uncovered evidence of illegal odometer tampering at four motor vehicle dealerships in Sydney. Operation Paris has resulted in action against four motor dealers and three motor vehicle repairers associated with the four dealerships, following a two-year investigation by Fair Trading’s Compliance and Enforcement […]
Kathmandu, Nepal Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli, who is all set to embark on an official visit to India, on Tuesday said he will aim to clear all “misunderstanding” that crept up in the recent past between Nepal and India and deepen the bilateral ties based on shared prosperity. Providing details to parliament of his […]
Hindus are the happiest among all the religious communities/groups of United Kingdom (UK), according to a dataset of Office for National Statistics (ONS), UK’s National Statistical Institute. This was the finding of its study “Measuring National Well-being—Personal Well-being in the UK, 3 year data 2012 to 2015”, which was released on February two. Quantifying Happiness […]