Dominic Sirico 
Pixabay Australia’s national digital ID system is about to be implemented, which means a significant identity transformation is imminent. Although this method raises concerns about security and privacy, it also has the potential to transform the way citizens prove themselves online. Below is a breakdown of all the information you want concerning Australia’s digital ID, … Read more
Rescue workers reported on Tuesday making contact with 11 people under the rubble in a race to save dozens still unaccounted for after a building collapsed in the South African city of George killing at least seven. Thirty-three people have been pulled out of the debris of the five-storey apartment block, which caved in Monday … Read more
A Sydney council decided to prohibit books regarding same-sex parenting from local libraries– a decision that caused an uproar. The New South Wales government has expressed concerns about this decision made by the Cumberland City Council, claiming it may violate anti-discrimination rules. The controversial amendment was proposed by current council member and former mayor Steve … Read more
Pixabay The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) announced that the cash rates will be kept on hold at 4.35%, avoiding a tightening bias as demanded by economists to curb inflation. Wrapping up its two-day May policy meeting, RBA kept rates at a 12-year high, avoiding a hike as economists suggested after first quarter inflation, Reuters … Read more
The Olympic flame is set to arrive in the French port of Marseille on Wednesday in front of a crowd of up to 150,000 people in a first major test of the hugely ambitious plans for the Paris Games. The transfer of the flame onshore from a 19th-century tall ship will mark the start of … Read more
Israel carried out strikes on the Gazan city of Rafah overnight as it sought to put “pressure” on Hamas ahead of talks in Egypt on Tuesday aimed at sealing a truce proposal endorsed by the militants. After having vowed for weeks to push into the southern border town, Israel called on Monday for Palestinians in … Read more
War veterans, soldiers and dignitaries gathered in Vietnam’s Dien Bien Phu on Tuesday to mark the 70th anniversary of the battle that ultimately brought an end to the French empire in Indochina. Vietnam has invited for the first time a government minister from the former colonial power to attend official celebrations, which involve 12,000 people, … Read more
In the eight years since Chinese company HBIS bought a steel mill near the eastern Serbian city of Smederevo, locals say they have been plagued by heavy air pollution and thick red dust. “There are times of the day when breathing normally is impossible,” said Zvezdan Veljkovic, from the village of Radinac, where the mill … Read more
Columbia University, the epicenter of US student protests against the war in Gaza, on Monday canceled its main graduation ceremony, as colleges seek to contain the demonstrations that have rocked campuses for weeks. But the move has failed to stem anger over US support of Israel amid the mounting Palestinian death toll: fresh protests sprung … Read more
Pilots operate a JL-10 advance trainer jet of Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Air Force at the China International Aviation and Aerospace Exhibition, or Airshow China, in Zhuhai, Guangdong province, China September 28, 2021. Australia’s helicopter was conducting a normal patrol in international waters when Canberra claimed that a Chinese fighter plane had dropped flares close … Read more
