5 December 2025
The 84-page report finds US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth violated policy and could have put American troops at risk when he used the Signal app to discuss military strikes in Yemen.
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5 Dec: Public broadcasters in Spain, Ireland and the Netherlands say they will not participate in next year's event and more are expected to follow.... more
5 Dec: Prohibition was officially repealed on December 5, 1933. But the beginning of its end can be traced back years earlier — to a highly-publicised massacre by firing squad.... more
5 Dec: The idea of the Philippines curling team reaching the Winter Olympics has a hint of Cool Runnings about it, while one team member, Alan Frei, has more than a suggestion of Eddie the Eagle. But at the heart of this story is a genuine sporting fairytale that is one step away from becoming an Olympic legend.... more
5 Dec: The trilateral agreement has come under significant scrutiny, but Australia's top diplomat in London says he believes its future is assured.... more
5 Dec: The Russian leader's first state visit to India in nearly four years is expected to focus heavily on trade amid a backdrop of international sanctions and Donald Trump's tariff policy.... more
4 Dec: China is ending a decades-long tax exemption on contraceptives to push up its birth rate. Experts say the change could leave women and young people more vulnerable.... more
4 Dec: Little St James is commonly referred to "Epstein Island" and according to attorneys for his accusers, the island was the site of many crimes committed against underage girls.... more
4 Dec: Two of the UK's leading groups for women and girls will stop offering membership to trans women in the aftermath of a Supreme Court ruling.... more
4 Dec: Indonesia's government says it will summon eight companies over their suspected role in worsening the scale of floods and landslides that have killed over 700 people. But environmental groups say authorities are hypocritical and partly to blame for the destruction.... more
RUGBY New Zealand Rugby are open to early kickoff times and other initiatives to get fans through the gate More...
BUSINESS The new Reserve Bank Governor says she's closing monitoring financial conditions, in the wake of a surprise interest rates hike by a major bank More...
