Race for UK prime ministership centres on 'no deal' Brexit battle

London: The prospect of a "no deal" Brexit was fast becoming the central battle of the race to succeed British Prime Minister Theresa May on Sunday, as Environment Minister Michael Gove became the eighth candidate to declare. May said on Friday she was quitting over her failure to deliver Brexit, potentially opening the way for…

'She never paid': woman accused of Sydney rent gouging cops China ban

The Sydney woman accused of targeting the lucrative international student market for unenforceable fees in the eastern suburbs has been slapped with a travel ban in China amid fresh allegations she ripped off a business partner. In a significant escalation of the business woes of Ashleigh Howe, a 29-year-old alumnus of SCEGGS Darlinghurst, a series…

Wacky South Korean film takes out top prize at Cannes

Click:chinese fan dance props Bong Joon-ho has become the first Korean ever to win the Cannes Film Festival’s Palme d’Or – the top film prize in the world – for his film Parasites, the extravagantly wacky story of a poor family that infiltrates a rich household by taking all their service positions, an employment victory…

Baghdad hands three French citizens the death penalty for joining Islamic State

Amman: Three French members of Islamic State were sentenced to death by a Baghdad court Sunday. Click Here: The three were among 13 French citizens handed over to Iraq in January by the Syrian Democratic Forces, the mainly Kurdish US-ally that led the battle to oust Islamic State from Syria. The sentence sheds some light…

Former Seven executive facing fraud allegations still bookkeeping

Former Seven West Media executive John Fitzgerald is now looking after the accounts of small businesses in Sydney's western suburbs, despite facing multimillion-dollar fraud allegations from the broadcaster which are being investigated by the police. Mr Fitzgerald is listed as the Parramatta franchisee for Shoebox Bookkeeping, a small business accounting and tax advisory service, the…

Meet Richard Marles, the man set to be Labor's next deputy leader

Richard Marles is an avid collector of snow globes. Hundreds of them decorate his parliamentary office in Canberra. Over the past week, the Labor leadership has been thoroughly tipped upside down. And as the dust has settled and the picture made clear again, Marles, 51, has emerged a winner. Later this week, the Victorian MP…

Confessing in public is all the rage, but will it liberate you?

A little over a year ago, former Australian cricket captain Steve Smith made a tearful confession and apology to the public, having been banned from cricket for 12 months for ball tampering. Smith’s confession was expected. As Australian captain, he would take responsibility for the indiscretions of the whole team. Smith’s televised confession and apology,…

Amanda Keller, Waleed Aly and Tom Gleeson finalists for Gold Logie

Television personalities Amanda Keller, Tom Gleeson and Waleed Aly have been announced as finalists for this year's Gold Logie, an award recognising the most popular personality on Australian television. Also nominated for the top gong, awarded next month after a public vote, are actors Rodger Corser and Eve Morey, Gardening Australia host Costa Georgiadis, and Sunrise…