The Trump administration has halted all asylum decisions and paused issuing visas for people traveling on Afghan passports days after a shooting near the White House that left one National Guard membe...

Vaccine experts said the memo was irresponsible and omits key details about how officials arrived at the conclusion.

The US author and orator on leaf blowers and Labubus, the weirdest thing she has done for love and struggling with contemporary novels I would like to ask your opinion on five things. First of all, leaf blowers. A horrible, horrible invention. I didn’t even know about them until like 20 years ago when I rented a house in the country. I was shocked! I live in New York City, we don’t have leaf problems. We have every other kind of problem. When I was a kid, we had leaf raking. Which is quiet. Leaf blowers are the stupidest thing I’ve ever seen. First of all, they are incredibly noisy. And second of all, 10 minutes after you use it, that big leaf blower in the sky blows them all back. It’s a very stupid invention. Continue reading...

Exclusive: Experts raise concern as Queensland’s Domestic and Family Violence Death Review and Advisory Board turns focus to historical, rather than recent, data * Read more from Guardian Australia’s two-year investigation here The Queensland advisory board tasked with reviewing domestic and family violence deaths has quietly stopped routinely analysing new cases, and has not looked into most of the latest deaths for more than two years. Guardian Australia’s Broken trust investigation has uncovered evidence and allegations that raise concern about the way the coronial system investigates women’s deaths and the accuracy of Queensland’s DFV statistics. Continue reading...

Destruction wrought by pig-borne disease is thining the canopy of bunya pine forests and the problem is getting worse, experts say * Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast High up in an ancient conifer rainforest, at what was once the largest Indigenous gathering place in eastern Australia, there is sunlight where there shouldn’t be. Among the eponymous pine trees of the Bunya Mountains, in south-east Queensland, a deadly disease has taken root. Walking through the forest, Adrian Bauwens, a Wakka Wakka man, says pockets of sunlight have replaced what is “usually quite a dense canopy where’s it’s quite heavily shaded”. Continue reading...

Despite populist complaints, conservative governments have allowed immigration to rise, but Labor also ‘walks both sides of the street’ The Coalition is expected in coming weeks to reveal the broad outlines of a policy platform centred around deep cuts to migrant numbers. But which numbers are they talking about? Are they talking about net overseas migration? Or are they worried about the visa programs? If so, is it the permanent stream or the temporary? Continue reading...

Slovenia is passing a law to stuff voters’ stockings before an election in March — but not everyone is feeling merry

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has stated that a candidate for the post of Minister of Justice has been found and that he is awaiting a shortlist of candidates for the position of Minister of...

I'm getting married again next year but that won't erase my widowhood. I say 'yes' more now and choosing love is the best way to honor my first spouse.

Bernie Sanders has historically received significant support among Utah Democrats. The U.S. senator now has a favorite in the race for Utah’s new blue-leaning congressional district.

Putin signs decree formalizing Russification of occupied Ukraine through 2036, setting 95% "Russian identity" targets for four oblasts.

Indulging all assumptions in favor of the administration’s boat strikes, killing helpless men is murder