900 primary schools and up to 150,000 pupils will benefit from the extended School Meals Programme, starting today
Inflation rose by 3.5 per cent in year to March - up from 3.4 per cent in February. Petrol prices surged by 8.1 per cent over the year as Israel fights hostile attacks. Westpac bank now expecting Reserve Bank to delay interest rates cuts in 2024. READ MORE:
Most Massachusetts small businesses have at least one open job and say it's been at least somewhat difficult to hire to fill those positions, the latest edition of a survey that's taken the small business community's temperature regularly the last four years.
Warm weather may cause the impeller in some Genesis's fuel pumps to swell, which could cause the engine to stall
Perhaps the most striking thing about Monday’s opening of former President Donald Trump’s criminal trial was the juxtaposition between the extraordinary and the humdrum, with the judge and jury going through all the usual motions that I have seen hundreds of times – but doing them with a former president in the dock for the first time ever. Tuesday morning, however, will be something I have never seen before in my three decades of criminal law practice. After court comes into session at 9:30...
Something seems to be terribly wrong with our foster care system. Several children have died in past few years while they were supposed to be taken care of. And now comes a $750,000 lawsuit being settled by the state (“State to pay $750,000 in foster abuse case,” Star-Advertiser, April 16).
Anthony Albanese remains the preferred prime minister over opposition leader Peter Dutton after two new polls found the major parties are running neck and neck ahead of the May budget.
A council said "mindless" damage to public toilets would cost thousands of
Toshiba Corp is considering cutting thousands of workers in Japan as part of efforts to reduce costs and improve business efficiency, sources familiar with the matter said Wednesday. The job cuts, mainly targeting the company's back-office departments, are expected to be included in its business strategy due to be announced
Retail vacancy is increasing in the Netherlands’ 40 largest city centers. In the first quarter, 2,500 stores stood empty, 8.3 percent of the total. Many have been empty for over a year, according to a report by Colliers. Shops are buckling under rising costs and coronavirus debts that are coming due, the real estate adviser said.
A woman has taken to the internet for advice after an unexpectedly harsh disagreement with her boyfriend. The story, which has since been deleted from Reddit's anonymous AITA ("Am I the A--hole") forum, detailed life with her legally blind boyfriend and how the differences in their needs, and looking ahead have led to conflict. While OP (a.k.a. the "original poster") agonized over if she was being selfish -- in light of her partner's disability -- readers of the post recognized a...
Devastating flooding has struck east Africa, with extreme rainfall wreaking havoc across several countries. Recent weeks have seen dozens of deaths in the region related to torrential rainfall, which is set to peak in the coming days. The situation has worsened so much that last week, Burundi - one of the world's poorest countries - called for international help to try and grapple with the floods. In Kenya's capital, Nairobi, once busy streets were turned into rivers. 35 people have died since...