MUSLIM activist Yassmin Abdel-Magied has called on her followers to join a social media campaign to tweet a new statement on Anzac Day, which is sure to raise eyebrows. Ms Abdel-Magied has endorsed a former GetUp! director’s call on Twitter for thousands of people to tweet “Lest we forget (Manus)” on Anzac Day next Wednesday. Incoming Change.org national director Sally… Read more »
China’s military issued “robust” challenges to three Australian warships as they travelled through the South China Sea to Vietnam earlier this month, the ABC reports. Defence sources said the confrontations between HMAS Anzac, HMAS Toowoomba and HMAS Success and the People’s Liberation Army occurred ahead of the Australian vessels’ arrival for a three-day goodwill visit in Ho Chi Minh City. One… Read more »
South Korea’s disgraced former president Park Geun-hye was jailed for 24 years Friday for corruption, closing out a dramatic fall from grace for the country’s first woman leader who became a figure of public fury and ridicule. The sentence followed a trial lasting more than 10 months which ended with Park being found guilty on multiple criminal charges, including bribery and abuse of power…. Read more »