FIFA President Gianni Infantino speaks during the FIFA World Cup 2026 official match schedule announcement in Washington, D.C., on Dec. 6, 2025. Roberto Schmidt/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Roberto Schmidt/AFP via Getty Images FIFA President Gianni Infantino on Monday justified the controversially high ticket prices for the 2026 World Cup by announcing […]
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Australia news live: Tony Burke defends decision not to call royal commission into Bondi attack; Australia records highest number of road deaths since 2010 | Australia news
Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature Update on 12 victims of Bondi terror attack still in hospital NSW Health has provided another update on the 12 victims of the Bondi mass shooting who remain in hospitals in Sydney. Earlier we reported that there had been a worsening […]
Australia news live: Bowen decries Coalition’s ‘disgusting’ partisan ‘pile-on’ after Bondi attack; ABC defends Tingle and Ferguson over coverage | Australia news
Bowen: Sussan Ley’s outburst against Wong was ‘pretty disgusting’ Chris Bowen was asked on ABC RN about Sussan Ley’s quite vocal attack on the government yesterday, particularly the foreign affairs minister, Penny Wong, whom the federal opposition leader claimed “had not shed a single tear” for the victims of the Bondi massacre. You can catch […]
Australia news live: Albanese defends Anika Wells over taxpayer-funded travel expenses; ‘strong and erratic’ winds a challenge for NSW firefighters | Australia news
Albanese defends Anika Wells over reports of taxpayer-funded travel expenses Albanese has also defended a $100k expense for communications minister Anika Wells, a staffer and a public servant to join the prime minister and foreign minister Penny Wong in New York for a United Nations meeting. Anika Wells was doing her job as the communications […]
Minister defends ‘pragmatic’ U-turn on workers’ rights
Paul SeddonPolitical reporter PA Media The education secretary has defended Labour’s U-turn over offering all workers the right to claim unfair dismissal from their first day in a job. Instead, ministers now plan to reduce the qualifying period from the current two years to six months, in line with a deal agreed by some unions […]
Trump defends Steve Witkoff, his key negotiator with Russia : NPR
Steve Witkoff, flanked by President Trump, speaks at the White House on May 28. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Andrew Harnik/Getty Images President Trump is defending Steve Witkoff, his special envoy, after a leaked recording appeared to show him coaching a Russian official on how to better sell Moscow’s terms to end the […]
Wes Streeting defends asylum system shake-up despite his unease | Immigration and asylum
Wes Streeting has admitted he is not comfortable with forcibly deporting families under the home secretary’s migration plans, while maintaining it is still the right thing to do. The health secretary said he thought the number of forced removals would be low under the proposed model, which is similar to Denmark’s, because there would be […]