“All parties in the Duma, every single one, voted in favour of 170 laws to support the special military operation,” Communist Party leader Gennady Zyuganov told me with obvious pride about the last parliament. “In that sense there is 100% agreement in the Duma.” I caught up with Zyuganov on the campaign trail outside Moscow
International students, so-called “visa hoppers” and backpackers will be targeted under stricter rules announced by Australia on Thursday in a bid to curb immigration. Foreign students will no longer be able to bring their families with them and those who want to extend their stay must choose a higher qualification. Rules will also be stricter
September 17, 2026 — 2:30pm Save You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. AAA Socialite Venus Behbahani-Clark has lost her court bid for ownership of a Toorak townhouse owned by her sister’s billionaire partner Alex Waislitz, bringing to an end a messy, years-long legal
Rex Martinich September 17, 2026 — 1:34pm Save You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. AAA A boy accused of murdering a young man in a group attack at a party has had his case heard in court for the first time. The Inala
Studio, Opera House, September 16. Until September 19 In the most true-blue modern dance biography you’ll ever read, Lewis Major describes himself as an enterprising sheep shearer-turned-award-winning-choreographer. “He is the only dance artist he’s ever heard of,” his biography quips, “who can reverse parallel park a tractor”. I was slightly crestfallen that there were no
A two Michelin-starred restaurant in Seoul has been fined for using ants as a dessert garnish. The owner of Evett in the South Korean capital was fined 15 million won (£8,144; $10,965), while the company operating the restaurant was fined 10 million won for violating the Food Sanitation Act, local media report. Ants are not
