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Mike Baird proved to be the Liberal Party's most potent fundraising weapon during the last state election with functions attended by the Premier routinely raising tens of thousands of dollars for the party and helping to give the Liberals a big advantage in last March's poll. |
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Nico Rosberg wrapped up the Formula One season on a winning high in Abu Dhabi yesterday with team-mate and triple world champion Lewis Hamilton second in a record 12th one-two finish of the year for dominant Mercedes. The German’s third win in a row, from a sixth successive pole position, dashed.... |
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"Ain't it funny, rumours fly / And I know you heard about me / So hey, let's be friends / I'm dying to see how this one ends…"
Let the healing begin! You've probably read the excellent first instalment in this week's series "Shirtfronted" by m'colleague Peter Hartcher which examines the.... |
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Good morning! Here are ten things you need to know this morning. 1. Top Igbo socio-cultural organization, the Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Sunday, asked the Federal Government to released detained Radio Biafra Director, Nnamdi Kanu without delay. The Igbo group said only such action would end the increasing.... |
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Mike Baird proved to be the Liberal Party's most potent fundraising weapon during the last state election with functions attended by the Premier routinely raising tens of thousands of dollars for the party and helping to give the Liberals a big advantage in last March's poll. |
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Pope Francis on Sunday made a highly symbolic gesture by opening a "Holy Door" at Bangui Cathedral in the Central African Republic ahead of the start of a Catholic Jubilee Year, marking forgiveness and reconciliation, reports. AFP "Open for us the gate of your mercy," the 78-year-old pope prayed before opening the door. |
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Pope Francis has declared Bangui the "spiritual capital of the world" as he opened his Jubilee Year of Mercy early and in Africa to give the conflict-wracked Central African Republic a special spiritual boost. Francis's big holy year was supposed to have started in St. Peter's Basilica on Dec. |
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"Ain't it funny, rumours fly / And I know you heard about me / So hey, let's be friends / I'm dying to see how this one ends…"
Let the healing begin! You've probably read the excellent first instalment in this week's series "Shirtfronted" by m'colleague Peter Hartcher which examines the.... |
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In 1966, the former British colony of Barbados became independent. In 1982, the Michael Jackson album "Thriller" was released by Epic Records. The motion picture "Gandhi," starring Ben Kingsley as the Indian nationalist leader, had its world premiere in New Delhi. |
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Abu Dhabi: Nico Rosberg wrapped up the Formula One season on a winning high in Abu Dhabi with team mate and triple world champion Lewis Hamilton second in a record 12th one-two finish of the year for dominant Mercedes. The German's third win in a row, from a sixth successive pole position, dashed.... |
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Associated Press. On this date in: 1782: The U.S. and Britain sign preliminary peace articles in Paris, ending the Revolutionary War. 1803: Spain completes the process of ceding Louisiana to France, which had sold it to the U.S. 1835: Samuel Langhorne Clemens – better known as Mark Twain – is born in Florida, Mo. |
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