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Scott Morrison has revealed Tony Abbott offered him the jobs of treasurer and deputy Liberal leader hours before Malcolm Turnbull toppled the former prime minister. In a heated interview with 2GB broadcaster Ray Hadley on Friday, the cabinet minister also said he warned Mr Abbott's office a week ago.... |
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ATHENS — Eight months after sweeping into office on an anti-austerity pledge, Greece's populist Syriza party seeks a new mandate from voters Sunday, even though it reneged on the promise that got it elected. Polls show Syriza — led by former prime minister Alexis Tsipras, 41 — and the center-right.... |
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BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Romanian prosecutors on Thursday formally indicted Prime Minister Victor Ponta on corruption charges, including tax evasion and money-laundering, and said he will be tried by the country's top court. Ponta will not be arrested, Livia Sapalcan, the spokeswoman for the.... |
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The death toll rose to at least eight Thursday after a magnitude-8.3 earthquake rocked the northern coast of Chile, triggering tsunami advisories as far away as Hawaii and Southern California. A million people were evacuated from coastal Chilean towns as the quake and violent aftershocks destroyed.... |
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When Pope Francis steps into Revolution Square in Havana on Sunday morning to lead an outdoor Mass, he’ll surely be cheered by multitudes of jubilant Cubans. The millions watching around the globe may wonder which version of the pontiff will show up: The Great Reformer who candidly challenges the.... |
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Raw: Residents sift through Chilean quake damage. Several adobe houses collapsed in the Chilean inland city of Illapel, about 175 miles north of Santiago following a magnitude-8.3 earthquake that hit off the country's northern coast on Wednesday. (Sept. |
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Is Croatia the answer for refugees stranded in Serbia? For refugees stuck at the border between Hungary and Serbia, it looks like Croatia, and then Slovenia, may be an option to enter Europe. Video provided by Newsy.
Is Croatia the answer for refugees stranded in Serbia? For refugees stuck at the.... |
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Kerry: Moscow proposed military-to talks on Syria. US Secretary of State John Kerry said Wednesday that Russia has proposed holding "military-to-military" talks on Syria, amid US concern about Moscow's continued build-up of equipment in the war-ravaged nation. |
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Summer sizzles to hottest on record worldwide The months of June, July and August, or meteorological summer, were the planet's hottest on record. This year remains on track to beat the hottest year on the books worldwide, crushing 136 years of records. Check out this story on USATODAY.com: http://usat. |
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Pope Francis wants you to turn off the A/C. That’s one of the implications of Francis’ extraordinary recent statement about the environment, which firmly blames humans for global warming and laments the impact of technology and capitalism on what the pope calls “sister Earth.” Released shortly before the pope’s U. |