Illustration: Andrew DysonCredit: To submit a letter to The Age, email [email protected]. Please include your home address and telephone number. PARLIAMENTARY QUOTAS The call for quotas in the selection of Liberal politicians as a solution to the appalling culture in the Federal Parliament (“Shift on quotas for women,” The Age, 24/3) fails to place the responsibility for the behavioural change […]

A STATUE created in your likeness should be a great honour – but sometimes the results can be a little jarring. The rogues gallery of unfortunate statues gained a new entrant this month when the University of Winchester announced a new £24,000 sculpture of activist Greta Thunberg. Puzzled locals have asked why Ms Thunberg was chosen as the Swedish teen […]

Britain bounces back from Covid as PMI shows fastest growth since August amid vaccine rollout – smashing expectations of economists PMI figures show fastest growth since August as UK recovers from coronavirus Growing optimism about prospects following the fast vaccine rollout in Britain The PMI level was far higher than economists had expected but from low base  Britain looks to […]

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For many in Colorado, hearing the news Monday of 10 people being shot dead at a Boulder grocery was a tragic, but familiar headline. Colorado, a state where open carry is legal, has suffered through some of the most deadly mass shootings in American history, including the 1999 Columbine shooting and the Aurora theater attack in 2012, which have fundamentally […]

Travel agency TUI to close 48 more high street stores after government announces travellers will face a £5,000 fine for going abroad on holiday without ‘reasonable excuse’ Holiday giant TUI announced it will be closing 48 retail stores across the UK  Comes after the tour operator announced 166 shops were to close in July 2020  All 273 employees from the […]

BAGHDAD — Iraq has sent a formal request to President Joe Biden’s administration for a date to resume strategic talks on bilateral relations and the withdrawal of remaining U.S. combat forces, Iraqi officials said Tuesday. The talks, which began in June under the Trump administration, would be the first under Biden, who assumed office in January. The discussions are meant […]

A TODDLER has died after his stepfather sexually abused him and covered his body in bruises and cigarette burns, it has been alleged. Horrified medics found two-year-old Thiago had been tortured after stepdad Ariel Farias, 28 and mum Pamela Palacios, 27, took him to the hospital claiming he had choked on his dinner. Thiago, who had cigarettes stubbed out on […]

Euston tunnel protests and Covid pandemic have contributed to HS2’s £98billion budget increasing by £800m, minister says HS2 rail project is facing ‘potential cost pressures’ of £800million, minister says Government report blames Euston protesters and effects of Covid pandemic Scheme is criticised by environmentalists as ‘expensive and destructive’ Its supporters say HS2 will link London with Birmingham and rebalance economy […]