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Retiring former Victorian Police Minister Lisa Neville says she has no regrets about the decisions the government made regarding the COVID-19 pandemic in the state.Ms Neville told Sky News Australia, “I feel confident that … every decision we took, we took seriously, and we did challenge each other.”“So, I feel like we made the best decisions we could with the information that we had and with the advice that we had … no one had been through a pandemic like that in their lifetime before. “I am very confident that the process and the way we made those decisions was…

Cabin crew from budget airlines Ryanair and Vueling will strike across Italy on 1 October.Cancellations and disruptions are possible as pilots and flight attendants walk off the job to demand higher pay and better working conditions.The industrial action – coordinated by the Italian Filt Cgil and Uiltrasporti unions – is also a protest against the recent redundancies of 17 Vueling flight attendants based in Rome.Ryanair staff will hold a 24-hour walkout, while Vueling staff will strike for a total of four hours, from 1pm to 5pm.Why are Italian airline staff striking?Vueling and Ryanair staff are striking to demand better working…

The Rasmus Hojgaard express continued its impressive progress at the Open de France, but Patrick Reed will not be around for the weekend after missing the cut at Le Golf National.Hojgaard equalled the course record to take the lead on Thursday, and continued the charge to set the 36-hole record at the Paris venue.The Dane made seven birdies and one bogey in his round of 65, to sit at 15-under after two rounds – six shots clear of the field.Cazoo Open de FranceBizarre moment Pieters duffs putt at Open de France, gets to replace ball5 HOURS AGOBacking up a brilliant…

Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjártó met with Russia’s Sergei Lavrov on Thursday hours after an EU official said member states had an understanding not to meet with Russian officials as it “doesn’t make much sense”.Szijjártó justified his meeting with his Russian counterpart in New York on the sidelines of the United Nations’ General Assembly by writing in a Facebook post that “peace requires negotiation, negotiation requires dialogue!”In an accompanying video, he said he asked Lavrov whether he had met with other EU foreign ministers while in New York and had been told it wasn’t the case. “Of course, it may be…

One woman died in a central neighbourhood in Mexico City when she fell down the stairs of her home during the shaking.A powerful 6.8 magnitude earthquake has struck Mexico, killing at least two people in the nation’s capital, causing damage to buildings and setting off landslides. The earthquake struck shortly after 1am (06:00 GMT) on Thursday, just three days after a 7.6 magnitude quake shook western and central Mexico, killing two people. Mexico City Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum said on Twitter that two people died — a woman who fell down the stairs of her home and a man who had…

The City of London has given Ark Aid Street Mission until next month to cease services or seek a zoning amendment for its community drop-in space at the First Baptist Church, where the agency serves hundreds in the homeless community daily. While the deadline was originally set for Oct. 4, an official with Ark Aid told Global News on Friday afternoon that following an additional conversation with the city, the organization had been granted an extended deadline of Oct. 20.Ark Aid moved its services to the First Baptist Church in May following a fire that broke out at its Dundas Street…

The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria has secured $14.25bn in crucial new funding, after decades of progress against the diseases was derailed by the COVID-19 pandemic. United States President Joe Biden, who hosted the conference in New York City on the sidelines of the annual high-level meeting of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), said the funding — the highest amount ever pledged for a multilateral health organisation — is crucial to combating the diseases. “This is an investment that will save another 20 million lives, reduce mortality from these diseases another 64 percent in the next…

The hunt for a host continues. Chris Rock turned down an offer to host the 2023 Golden Globe Awards when they return to NBC in January, multiple outlets report. According to The Puck, the comedian, 57, was offered a “s—t load” of money to host the award ceremony’s return to live television, but Rock decided against it. NBC Universal’s producers are now looking for a new name to emcee the 80th Golden Globes ahead of its Tuesday, January 10, airing on NBC and Peacock. The 2023 ceremony will mark a return to form for the Hollywood Foreign Press Association after…

The high-stakes legal dispute — which included the appearance of three attorneys representing Trump at the Washington, DC, federal courthouse on Thursday afternoon — is the most aggressive step taken by the former President to assert executive and attorney-client privileges in order to prevent some witnesses from sharing information in the criminal investigation events surrounding January 6, 2021. The court fight over privilege, which has not been previously reported and is under seal, is a turning point for Trump’s post-presidency legal woes.How the fight is resolved could determine whether prosecutors can tear down the firewall Trump has tried to keep…

A Los Angeles television station parted with a popular anchorman after he went on air to criticize management’s handling of a colleague’s departure, officials said Friday.Mark Mester will not be in the anchor chair when KTLA’s “Weekend Morning News” airs on Saturday, one week after he appeared to go off-script to rip the station for not staging a more grand goodbye to his longtime co-anchor Lynette Romero.”Mark Mester is no longer employed by KTLA,” according to a statement Friday by Irving, Texas-based Nexstar Media Group Inc., which owns CW affiliate Channel 5 in Southern California. “As this is a personnel…