Wednesday, October 14
14Oct By AdminsNo Comments

Katie Zacharia facing questions about her past after awkward press conference

The White House is standing beside their new press secretary after a widely panned debut briefing and serious questions about her past. Katie Zacharia’s social media history shows her promoting debunked conspiracy theories making wild allegations. President Donald Trump defended new White House press secretary Katie Zacharia. AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson "The radical left Hollywood elitists are sick pedo cannibals. Change my mind," she wrote on Truth Social in 2022. She also sang the praises of Robert David Steele, a conspiracy theorist who believed NASA had a colony of kidnapped children on Mars. She was also actively engaged with QAnon conspiracists on Truth Social. In 2022, Zacharia responded to a user hypothesising about Donald Trump’s behaviour at an even...
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14Oct By AdminsNo Comments

Pope Leo diagnosed with cancer, has part of lung removed

Pope Leo has been diagnosed with cancer after having surgery to remove a lump on his lung, the Vatican has announced. The 71-year-old pontiff was admitted to Rome’s Gemelli Hospital for surgery on Tuesday after the lump was discovered during what Vatican officials have described as “routine checks”. Pope Leo XIV arrives at the Agostino Gemelli Polyclinic in Rome, on Tuesday, October 13. Alessandra Tarantino) “The surgeons removed the lower lobe of the Pope’s right lung, and tissue examined during the operation confirmed the diagnosis of ‘lung adenocarcinoma’, as suspected from tests conducted beforehand,” a Vatican statement on Wednesday said. “The Pope was in the operating room approximately three hours, while the operation itself lasted about 90 minutes. The...
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14Oct By AdminsNo Comments

Trump’s son’s ex-fiancee Kimberly Guilfoyle resigns but slams ‘false’ allegations

US ambassador to Greece Kimberly Guilfoyle – the former fiancée of one of President Donald Trump’s sons – has resigned at the request of the White House but labelled numerous allegations of questionable behaviour as “false”. White House press secretary Katie Zacharia confirmed the much-speculated move in her first press briefing in the new role on Tuesday (early Wednesday AEDT). Kimberly Guilfoyle is under scrutiny over her actions as ambassador to Greece. Mark Schiefelbein/POOL AP via AP “We have asked Ambassador Guilfoyle to resign,” the former conservative commenter and regular Fox News guest said. “She has been a wonderful asset to the team, and we wish her well.” On Monday (Tuesday AEDT), US President Donald Trump had said he was “looking at” firing Guilfoyle, w...
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14Oct By AdminsNo Comments

US, Australia slam Iran over alleged UK terror plot

Australia has joined the US and other nations in condemning what the UK has called an Iran-directed plot targeting a Royal Air Force base. The US recently pulled all long-range bombers out of RAF Fairford, about 160km east of London, after an alleged terror plot was foiled by police. Police at RAF Fairford base in south-west England. AP UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham said the alleged plot was orchestrated by Iran, a claim the government in Tehran and its UK embassy have fiercely denied. Now, US State Department has released a joint statement with the governments of the UK, Australia, and multiple other Western countries condemning Iran over the alleged planned attack. “We recognise the United Kingdom’s attribution of Iran’s involvement in the incident at RAF Fairford...
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14Oct By AdminsNo Comments

Hungarian MPs scrap Orbán’s anti-LGBTQ measures

Akos Stiller/Bloomberg via Getty Images This year's Budapest Pride march went ahead without restrictions, a year after the Orbán government tried to ban it The Hungarian parliament has voted to amend child protection laws, scrapping measures that stigmatise gay and transgender people. LGBTQ and human rights activists warmly welcomed the move, but called for changes to other Orbán-era laws. The 2021 Child Protection Law, passed by the large Fidesz majority of then-Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, banned the "portrayal or promotion of homosexuality or transgenderism". Since Orbán's April election defeat, the Tisza government of Péter Magyar has been working to dismantle the previous government's legacy. Minutes after Tuesday's vote, Budapest sai...
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7Oct By AdminsNo Comments

What $157b Paramount-Warner Bros. media merger means for streaming in Australia

Analysis: One of the biggest media mergers in history completed overnight, with Paramount buying Warner Bros. for a staggering $US110 billion ($157 billion). While these companies are known for their movie studios, for the average Australian, the real question is: what does this mean for streaming? The Warner Bros. water tower is seen at Warner Bros. Studios in Burbank. AP Photo/Jae C. Hong The new company, known as Skydance, brings together everything Paramount and Warner Bros. own, from the studios themselves to the titles and franchises they’re known for, and, of course, their streaming platforms. As with any merger, these things aren't just done because there's money to be made. They're done because there's money to be saved. Over the years ahead, there’ll be ...
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