The City of Marion has backflipped on a decision to evict the Cove Cobras Football Club from its Hallett Cove premises over sexual harassment and intimidation allegations. The council will instead renegotiate the club’s lease with strict conditions to improve club culture. The decision follows a campaign to stay from long-time Cobras members and comes just nine days before the ...

Australia has been caught up in a sharp downturn being forecast for the global economy as headwinds from the US-China trade war and Brexit tensions bite into growth. The International Monetary Fund is predicting a “synchronised slowdown” with global growth in 2019 downgraded once again to 3 per cent — noting a “serious climbdown” from 3.8 percent in 2017. The ...

And in Algeria, public and private institutions struggle to stay afloat while Iraq fears the consequences of Turkey’s offensiveEgypt’s state prosecution has decided to release 500 defendants accused of protesting against the government in recent weeks, according to the London-based newspaper Egyptian security services have arrested more than 3,300 people, including academics, lawyers and journalists, since protests kicked off on 20 September ...

President Donald Trump threatened on Saturday night to sue top congressional Democrats Rep. Adam Schiff and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi amid the House impeachment inquiry into the President. Trump, who has a long track record of calling for lawsuits against his critics and not following through, said, “We’re going to take a look at it. We’re going after these people. ...

Australia has blown a five-goal lead to lose 53-52 to world champions New Zealand in the first Test of netball’s Constellation Cup in Christchurch. A dominant third quarter put the Diamonds ahead 44-39, but a series of errors quickly evaporated their advantage. The match was the first between the teams since July’s World Cup final in England, when the Silver ...

Shadow home affairs minister says window of opportunity closing after Turkish invasion of Kurdish areas led to warnings of breakouts at Isis camps Kristina Keneally has warned the window to bring home Australians held in prisons and camps in northern Syria is closing, arguing the government has a moral duty to repatriate women and children taken to formerly Islamic State-controlled ...

New survey finds almost 80% support CEOs having a say, but more than half believe when they do, it is out of self-interest Australians overwhelmingly support business leaders speaking out on social and political issues, according to a new survey that conflicts with government efforts to paint such efforts as corporate kowtowing to “noisy elites”. However, the new survey, from ...

A U.S. destroyer docked at the Beirut Port early Saturday, being the first U.S. warship to do so in more than 30 years. The USS Ramage is a guided-missile destroyer, according to the U.S. Navy and is an Arleigh-Burke ship. Sources familiar with the move say this has been in the works for some time. LBCI quoted the U.S. Ambassador ...

The latest drone strikes on Saudi Arabian oil-production facilities likely would have a limited direct effect on the U.S. economy, but could result in higher gas prices, potentially exerting an additional drag on slowing global growth, economists say. While the total impact of the Saturday attacks remains unknown, analysts say the U.S. economy is very different than it was in ...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s last-minute vow to annex the Jordan Valley if re-elected next week has sparked Arab condemnation and injected the Palestinians into a political campaign that had almost entirely ignored them. Netanyahu has made similar promises before but hasn’t followed through. His current pledge to annex the Jordanian Valley was widely regarded at home as a campaign ...