World

December, 2021

• 20 December

  Melbourne mother shocked by Nazi swastika etched into pavement of popular park

  

  A mother walking with her two-year-old son was confronted with a “cowardly” piece of graffiti at a popular Melbourne park. The Jewish woman, aged in her 40s, was walking through Harleston Park in Elsternwick with her two-year-old son when she saw a Nazi swastika etched into the pavement.
• 20 December

  UPDATE 4-New U.S. push for vaccines, boosters to stem 'raging' Omicron

  U.S. health officials urged Americans on Sunday to get booster shots, wear masks and be careful if they travel over the winter holidays, with the Omicron variant raging across the world and likely to take over as the dominant strain in the United States.
• 20 December

  UPDATE 4-New U.S. push for vaccines, boosters to stem 'raging' Omicron

  U.S. health officials urged Americans on Sunday to get booster shots, wear masks and be careful if they travel over the winter holidays, with the Omicron variant raging across the world and likely to take over as the dominant strain in the United States.
• 20 December

  An alternative for returned sailors in Ballina

  Ballina's Allan Watt is looking for new members to join the Northern Rivers Naval & Mariners Association, a social group with an emphasis on getting together rather than protocols and pokies.
• 20 December

  An alternative for returned sailors in Ballina

  Ballina's Allan Watt is looking for new members to join the Northern Rivers Naval & Mariners Association, a social group with an emphasis on getting together rather than protocols and pokies.
• 20 December

  Shooting spike cancels US Christmas parade

  

  A Mississippi town has cancelled its annual Christmas parade because of an increase in shootings. "They're shooting like 30 or 40 rounds at one time. That's
• 20 December

  Shooting spike cancels US Christmas parade

  

  A Mississippi town has cancelled its annual Christmas parade because of an increase in shootings. "They're shooting like 30 or 40 rounds at one time. That's
• 20 December

  Israel detects bird flu outbreak near Lebanese border

  Israel has detected an outbreak of the pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza at a northern chicken farm, the state's Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development said in a statement on Sunday. The bird flu has spread in egg-laying hen coops in the village of Margaliot near the Lebanese border,
• 20 December

  Israel detects bird flu outbreak near Lebanese border

  Israel has detected an outbreak of the pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza at a northern chicken farm, the state's Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development said in a statement on Sunday. The bird flu has spread in egg-laying hen coops in the village of Margaliot near the Lebanese border,
• 20 December

  Philippines Super Typhoon Rai death toll surges

  At least 169 people are now known to have died after a powerful storm struck the Philippines on Thursday, police are quoted as saying by local media.