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There’s a workshop on the edge of Kings Park. It may be small, but the work done inside plays a massive part in keeping alive the memory of fallen Diggers through generations.

BANGKOK: A Thai court decided on Friday (Apr 24) to hear a case against 10 MPs, including the leader of the largest opposition party, for trying to reform the royal insult law, but refrained from suspending them.The progressive People’s Party, led by Natthaphong Ruengpanyawut, came second in February’s general election.An earlier iteration of the organisation had put forward draft legislation to amend the strict lese-majeste law.The National Anti-Corruption Commission referred their actions to the Supreme Court, alleging a potential breach of ethics. The court said on Friday it accepted the case, but decided not to exercise its power to immediately…

UN report says Hezbollah rocket attacks on Israel may have breached international humanitarian law.Published On 24 Apr 202624 Apr 2026Recent deadly Israeli attacks on Lebanon and Hezbollah rocket fire into Israel may amount to serious violations of international humanitarian law, the United Nations human rights office (OHCHR) says.The findings come from a UN report released on Friday, focusing on the first three weeks of the latest escalation between Israel and Hezbollah, which began on March 2. Hezbollah fighters launched rockets at Israel in response to the US-Israeli attacks on Iran, prompting a large‑scale military offensive from Israel.Recommended Stories list of…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The Department of Justice joined forces with Elon Musk on Friday by backing a lawsuit his company xAI brought against Colorado alleging a state law regulating artificial intelligence developers was a masked effort to force them to adopt diversity, equity and inclusion on their platforms.DOJ Civil Rights Division head Harmeet Dhillon said DOJ’s intervention was the department’s first constitutional challenge in an AI case. Colorado faces allegations from the DOJ and xAI that its state law, set to take effect in June, violates the First and Fourteenth amendments by forcing AI developers to…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A massive fire engulfed a historic New York church on Thursday, as bright orange flames moved through the building and firefighters battled to extinguish the inferno.The five-alarm blaze initially began at a residence attached to the First Reformed Church of Astoria in Queens around 6:45 p.m., the New York City Fire Department (FDNY) said.Responding units spotted the fire in a vacant two-story rectory before it rapidly extended to the church, the FDNY said.”While operating on the exterior, a portion of the roof started collapsing, walls collapsed, and some bricks hit one of…

Descrease article font size Increase article font size The town of Peace River has cancelled the evacuation alert issued Thursday due to the threat of a flash flood caused by ice jams on the Peace, Heart and Smoky rivers. In an update online Friday morning, the town said water flows in the Heart River, which runs through the community, have decreased.While the town said there is no longer an imminent risk of flooding, there is still a risk of ice jams forming within the boundaries of the town and residents of the community are being advised to be prepared for…

For many old Diggers there can be pain as well as pride when marching in an Anzac Day parade.“It took me many years to do so when I returned home (from war), because what I was trying to do was to move on, and marching in a parade wasn’t helping me move on,” confided Tony Carter, 78.He was among more 15,000 young Australian conscripts whose birthdates were plucked from a barrel — the so-called “lottery of death” — and sent overseas to fight the Viet Cong in steaming hot jungles, paddy fields and highlands of Vietnam.What they experienced left deep…

JAKARTA: Indonesia has no plan to impose tolls on ships passing through the Malacca Strait, its finance minister said on Friday (Apr 24), after his comments about monetising the strategic sea route made waves earlier this week.Purbaya Yudhi Sadewa reiterated a clarification made by the country’s foreign minister on Thursday that Southeast Asia’s largest economy would not impose tariffs in the Malacca Strait.Purbaya told a press conference that Indonesia would abide by the UN Convention on the Law of the ​Seas, which ⁠outlines rules that govern waterways used for international ​navigation.On Wednesday, Purbaya caused a stir by openly musing about…

Carlos Alcaraz lost world number one spot to Jannik Sinner following the Monte Carlos Open and now misses Roland Garros.Published On 24 Apr 202624 Apr 2026Reigning two-time French Open champion Carlos Alcaraz has said he will not play at this year’s tournament as he recovers from a wrist injury.The Spaniard said on Friday that the call to shut down his clay season was made after he received the results of tests on his right wrist, also ruling him out of the Italian Open.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of list“We have decided that the most prudent thing to do is…

The Justice Department announced on Friday that it would reimplement lethal injection and firing squads as part of the Trump administration’s efforts to “strengthen” the federal death penalty. “Among the actions taken are readopting the lethal injection protocol utilized during the first Trump Administration, expanding the protocol to include additional manners of execution such as the firing squad, and streamlining internal processes to expedite death penalty cases,” the Justice Department said in a press release. The department went on to say these measures would be “critical to deterring the most barbaric crimes, delivering justice for victims, and providing long-overdue closure to surviving…