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Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Friday appointed a woman to head a major Australian spy agency for the first time. Rachel Noble will become next director-general of the Australian Signals Directorate (ASD), which intercepts electronic communications from foreign countries. "Her appointment to this leadership role is a significant step forward for women in the national…

Becoming an artist was the gamble of a lifetime for Pablo Picasso, who in the early days poverty and obscurity was forced to burn his own paintings just to stay warm. But the Spanish genius rose from provincial penury to be the doyen of the Parisian art world, and ultimately harnessed his talent and international fame…

Click:日本大学大学院のおすすめとランキング The offices of the two main political parties in Lebanon were set ablaze on Sunday, as anti-government protesters clashed with police in Beirut. In the town of Kharibet al-Jindi, an office for former prime minister Saad Hariri was burned and the windows broken. And in Jedidat al-Juma, an office for Lebanon’s largest party in parliament…

Support for Donald Trump’s impeachment has increased over the past month according to the latest opinion polls as Democrats accused Republican senators of violating their oath of office by pledging to work for the president’s acquittal. The Democrat-controlled House of Representative is expected to vote to send Mr Trump for trial in the Senate this…

Police said they are hunting Imran Khan’s nephew after he took part in a lawyers’ protest against hospital doctors in Pakistan which saw three patients die after medical staff fled the violence. Hassan Niazi was one of around 250 black suited-lawyers in a protest that descended into a rampage through the cardiac hospital in Lahore. Government…

A famous Belgian carnival has been struck off Unesco’s cultural heritage list after complaints of blatant anti-Semitism, including a float depicting Jews with hooked noses sitting atop piles of money.  In an unprecedented move, the global culture agency struck the Aalst carnival from the Intangible Cultural Heritage list, the first time a cultural tradition has…

It was a classic piece of showmanship. On a chilly night in Ravenna, a town in northern Italy renowned for its Byzantine mosaics, Matteo Salvini was warming up the crowd like a late-night comedian. As the leader of the Italian opposition paced the stage with a microphone in his hand, a woman piped up and…

Finland made a rare appearance in headlines this week after after a female-led coalition took power under the leadership of Sanna Marin, who at 34 is the world’s youngest prime minister.  But one of those new ministers is already in trouble after posting an Instagram poll asking whether Finland should take back the wives of…

Protests have renewed with fresh momentum in Algeria as a former prime minister has been elected as president, despite over ten months of anti-government demonstrations to force the old political elite out.  Thousands took to the streets with fresh vigour after around 60 per cent of the country boycotted the election.  The North African country…

The US Supreme Court will hear three cases next year over the release of President Trump’s tax records, meaning the court will be making high-profile decisions on some of Mr Trump’s closely-held secrets in the middle of the 2020 presidential campaign. Mr Trump has been seeking to block access to his tax returns and other…