Australian band The Bluesberries have launched a song they recorded with more than 70 musicians in four cities across the world to raise money for people displaced by the Ukraine war. Band members Daniel Fallon (musician and BBC journalist), Paul Beard (composer, producer and keyboardist) and John McMurtrie AM (Australian entrepreneur and musician) began writing…
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Oxfam Warns of Poverty Crisis
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Over a quarter of a billion more people could crash into extreme levels of poverty in 2022 because of COVID-19, rising global inequality and the shock of food price rises supercharged by the war in Ukraine, a new Oxfam briefing reveals. Published ahead of the World Bank and IMF Spring Meetings in Washington DC, First Crisis, Then…
Kyiv Host City for Eurovision 2017
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The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and the National Television Company of Ukraine (NTU) has today revealed that the city chosen to host the 62nd Eurovision Song Contest (ESC) in 2017 is Kyiv. A spokesperson explained that the Ukrainian capital previously hosted the Eurovision Song Contest in 2005 as well as the Junior Eurovision Song Contest…
Norway Condemns Russia’s Continued Occupation of Ukrainian territory
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“It is two years today since Russia’s illegal annexation of Crimea. Norway condemns Russia’s continued occupation and illegal annexation of this part of Ukraine. Russia’s actions constitute a serious violation of international law and a challenge to the international order,” Norway’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Børge Brende commented. The illegal annexation took place after Russian…
Australia finishes 6th at IMO in Thailand
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The 2015 International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO) has concluded this week in Thailand. Australia won two Gold and four Silver medals and came sixth out of 104 teams. This is the best result for Australia in 35 years of competing, the Australian team improved its ranking from 11th last year to 6th position ahead of Taiwan,…