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Australia has increased the minimum savings requirement for student and guardian student visas, the Department of Home Affairs has said.International students wishing to obtain an Australian visa must have at least AUD29,710 ($19,641) in savings. The previous requirement was AUD24,505 ($16,200). The decision came into effect from May…

An Illinois man charged with attempted murder now stands accused of committing a hate crime when police said he shot and injured his neighbor on Tuesday in Lockport Township.John P. Shadbar, 70, was arrested after the alleged shooting of a 45-year-old woman who remains in critical condition, according to the Will County Sheriff's Office. He is…

By Sam FrancisPolitical reporter, BBC News12 May 2024, 11:26 BSTUpdated 1 hour agoTo play this content, please enable JavaScript, or try a different browserVideo caption, Watch: UK arms exports change would make Hamas stronger, says CameronA UK ban on selling arms to Israel would only strengthen Hamas, the foreign secretary has told the BBC.He…

A zoo in China is receiving mixed feedback for dying the fur of dogs to look like pandas in a new exhibit.The Taizhou Zoo in Jiangsu, China dyed two chow chows dogs and advertised them as "panda dogs" in the exhibit that opened on May 1.The zoo lacked the the qualifications to get actual pandas, the bear species endemic to China, and settled for…

Le Mans (France) (AFP) – Jorge Martin extended his lead in the championship with a thrilling victory in the French MotoGP at Le Mans on Sunday. Issued on: 12/05/2024 - 15:11 1 min The Spaniard, who won Saturday's sprint, battled the entire race…

Russia's state-run TASS news agency said at least five people had been injured.May 12, 2024, 7:47 AM ET• 2 min readLONDON -- A 10-story residential building in Belgorod, Russia, was struck overnight by a Ukrainian missile, a local governor said."The Belgorod city and the Belgorod district came under a massive attack by the Ukrainian Armed…

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.Since Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022, the EU has had remarkable success in slashing its reliance on natural gas piped in from Russia. Partly this has been by switching sources and reducing demand, and partly by…

A Boeing plane's tyre burst during landing in Turkey today, the third passenger aircraft built by the manufacturing giant to suffer a technical problem or crash in just two days.A total of 190 people were evacuated from the aircraft after the Boeing 737-800, belonging to Turkey-based Corendon Airlines, stopped on the runway after landing at…

Nicki Myers-Bates lost her mother nearly two decades ago, when she was just 7 years old, but she says no amount of time will heal this wound. Nicki Bates: You always hear that time heals. It'll get better. It'll get easier. That is not true. … I think it's harder as an adult without a mom than it was … as a kid. … You have graduations that she…

MALMO, Sweden (AP) — Swiss singer Nemo won the 68th Eurovision Song Contest early Sunday with “The Code,” an operatic pop-rap ode to the singer’s journey toward embracing a nongender identity.Switzerland’s contestant beat Croatian rocker Baby Lasagna to the title by winning the most points from a…