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Members of Putin’s United Russia party in Murmansk said gifts were initiative of the women’s wing Local officials from Russia’s ruling party have caused controversy by presenting mothers of soldiers killed in Ukraine with gifts of meat grinders, an appliance widely used to describe Russia’s brutal tactics on the frontline.The United Russia party in the northern Murmansk region posted photos on social media showing officials smiling as they visited bereaved mothers with gifts of flowers and boxed meat grinders for International Women’s Day on Saturday, which is widely celebrated in Russia. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/mar/09/russian-officials-criticised-for-giving-meat-grinders-to-mothers-of-soldiers-killed-in-ukraine Author : Agence

Up to 700mm in rainfalls and destructive gusts predicted to hit south-east Queensland and northern NSWEx-Tropical Cyclone Alfred LIVE: latest news and updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastSwathes of south-east Queensland and northern New South Wales were on alert for flash flooding and damaging winds as more than 330,000 buildings were without power on Sunday morning due to ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred.After the downgraded cyclone made landfall just north of Brisbane overnight as a tropical low, the Bureau of Meteorology was still predicting up to 700mm of rain and destructive gusts to hit the region through

Michael Murphy outed himself as subject of Icac investigation that found he had mismanaged a conflict of interestGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe Northern Territory’s police commissioner has been given his marching orders after a jobs-for-mates scandal uncovered by a corruption watchdog.Michael Murphy outed himself as the subject of an Independent Commissioner Against Corruption investigation that found improper and unsatisfactory conduct against an unnamed public official who had mismanaged a conflict of interest in the recruitment of a senior officer.Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/mar/09/nt-police-commissioner-ousted-amid-jobs-for-mates-scandal-ntwnfb Author

Free training classes for firefighters and other first responders are provided through Fema at the Maryland siteThe country’s pre-eminent federal fire training academy canceled classes, effective immediately, on Saturday amid the ongoing flurry of funding freezes and staffing cuts by Donald Trump’s administration.The Federal Emergency Management Agency announced that National Fire Academy (NFA) courses had been canceled amid a “process of evaluating agency programs and spending to ensure alignment with Administration priorities”, according to a notice sent to instructors, students and fire departments. Instructors were told to cancel all future travel until further notice. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/08/trump-administration-national-fire-academy