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Peter Malinauskas calls situation ‘tricky’ but says state government will continue to monitor Sanjeev Gupta’s GFG Alliance and act where it canGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe South Australian premier says it would be a “national disaster” if Whyalla steelworks closed to leave Australia’s construction industry dependent on imports.“It simply cannot be allowed to happen,” Peter Malinauskas told reporters on Tuesday. “What workers at the Whyalla steelworks should have confidence in is that I do not believe this nation wants to see steel making capacity lost.”Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...

HK$1m rewards target people accused of national security crimes who fled after pro-democracy protestsHong Kong police have announced bounties of HK$1m (about £105,000) for information leading to the arrest of six democracy advocates based overseas and accused of national security crimes.Authorities also said they would cancel the passports of seven others for whom bounties had already been issued, including the former lawmakers Ted Hui and Dennis Kwok, local media said. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/dec/24/hong-kong-police-bounties-pro-democracy-activists-overseas Author : Agence France-Presse in Hong Kong Publish date : 2024-12-24 09:48:35 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Decisions on fate of 6,500 Syrian asylum seekers suspended amid push to repatriate refugees after fall of regimeA Syrian family say they are “fearing for their future” this Christmas after having an imminent decision on their asylum application stopped by the UK government.Bilal*, 39, worked as a bank manager in Damascus, and has been living in Sheffield with his wife and four children for the past year. He had his second interview about his asylum application in November and had been told by the Home Office that a decision on his case was “very close”. Continue reading... Source link :

Two crew members from Ursa Major are missing and 14 have been rescued, Russian foreign ministry saysAn engine room explosion sank a Russian cargo ship called Ursa Major in the Mediterranean Sea between Spain and Algeria and two of its crew are missing, the Russian foreign ministry has said.The vessel, built in 2009, was controlled by Oboronlogistika, a company that is part of the Russian defence ministry’s military construction operations, which had previously said it was en route to the Russian far-eastern port of Vladivostok with two giant port cranes lashed to its deck. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/dec/24/russian-cargo-ship-sinks-mediterranean-explosion-ursa-major

Search and rescue teams began looking for 15-year-old after friends alerted authorities shortly after 3pm on TuesdayGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastSearch and rescue teams are continuing efforts to find a missing teenager more than a day after he was swept off a rock shelf at a New South Wales beach on Christmas Eve.Jetskis and helicopters were deployed in the area around North Avoca beach as part of the search that included Surf Life Saving NSW, ambulances, police, and local surf life-savers, after friends of the 15-year-old alerted authorities shortly after 3pm on Tuesday.Sign up