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Rex shares have been suspended pending an announcement – but analysts say it could simply be that consultants are being appointed to boost profitsFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastsThere is uncertainty about the future of Rex – Australia’s third-largest airline – with speculation regarding its financial situation and tension among the leadership team.The airline entered a trading halt on Monday. The news follows the recent collapse of budget carrier Bonza in a market dominated by the Qantas and Virgin duopoly. Continue reading... Source link :

María Corina Machado tells Guardian that Nicolás Maduro should understand he lost presidential election, amid widespread international doubts over victory claimThe opposition leader battling to bring the curtains down on Nicolás Maduro’s authoritarian regime has urged the Venezuelan strongman to accept that his exit from power is inevitable. The call came as thousands of protesters hit the streets to repudiate Maduro’s disputed claim to have won a third term in power.Venezuela’s incumbent president was officially proclaimed the victor of Sunday’s election by the government-controlled electoral authority on Monday morning. Maduro called his supposed victory “irreversible” despite widespread international doubts over

Olympic rower says men with children also expect their careers will last longer than women who are parents The Olympic rower Helen Glover has said fathers on Team GB receive less scrutiny for being parents than female peers and have expectations that their careers will last longer.As the world’s No 1 female rower and a two-time Olympic champion, Glover, who has three children, has long been an advocate for working mothers and since announcing her return from retirement a year ago to compete in Paris has been outspoken about the difficulties of juggling parenthood as an elite athlete. Continue reading...

Travel warnings issued as US diplomatic efforts reportedly focus on constraining Israel’s response by urging it against targeting densely populated BeirutSee all our Middle East crisis coverageA frantic diplomatic push to deter Israel from striking Beirut in response to a deadly rocket attack on the Golan Heights was under way on Monday, as the government of the UK, Germany, France and America issued travel warnings to their citizens, calling on them to leave Lebanon or avoid travel there.British foreign secretary David Lammy said events were “fast-moving” and that British nationals were advised “to leave Lebanon and not to travel to