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NSW Police have released haunting video footage as they investigate a series of disturbing break-and-enters across western Sydney.The footage shows a young man with his face covered, standing in a doorway.Police believe the man may be able to help with inquiries into the break-and-enters in the Merrylands area.Camera IconNSW Police believe this man nay be able to help with inquiries into a series of break-and-enters. NSW Police Credit: News Corp Australia“Police have released images and are appealing for information following at least five aggravated break and enters in Merrylands, two of which are of a sexual nature against elderly women,”…

James Scott Rhys Anderson convicted of ‘mercenary activities’ and a ‘terrorist act’, court press service says.A British man who was captured by Russia while fighting for Ukraine has been sentenced to 19 years in prison, a Russian court has said. James Scott Rhys Anderson, 22, was convicted of “mercenary activities” and a “terrorist act” after a three-day closed military trial in Kursk, the court press service for the region said on Wednesday. Anderson, who was reportedly captured in November while participating in Ukraine’s cross-border offensive in Kursk, pleaded guilty to the charges against him, the press service said. Under the…

A federal judge on Wednesday blocked the Trump administration from drastically cutting medical research funding that many scientists say will endanger patients and cost jobs.The new National Institutes of Health policy would strip research groups of hundreds of millions of dollars to cover so-called indirect expenses of studying Alzheimer’s, cancer, heart disease and a host of other illnesses — anything from clinical trials of new treatments to basic lab research that is the foundation for discoveries.Separate lawsuits filed by a group of 22 states plus organizations representing universities, hospitals and research institutions nationwide sued to stop the cuts, saying they…

A former New York detective who moonlighted by working for a mafia family and helped fuel a mini-mob war on Long Island while trying to protect its gambling operations was convicted Wednesday of lying to the FBI. Hector Rosario, 51, a former detective for the Nassau County police on Long Island, was also acquitted of obstruction of justice, the top charge he had faced. The verdict came after a seven-day trial in Brooklyn federal court.”Hector Rosario cared more about lining his pockets with Bonanno family money and protecting his own interests than his fidelity to the law,” said Nassau County District…

A Vancouver Island war museum says it is being forced to move due to problems associated with a neighbouring homeless shelter. Courtenay’s HMCS Alberni Museum and Memorial pays tribute to the 59 men who died when their battleship, the Corvette HMCS Alberni, was sunk off the English Coast during the Second World War.The museum is located inside a small mall on Cliffe Avenue next to the Connect Temporary Shelter and Service Hub.The building that was leased from the city was intended as a temporary space for the area’s homeless population, but that was five years ago.“Our visitor numbers dropped severely,…

An outback town is still “flat out” recovering months after rolling power outages, which shut down a major mine and cut off phone services.

Tensions between the United States and Canada took center stage at the 4 Nations Face-Off tournament, and, according to Canada’s foreign minister, it’s for good reason. The political rift between the two countries first began at an NHL game Feb. 1 when Ottawa Senators fans booed “The Star-Spangled Banner.” Toronto Raptors fans followed suit the next day, but the controversy reached another level at the hockey tournament when the booing drew national attention. Sidney Crosby (87), Brandon Hagel (38) and their Team Canada teammates stand at their bench during pregame ceremonies before the 4 Nations Face-Off championship game against the United States at TD…

Under the Biden administration, Israel’s far-right finance minister was the rare Israeli official whom the United States rebuked by name for his views, like his opposition to a cease-fire in Gaza.Under the Trump administration, he is a welcome guest in Washington, where top U.S. officials are now aligning with some of his beliefs about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.The minister, Bezalel Smotrich, met with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Wednesday, remarking in a statement about his embrace after years of being effectively shunned.“After four years during which, under the Biden administration, there was no ministerial-level meeting between the U.S. Treasury Department and…

Elon Musk arrived on Wednesday at Senate Republicans’ weekly luncheon on Capitol Hill ready to field questions about the work he is doing for President Trump at the Department of Government Efficiency, the office he formed that has taken a hatchet to the federal bureaucracy with no input from Congress.They had plenty.Republican senators have raised few public complaints about Mr. Musk as he has undertaken mass firings across the government without consulting or informing them. But during the nearly two-hour closed-door meeting, the senators gently questioned him about how they might share feedback, minimize blowback from their constituents and, perhaps,…

Thousands of Agriculture Department employees who were fired last month must be reinstated in their old positions for at least 45 days, a board that handles federal worker disputes ordered on Wednesday.The fired employees were on probationary status and relatively new in their positions, swept up in the Trump administration’s push to rapidly reduce the size of the federal work force in part by targeting those types of workers. Probationary employees have fewer Civil Service protections than other government workers who have been in their jobs longer, and have been seen by President Trump and Elon Musk, the tech billionaire…