Here’s a person that Mitt Romney could get behind: The world’s most wealthy woman is warning that firms are in danger of having to abandon iron-ore mining in Australia if wages are not cut, pointing out that African miners are “willing to work for less than $2 per day.” In a video recently posted on […]
We look down under to Australia where it’s Tuesday morning: The All Ordinaries index dropped 192 points, or 3.4 per cent, in response to big falls on European exchanges overnight. Yup tomorrow in America is going to be very interesting. UPDATE Here is how the BBC is reporting the news: Global stock indexes, including the […]
And Australia’s new Prime Minister is hard at it: On his first day in office, Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd started work on plans to sign the Kyoto Protocol. His predecessor, the conservative John Howard, refused to sign the agreement. Japan is pleased with the decision to sign the Kyoto Protocol. Tokyo says relations with […]
Well he is some more of those “exaggerated” stories from Iraq: The Iraqi Government says at least 65,000 people may have fled their homes as a result of sectarian violence and intimidation. Reports of people leaving their homes because of violence or intimidation, or simply because they no longer feel safe are becoming more and […]
It seems that the United States media is once again to blame. As Rumsfeld addressed reporters yesterday about the allegation of U.S. forces burning Taliban corpses in Afghanistan he made it clear that he was upset this story was getting reported. Take this quote from today’sChicago Sun Times: ”We also recognize the damage that can […]