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The wine sector in Australia is confronting a significant and persistent oversupply issue that experts believe will take years to fix.  The challenges are multifaceted, with Chinese tariffs, heightened production, and export hindrances during the COVID-19 pandemic among the contributing factors. Australian wine exports registered a decline of 10% in value, reaching A$1.87 billion, and … Read more

An American citizen of Russian origin has been arrested in Russia upon accusations of espionage, according to local reports.  The Lefortovo Court of Moscow had authorized the arrest of Gene Spector, but it wasn’t clear if he had been taken into custody.  Russian news agencies said Spector had previously been convicted in a bribery case … Read more

A Canadian woman who mailed a threatening letter containing a poisonous substance to former President Donald Trump while he was serving in the White House was sentenced to over two decades in prison on Thursday. Pascale Cecile Veronique Ferrier, a 56-year-old dual citizen of Canada and France, was sentenced to 262 months, nearly 22 years, … Read more

British Columbia has declared a state of emergency as massive wildfires tore through the western Canadian province, forcing residents to flee their homes and seek shelter. The province was declared to be under a state of emergency due to hundreds of wildfires Saturday, with the emergency management minister saying 15,000 people had been told to … Read more

MANCHESTER, England — The nurse who led “a campaign of violence” and enjoyed “playing God” has been found guilty of murdering seven babies at a hospital, making her the U. K.’s most prolific child serial killer. Lucy Letby, 33, was also convicted of trying to kill six other babies at the Countess of Chester Hospital’s neonatal … Read more

North Korea appears to have cracked open its borders in the first significant way since they were shut at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020, with the impoverished nation sending a large group of taekwondo athletes and officials through Beijing to an international competition. The group of around 80 men and women … Read more

Russia’s Lunar lander failed on approach and crashed into the surface of the moon on Sunday, marking an end to Russia’s first lunar mission in 47 years. Russia’s spaceflight group, Roskosmos, announced the failure in a statement, saying the craft ran into a problem as it attempt to enter a pre-landing orbit. The Luna-25 spacecraft … Read more

Taiwan’s defense ministry says it detected 42 Chinese military aircraft on Saturday amid Chinese drills, which Beijing says is a “stern warning” over so-called collusion with “separatists and foreign forces,” which comes just days after the island’s vice president made a short visit to the United States. Taiwanese Vice President William Lai’s trip to Paraguay … Read more

The U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees says it has decided to suspend all of its services in Lebanon’s largest refugee camp on Friday in protest against the presence of gunmen in its facilities. UNRWA’s decision went into effect shortly before noon Friday at the Ein el-Hilweh refugee camp near the southern port city of Sidon. … Read more

The owner of a convenience store in Buenos Aires, received an updated price list this week from his supplier, revealing a startling 60% surge in the costs of snacks, condiments, sodas, and ice creams since late July. This price adjustment was prompted by a primary election outcome that triggered a rapid peso devaluation and a … Read more