Or should they hang on to the defensive maestro until they are sure they won't need his services?
Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong said on Saturday the country's support for a Palestinian bid to become a full United Nations member was part of building momentum to secure peace in the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza. Australia voted on Friday with the overwhelming majority of the U.N. General Assembly in backing the resolution that would effectively recognise a Palestinian state. The United States had vetoed a recommendation that "the State of Palestine be admitted to membership" in a Security Council vote last month.
FORT NELSON, B.C. — Thousands of people in northeast British Columbia have been ordered to evacuate and flee south as a fast-growing wildfire threatens the town of Fort Nelson. The evacuation order was issued by the Northern Rockies Regional Municipality and Fort Nelson First Nations around 7:15 p.m. The communities are being threatened by an out-of-control wildfire that the municipality says is about 12 kilometres west of the town, and that exploded in size late Friday. Fort Nelson and the Fort