Lewis Wiseman

1 week ago | abc.net.au | Lewis Wiseman

The Australian government has imposed sanctions on 60 vessels in Russia's shadow fleet of oil tankers for the first time. The shadow fleet is a collection of hundreds of rusting tankers covertly carrying Russian crude oil around the world, according to the European Union (EU). Alongside the EU, Australia's partners Canada and Britain also have current sanctions on the shadow fleet.

1 week ago | abc.net.au | Lewis Wiseman

Restrictions around sexually active gay and bisexual men donating blood and plasma are being loosened in a new world-leading move by Australian Red Cross Lifeblood. Under current rules, gay and bisexual men, and transgender women who have sex with men, cannot donate blood or plasma if they have had sex in the past three months. But from July 14, in the first set of rule changes, Lifeblood will remove most restrictions on donating plasma related to sexual activity.

2 weeks ago | abc.net.au | Lewis Wiseman

US Health Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr has named several vaccine critics among eight people to serve on a key panel of vaccine advisers, after abruptly firing all 17 members of the independent committee of experts. His decision this week to remove every member the committee that advises the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on how to use vaccines was his most far-reaching attempt to reshape US regulation of vaccines, food and medicine.

2 weeks ago | abc.net.au | Josephine Lim |Lewis Wiseman

A hacker responsible for one of the largest private breaches in Australia's history, has been arrested by the US immigration agency. Australian David Kee Crees, also known online as DR32 and reportedly Abdilo, was ordered to be extradited from Adelaide to the District of Colorado in 2022 to face multiple counts of fraud. He has also operated online under the aliases of Notavirus, Surivaton, and Grey Hat Mafia's Bitch.

3 weeks ago | radionz.co.nz | Lewis Wiseman

By Lewis Wiseman, ABCA team of seven BBC journalists and staff claim to have been held at gunpoint, blindfolded and strip searched by the Israeli Defence Force in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights. The BBC said its crew, which included staff members and three freelancers, were stopped while filming at a checkpoint in Quneitra, inside the buffer zone between Israel and Syria.