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- The Coalition flags plan to increase small businesses if they win the next elections.
- At least 148 people killed in a boat accident in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
- And in AFL, Carlton post consecutive AFL wins for the first time in 10 months.
The coalition wants to see that the number of small businesses in Australia grows in 350,000 in four years if it wins the next elections.
According to the Plan, new businesses will receive an impulse with new tax compensation that will allow new merchants to reinvest in the business.
The opposition leader, Peter Dutton, says it is about encouraging people to start businesses at all levels.
“Particularly small businesses, micro companies begin. Someone with a bedroom in the back of the house or part of the garage where they provide a service to a larger company. They want their business to grow and we want to encourage small businesses in this country.”
At least 148 people have been killed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo after a motorized wooden boat caught and overturned.
Local officials say that the boat carried up to 500 passengers, including women and children, when it overturned Tuesday in the Congo River in the northwest region of the country.
The boat, called HB Kongolo, caught fire while a person cooked on board near the city of Mbandaka, after leaving the port of Matankumu for the territory of Bolomba.
Sky News reports on 100 survivors were taken to an impromptu refuge in the local town hall, while those with burns injuries were taken to local hospitals.
The authorities estimate that hundreds of people are still missing as rescue efforts continue.
According to reports, Israeli air attacks have killed dozens of Palestinians through Gaza’s strip on the last day, hours after Hamas rejected an offer of high Israeli fire that did not offer a complete ending for war.
Last month, the Israeli army broke a two -month truce that had largely stopped the fight in Gaza and since then it has entered from the north and the south, taking almost a third of the enclave.
Palestinian health authorities say that at least 43 people were killed on strikes on Good Friday, which increased to more than 1,600 deaths reported since Israel resumed air attacks in March.
The chief of Gaza de Hamas, has now fired an Israeli offer, which included a demand for Hamas to establish his weapons in exchange for conversations on a final agreement to the war.
Russia has responded to the news that the president of the United States, Donald Trump, is considering abandoning attempts to negotiate a peace agreement of Russia-Ukraine unless there are clear signs that an agreement can be made soon.
During his electoral campaign, President Trump repeatedly said that he could end the war between Russia and Ukraine “in 24 hours” when assuming the position.
Speaking after a Security Council meeting on Thursday, Russia’s ambassador to the United Nations Vassily Nebenzia says that the European Union and Commission also have a role to play in war arrest.
“We would like Europeans, Europeans to stop assembling Ukraine and alter it to continue the conflict, to convince it that they accept the conditions that would lead to the resolution of this crisis. Until now, we do not see it.”
Thousands of Catholics are doing the walk to a historic church in the hills of Norte de New Mexico as part of a Holy Week tradition that covers generations.
The Sanctuary of Chimaó, just north of Santa Fe, is one of the most important Catholic pilgrim centers in the United States
This New Mexico resident says that the Company of Friends makes the walk easier.
“Well, the four met at work a long time ago, and we decided to do this. So we have been doing it for 21 years. And we take the needs and pray for our families. We pray for other people we know. And we pray for this world.”
Carlton has published consecutive victories of the AFL for the first time in 10 months when the red midfielder George Hewett starred in an 82 -point victory over North Melbourne.
Hewett was a force in an opening term of seven goals that established the pattern for blues in its triumph of 24.9 (153) to 11.5 (71) at the Marvel stadium on Friday.
He accumulated 34 provisions, 12 authorizations, nine cups and one goal in his best AField exhibition.