The Daily Populous

Monday December 15th, 2025 day edition

image for Bondi Beach massacre: $700,000 raised via GoFundMe for hero Ahmed al Ahmed who disarmed gunman

Ahmed al Ahmed, a 43-year-old fruit shop owner from Sutherland, is understood to have been shot twice and was rushed to hospital where he remains.

Vision of Mr al Ahmed wrestling the weapon away and then turning it on the gunman, forcing him to retreat has been beamed around the world and drawn global praise.

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A GoFundMe set up to show Australian’s gratitude and support “for someone who demonstrated incredible courage when it mattered most”.

CarHub Australia, which established the fund, said in a statement to support the fundraiser that Mr al Ahmed’s actions prevented the loss of countless more lives.

Ahmed al Ahmed showed incredible courage. »

Two-thirds of Americans say government should ensure health care for all: poll

Authored by fox6now.com

The poll comes as more than 22 million Americans brace for significantly higher health care costs next year.

Roughly two-thirds of Americans say the federal government should ensure that everyone has health care coverage, according to a new Pew Research survey .

According to KFF, a major health care policy research organization, health care premiums are expected to increase an average of 114% without the tax credits. »

Leaked US strategy draft reportedly proposed steering Poland away from the EU

Authored by polskieradio.pl
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The findings were relayed in Poland by Marek Wałkuski, Polish Radio’s White House correspondent.

Wałkuski, summarising the report, said the document stated that the United States would focus on deepening relations with Austria, Hungary, Italy and Poland - countries identified as potential partners that could be “drawn away from the European Union.”.

The document also reportedly proposed that Washington should back political parties, civic movements and cultural or intellectual groups advocating “sovereignty” and a “traditional European way of life,” provided they remained pro-American. »

Rob Reiner, Wife Michele Found Dead in Their L.A. Home with Knife Wounds

Authored by tmz.com
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Rob Reiner -- the legendary director -- and his wife Michele Singer Reiner have died ... TMZ has learned.

As we told you ... two dead bodies were found in Rob and Michele's Brentwood home Sunday afternoon -- and law enforcement sources tell us it is the Reiners.

Rob was also politically minded ... regularly taking to social media to espouse his views on hot-button issues which some found controversial. »

Bondi shooting hero's father says son 'saw the victims and acted'

Authored by bbc.com

Video verified by the BBC showed Ahmed al Ahmed, 43, running at the gunman and seizing his weapon, before turning the gun round on him and forcing his retreat.

Mr Ahmed was meeting a friend for coffee in the area when the attack unfolded, his father said.

He manages to wrestle the gun from the attacker, pushes him to the ground and points the gun towards him. »