Former Liberal, ‘anti-woke’ film animator and councillor who says he used to work on Daniel Andrews’ security team among lineup for November’s state poll
Former Liberal, ‘anti-woke’ film animator and councillor who says he used to work on Daniel Andrews’ security team among lineup for November’s state poll
Former rugby league player turned TikTok influencer tells parliamentary inquiry his spiralling addiction to gambling cost him about $1m
Temperatures forecast to reach 37C in Budapest and Vienna as Hungary switches off vital nuclear plant with falling water levels in Danube affecting cooling capabilities
Myanmar’s military government says detained former leader Aung San Suu Kyi has met with the International Committee of the Red Cross’ representative in the capital on Monday in a rare moment of contact with the outside world
Russian top online retailer Wildberries said on Monday that a Ukrainian drone attack on one of its warehouses in the Vladimir region had caused a fire to break out. The company, known as the country's Amazon, has been targeted several times by Ukrainian drones over the last few weeks
Morocco on Sunday said 11 people died trying to reach Spain's North African exclave of Ceuta this week as the country's interior ministry blamed the sudden surge on the "spread of misleading information" on social media. Morocco’s figure is significantly lower than the death toll issued by S
Cuba's electricity grid collapsed late on Sunday, the state-owned grid operator said, plunging the island into darkness. The country has faced a series of total collapses of its electricity grid since the US imposed an energy embargo that halted regular deliveries of fuel for power stations
Wildfires in eastern Washington state forced about 60,000 people to evacuate the Spokane area and destroyed at least 600 homes, businesses and other structures, authorities said on Sunday. Three separate fires erupted in and around the city as strong winds and exceptionally dry conditions fueled r
The Sudanese army struck a traditional court in a Rapid Support Forces-held village in North Darfur with drones on Sunday, killing 35 people, a rights group said. Emergency Lawyers said the attack hit Garra al Zawaya as civilians gathered for local court hearings, wounding several others during the
President Donald Trump said on Sunday the United States had intervened to support the Japanese yen, describing the move as a "signal of friendship" that would benefit both the US and global economy. The Financial Times reported Washington and Tokyo had jointly backed the yen for the first time in n
Israel has conveyed concerns to the United States on a Gaza plan hailed by President Donald Trump after Hamas said it had agreed on disarmament, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said Monday. Israel's official reaction comes after it killed at least 18 Palestinians over the weekend in the
Lorena Wiebes again sprinted to victory in the second stage of the Women’s Tour de France on Sunday. The Dutch rider won the flat 147.9km stage from Aigle to Geneva, the second on Swiss territory, in 3 hours, 42 minutes, 8 seconds.
FIFA President Gianni Infantino is under pressure after abandoning plans to sell a stake in the World Cup to private investors. Infantino's plans fell apart after UEFA's 55-member nations agreed to boycott the World Cup and all other FIFA competitions. CONCACAF and the Asian Football Confeder
A 40-year-old psychiatrist allegedly died by suicide in Ghaziabad. Dr Hemika Agrawal reportedly jumped from her fifth-floor apartment on Sunday. She was taken to a hospital where doctors declared her deceased. Agrawal had been struggling with depression and emotional distress after her divorce.
The Pacific Ocean, which is the largest ocean on Earth, is gradually shrinking due to the convergence of tectonic plates. Subduction zones around its edges are consuming the ocean floor at a rate faster than new material is formed. Scientists estimate that in 200 to 300 million years, the Pacific co