Billion dollar bonanza or reckless deal?
AUSTRALIA has inked a landmark deal to sell uranium to India — but
can we be sure it will be used for energy rather than nuclear weapons?
Russia reminds Canada who’s boss
IT STARTED with a simple tweet, now Russia has taken a swipe at
Canada by ‘buzzing’ its ships in an incident described as ‘unnecessarily
provocative’.
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Teen mob attacks shoppers
A GROUP of more than 100 young people outside a shopping plaza
wounded three people in a sickening riot. WARNING: DISTURBING VIDEO
‘Caged and collared’ woman’s escape
A STRANGER has revealed how he saved a woman who was kidnapped and
held in a wooden cage for almost two months with hardly any food or
water. WARNING: Graphic content
Lesbian couple marry in their nineties
THEIR love has stood the test of time – and now after 72 years
together, a lesbian couple have finally tied the knot and revealed the
secret to their happiness.
‘People are afraid of strong, good-looking women’
HIS cabinet is filled with young, beautiful women. Now this prime
minister has been accused of appointing female ministers based purely on
their looks.
Free pizza for shamed Rice jerseys
A PIZZERIA is giving free pizza to anyone handing in a jersey of
disgraced NFL player Ray Rice which will “save on toilet paper”.
What’s making American kids sick?
A RARE virus discovered in the 1960s which affects children but not
adults is suddenly spreading in 12 American states ... and doctors don’t
know why.
Teacher hid sex crimes with games
A NEW Zealand teacher used games to disguise sex crimes against
girls between six and eight years old, a court has been told.
Volcano eruption caught on film
A HOLIDAY maker has captured the true power of mother nature after
filming a volcanic eruption followed by a terrifying shock-wave. Watch
the video.
Life in the shadow of a volcano
THESE remarkable pictures show the extraordinary daily routine of
people living beneath three active volcanoes in a Papua New Guinea town
covered in ash.
NZ shooter barefoot and bloodied in court
THE homeless man accused of shooting dead two staff members at a New
Zealand unemployment office has appeared in court in bare feet and
bloodied bandages.
Volcanic ash threatens Aussie flights
A VOLCANO in Papua New Guinea has erupted overnight, sending lava
into the air and causing panic among locals. The ash could reach
Australia and disrupt flights.
Ocean killing video mystery deepens
FIJI’S navy says an online video claiming to show fishermen being
shot dead does not involve its people, amid speculation the victims were
Somali pirates. WARNING: Graphic content
Billion dollar bonanza or reckless deal?
AUSTRALIA has inked a landmark deal to sell uranium to India — but
can we be sure it will be used for energy rather than nuclear weapons?
Six Aussies hurt in railing collapse
SIX Australians have been injured in Cambodia after falling four metres when a temple railing collapsed.
MH370 families: ‘Every day is torture’
RELATIVES of passengers on missing MH370 have marked six months
since its disappearance, saying they can’t move on without answers.
Bali Nine’s paintings on death row
THE portrait paintings by Bali Nine death row inmate Myuran
Sukumaran are being exhibited by Australian artist Matthew Sleeth.
Did surfer vanish in No Man’s Land?
A WITNESS saw a man surfing 10 foot waves alone in an area called No
Man’s Land at the time Peter Maynard is believed to have disappeared
from an island off Bali.
Lee to star in Aussie Bollywood flick
IT’S just not cricket. One of Australia’s fastest bowlers, Brett Lee, will star in a Bollywood film to be shot in Sydney.
Teen mob attacks shoppers
A GROUP of more than 100 young people outside a shopping plaza
wounded three people in a sickening riot. WARNING: DISTURBING VIDEO
Free pizza for shamed Rice jerseys
A PIZZERIA is giving free pizza to anyone handing in a jersey of
disgraced NFL player Ray Rice which will “save on toilet paper”.
What’s making American kids sick?
A RARE virus discovered in the 1960s which affects children but not
adults is suddenly spreading in 12 American states ... and doctors don’t
know why.
KKK ‘in US recruitment drive’
KU KLUX Klan recruitment flyers referencing the recent police
shooting of an unarmed black teenager are reportedly being handed out in
New York.
Worker ‘fired after finding rape room’
A COMICS shop employee introduced to the store’s “rape room” during
her induction was fired after publicly complaining about it.
‘We’re at her wake, and it’s not her’
A FAMILY is in shock after they discovered a dead stranger wearing
their loved one’s clothes, including her underwear, in a horrific
funeral home blunder.
Subway bomb injures at least seven
A BOMB has exploded in a Chilean subway station, injuring at least
seven people, the most damaging in a string of attacks in the country’s
capital.
Dinosaur size of seven elephants
RESEARCHERS studying the bones of a dinosaur bigger than seven bull
elephants have given it an equally colossal name: Dreadnoughtus.
33 tons of fish found dead in lake
AUTHORITIES investigating why tens of thousands of fish have died
out en masse at a lake in western Mexico say it was not due to natural
causes.
‘God answered our pleas to live’
UPDATE: A group among 20 workers dramatically rescued from a
collapsed gold mine have joined frantic efforts to find eight comrades
still missing.
Sisters ‘blackmailed’ football star
TWO sisters have been arrested for blackmailing a major football
star with risque pictures they took at a party, unless he paid them a
fortune to keep quiet.
Hitman boasts of 300 murders
A FORMER hitman for Pablo Escobar who boasted of killing up to 300
people has walked free after 22 years in jail, amid angry protests.
‘Whites, go back to England’
THE man who calls himself “the Hitler of our time” and once said he was better than Jesus Christ is back.
Two Aussies dead in Kenya crash
AUSTRALIAN adventure travel group Intrepid Travel has confirmed two
Australians are dead after the truck they were travelling in crashed
into a river in Kenya.
US doctor with Ebola ‘improving’
A US doctor who caught Ebola in Liberia is showing signs of
improvement, as US president Barack Obama has warned of “a serious
danger to the United States”.
The radical plan to halt Ebola
THE government of Sierra Leone has devised a previously unthinkable strategy in an effort to prevent the spread of Ebola.
Somali Islamists confirm leader killed
SOMALIA’S al-Qaeda-linked Shabab rebels have confirmed their leader Ahmed Abdi Godane has died in a US drone attack.
Ebola patients ‘lying in street’
DOZENS of residents have fled their homes after visibly ill Ebola
patients were refused entry to an overcrowded isolation centre in
Liberia’s capital.
What it’s like to be a woman on Cairo’s streets
THIS disturbing mobile phone footage shows what it’s really like to be a woman walking down the street in Egypt.
Inside Delta Force’s failed rescue
ELITE troops glided through a moonless night to touch down in the
dust near a remote oil depot. It was the perfect plan to save
journalists James Foley and Steven Sotloff.
Beheaded soldier’s mother vows revenge
THE distraught mother of the second Lebanese soldier beheaded by IS
learned of her son’s horrific death from photographs on Twitter.
The new threat to global security
RICH, armed and using social media to declare war. How has Islamic State become powerful enough to threaten global security.
Outrage over cop’s callous selfie
POLICE are investigating an officer who seemed to be callously
snapping a selfie while a man in the background prepared to jump to his
death.
US plane lands in Iran amid mix-up
A PLANE carrying about 100 people, including Americans, was diverted
to Iran during a flight from Afghanistan due to a “bureaucratic
issue.”
Stop your man straying on hols
A WOMAN, 20, has made her own T-shirt, plastered with her face, to
try to stop girls trying to steal her boyfriend on a lads’ holiday.
Russia reminds Canada who’s boss
IT STARTED with a simple tweet, now Russia has taken a swipe at
Canada by ‘buzzing’ its ships in an incident described as ‘unnecessarily
provocative’.
‘People are afraid of strong, good-looking women’
HIS cabinet is filled with young, beautiful women. Now this prime
minister has been accused of appointing female ministers based purely on
their looks.
Did the Palace rush baby news?
PREPOSTEROUS or possible? A new theory has emerged about why the
royals may have rushed out the - all too convenient - news of a royal
baby.
Kate ‘on a drip’ with morning sickness
THE Duchess of Cambridge is pregnant with her second child but has
been forced to cancel appearances while she deals with debilitating
morning sickness.
Dramatic flood rescue caught on tape
WATCH the terrifying moment a woman is rescued by complete strangers
after being swept down a road during a severe thunderstorm.
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