String fence leaves leaping kangaroo with a big headache
A kangaroo's famous skipping power came unstuck when it tripped over a length of string while crossing a highway.The animal's ability to hop up to 3m couldn't prevent it from flying head over heels...
View ArticleFire fighters control grass fire burning in Hilltops region, New South Wales
A powerful grass fire has been controlled in the township of Harden, located in the South West Slopes region. An emergency warning for a 30 hectare blaze on Jack Ward Drive, Harden, has been downgraded...
View ArticleMan faces court over fatal crash with police officer in Melbourne
A 26-year-old man has appeared in court after being charged over the death of a female police officer in east Melbourne yesterday morning. Samandeep Singh appeared in the Melbourne Magistrates' Court...
View ArticleSydney school teacher charged after allegedly indecently assaulting teenage girl
A 61-year-old school teacher has been charged over a number of indecent assaults of a student at a school in Sydney’s south-west last year.Detectives believe the man and a 16-year-old girl met at a...
View ArticleMan armed with blood-filled syringe robs Ballina bank
A man armed with a blood-filled syringe has robbed a bank in the town of Ballina, in the Nothern Rivers region of New South Wales. Police said the man entered a bank on River Street and demanded money...
View ArticleFears for five-month-old boy missing from home in Victoria
Police have concerns for a baby boy missing for more than a week from Bittern, a rural town in coastal Victoria. Archie Medwin was last seen at his home in Bittern on January 5. Police believe Archie...
View ArticleMelbourne’s Tullamarine Freeway closed in both directions for roadworks...
Melbourne drivers are set to face significant delays as the Tullamarine Freeway closes for roadworks overnight. The freeway will be closed in both directions from 7pm until 6.30am tomorrow between the...
View ArticleVideo claims to show Chinese schoolgirl lost in a sea of smog
A video has emerged purporting to show a Chinese schoolgirl getting lost on her way to school due a blanket of thick smog. In the video, originally posted on Chinese video sharing service Miaopai on...
View ArticleAlien-like shrimp appears in Central Australia after flooding rains
An alien-looking shrimp has been uncovered in Central Australia, weeks after heavy rains flooded most of the Northern Territory.The Northern Territory Parks and Wildlife posted a series of photographs...
View ArticleHolden confirms it will stop manufacturing in Australia on October 20
Holden has confirmed October 20 as the end of production in Australia.Workers at the Elizabeth plant were today told of the deadline to give them "certainty" going forward, more than three years after...
View ArticleMelbourne Muslim leader charged over alleged forced marriage
A Melbourne Muslim leader and another man have been charged over the alleged forced marriage of a child last year.Imam Ibrahim Omerdic, 61, is charged with conduct that caused a minor to enter into a...
View ArticleDamascus military airport hit with explosions, according to state TV
A Damascus military airport, located on the western outskirts of the city, has been hit by a series of explosions overnight, Syrian state TV reported.State news agency SANA, which is close to the...
View ArticleNaked woman filmed stealing Arizona police officer’s car
A US cop’s body camera filmed as his truck was stolen by a naked woman who was high on drugs and claiming to have been sexually assaulted. On January 5, Mariscopa County Sheriff's Office Deputy...
View ArticleGang of hooded thieves smash through shop in Shellharbour
CCTV vision has been released following an aggravated break and enter at a shopping centre in Shellharbour last week. Five people smashed into the shopping centre on Lake Entrance Road at about 11.30pm...
View ArticleDonald Trump declares Hillary Clinton ‘guilty as hell’ on Twitter
US President-elect Donald Trump has reprised his election campaign attacks on Hillary Clinton, declaring her "guilty as hell" on social media and deriding her supporters' criticism of how the FBI...
View ArticleEurope calls for mandatory 'kill switches' on advanced robots
European Parliament has reportedly approved a proposal for advanced robots to be equipped with mandatory “kill switches” to prevent danger to humans. Legislation calling for a new charter on how to...
View ArticleCamerawoman who kicked and tripped refugees sentenced
A Hungarian camerawoman who caused worldwide outrage after she was filmed kicking and tripping refugees has dodged jail.Petra Laszlo was handed three years' probation on Friday for breaching the peace...
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