Mint worker hid 22 golf ball-sized gold nuggets in his butt
A Canadian mint worker has been jailed for smuggling more than AUD$165,000 worth of gold in his rectum.Leston Lawrence, a former employee at the Royal Canadian Mint, has been convicted of stealing 22...
View ArticleTwo women rescued from rock ledge near Bronte in Sydney
Two women have been rescued from a rock ledge after becoming trapped in a sea cave south of Bronte in Sydney. Emergency services were called to the cave near Waverly Cemetery after the women became...
View ArticleFour people killed after fire tears through South Korean shopping centre
Four people were killed and more than 40 others injured after fire erupted at a shopping centre in South Kore, authorities have said. Police suspect that sparks from a welding torch might have started...
View ArticleMelbourne teenager charged after allegedly driving disability scooter at 70km/h
A teenage boy has been charged after allegedly driving a disability scooter at high speeds through Melton, in Melbourne’s west. Police allege the 17-year-old was pulled over after he was spotted...
View ArticleTurnbull and Trump phone call mocked on Saturday Night Live
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull’s phone conversation with US President Donald Trump has been skewered by Alec Baldwin on Saturday Night Live. The latest sketch shows Baldwin reprising his role as Mr...
View ArticleMelbourne’s king of furniture ‘here to stay’ after 60 years in the business
Legendary Melbourne furniture salesman Franco Cozzo has said he has “no plans to sell” his business after more than 60 years in operation. Mr Cozzo has been selling opulent chairs, bedheads and tables...
View ArticleYouth struck in head with brick during out-of-control Melbourne house party
A young person has been hit in the head with a brick during an out-of-control party in Melbourne last night.Police said they found almost 60 people at a home on Prior Street in Malvern East about 11pm,...
View ArticleTrump administration's request to have travel ban reinstated rejected
A US federal appeals court has rejected a request by the Department of Justice to immediately reinstate President Donald Trump's travel ban.Trump's administration had lodged the request with the Ninth...
View ArticleTaser drawn in arrest of rugby union player Scott Higginbotham
Queensland Reds player Scott Higginbotham has been charged after an alleged scuffle at a police station in Brisbane's Fortitude Valley last night.Police told 9NEWS Higginbotham was in the Valley Mall...
View ArticlePM Malcolm Turnbull denies refugee deal will leave Australia indebted to...
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has tonight declared he is standing firm against Donald Trump, denying suggestions the refugee deal with the US will leave Australia in any way indebted to the new...
View ArticleMan charged after going on alleged rampage through Sydney’s Northern Beaches
A 41-year-old man has been charged after allegedly assaulting four people, including two police officers, and ramming a police car on Sydney’s Northern Beaches this afternoon.The man is accused of...
View ArticleUber driver in hospital after random attack in Brisbane
An Uber driver is in hospital after he was randomly attacked by two men in central Brisbane last night.Muhammad Shafique told 9NEWS he was pulled over in the back streets of Fortitude Valley about...
View ArticleSydney sweats through 40 degree temperatures for record-breaking tenth day
Sydney has sweltered through a tenth day of temperatures above 35 degrees, smashing previous summer records. At Sydney Olympic Park and Bankstown, temperatures reached 42.7 degrees by 1.45pm, the...
View ArticleSix arrested in large scale cocaine bust in NSW
Australian Federal Police have arrested six people in relation to a cocaine haul which is believed to be among the largest in recent Australian history.Authorities intercepted a yacht off the NSW south...
View ArticleCalls for help after Victoria hit by heavy rain and storms
Wild weather continues to lash Melbourne and parts of the state, with emergency teams responding to hundreds of call-outs.State Emergency Service spokeswoman Jacque Quaine told AAP the chaos began...
View ArticlePolice hope man seen on CCTV can lead them to missing man's wife in Korea
Security camera footage of a man at Sydney Airport’s international departure gate may prove vital in finding out what happened to a western Sydney restaurant manager who disappeared almost four years...
View ArticleAFP member taken to hospital after ‘shooting incident’
An Australian Federal Police member has been taken to hospital after a shooting incident at the AFP headquarters in Melbourne.https://twitter.com/VictoriaPolice/status/828510953536786432The AFP...
View ArticleUS flight attendant rescues victim of child trafficking
A quick-thinking flight attendant in the US has rescued a victim of child trafficking she identified on a flight from Seattle to San Francisco. Alaska Airlines flight attendant Shelia Fedrick, 49, felt...
View ArticleFire destroys home and threatens nearby property in Mudgeeraba
A house fire triggered an emergency situation on the Gold Coast this afternoon, after it became “engulfed” in flames and sparked a grass fire.The fire broke out at a vacant Rising Fast Road property in...
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