Marine Le Pen upstages frontrunner Macron in surprise visit
French far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen upstaged her rival, pro-business centrist Emmanuel Macron, Wednesday by making a surprise visit to an under-threat factory as he was visiting the...
View ArticleTrump administration to propose 'largest tax reform' in US history
US President Donald Trump will propose the "largest tax reform" in US history, Treasury Secretary Mnuchin says.Mr Mnuchin told CNBC that there was fundamental agreement with Congress on the goals of...
View ArticleSydney toddler trapped in vending machine in hotel on Anzac Day
A mother looking for her three-year-old son at a Sydney hotel on Anzac Day found him in the most unlikely of places - inside a soft-toy vending machines playing among the potential prizes.The incident...
View ArticleMalcolm Turnbull to meet face-to-face with Donald Trump in New York
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull will meet with US President Donald Trump in New York as the finishing touches are put on the May budget.After the pair's heated and hostile January phone call made...
View ArticleGiant rabbit dies on United Airlines flight from London
United Airlines is investigating after reports a giant rabbit died on a flight from London to Chicago.Simon, a one-metre continental giant rabbit aged 10 months, was said to have been travelling from...
View ArticleJulie Bishop blasts 'provocative, belligerent' North Korea
Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs Julie Bishop is upping her condemnation of North Korea, saying it is "provocative and belligerent".Speaking on Wednesday in Tallinn, Estonia, Bishop said North...
View ArticleOscar-winning 'Silence of the Lambs' director dies aged 73
Jonathan Demme, the Oscar-winning director of "The Silence of the Lambs" who also led Tom Hanks to an Oscar in "Philadelphia," died Wednesday in New York, his publicist said and age 73.Born on Long...
View ArticleLive stream: Police update public on gunman who escaped with $230,000 Audi...
A man who stole a $230,000 Audi R8 sports car during a test drive is on the run after stealing the vehicle at gunpoint and leading officers on a disastrous chase across Sydney.The 30-year-old owner of...
View ArticleNorth Korea hails 'largest ever' firing drill amid high tensions
North Korea on Wednesday hailed its largest-ever firing drill, overseen by leader Kim Jong-Un to mark a key military anniversary amid high tensions in the region.Speculation had mounted that the North...
View ArticleUS police officer responds to noise complaint by doing the salsa
A Texas police officer who responded to a noise complaint at a children’s dance club by joining youngsters on the dance floor has been celebrated for “breaking” stereotypes.San Antonio mother Leslie...
View ArticleSleeping woman sexually assaulted in Brisbane home
A woman asleep in her bed has been sexually assaulted by an intruder who ran off when she woke up screaming.Police say the man broke into the woman's home in the Brisbane suburb of Doolandella around...
View ArticleFirefighter treated for smoke inhalation after Melbourne blaze causes nearly...
A large fire at a two-storey unit in Melbourne has left a firefighter injured and caused nearly $1 million in damage.Emergency services were called to the block of six units on Hope Street in Brunswick...
View ArticleBritish couple kicked off flight at military base after business class row
A couple has been booted off a British Airways flight from London to Jamaica after a man with an economy ticket sat in business class and refused to leave. The Boeing 777 made an impromptu landing at a...
View ArticleUnited Airlines to raise payment for displaced passengers to A$13,395
United Airlines will raise the payment to passengers who give up their seats on overbooked flights to A$13,395 ($US10,000) as it deals with fallout of a viral video which showed a passenger being...
View ArticleUS vows to bring North Korea’s Kim Jong-Un ‘to his senses’ with tighter...
The United States has pledged to step up sanctions to force North Korea to resume dialogue over its nuclear program. After briefing senators at the White House, top US officials said President Donald...
View ArticleZero Loch Ness Monster sightings in eight months leaves locals worried
Sightings of the fabled Loch Ness Monster have stopped, leaving locals fearful the tourist market could soon vanish too. The prehistoric beast which some say roams the waters of Loch Ness has blurred...
View Article'Quite disgraceful': Mark Latham confronts Sydney pedestrians asking if they...
Disgraced former politician Mark Latham has confronted pedestrians in a western Sydney suburb to quiz them on their English skills in a video deploring "ethnic enclaves" in Australia. The...
View ArticleMike Flynn probed over payments from Russian government-linked firms: Pentagon
The Pentagon said Thursday it is investigating President Donald Trump's former national security advisor Michael Flynn over payments he received from Russian government-linked firms.The Department of...
View ArticleFriends raise $4700 for Hobart woman allegedly set alight by fiancé
Family, friends and strangers have raised thousands in support of a Hobart woman left fighting for life in hospital after she was allegedly set alight by her fiancé.A fundraising page in support of...
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