France launches Kardashian robbery probe
French prosecutors have formally opened an investigation into the armed robbery in Paris of Kim Kardashian in which the US reality TV star lost millions in jewellery, a judicial source said...
View ArticleTen-year-old Sydney boy turns $200 into portable shelter for the homeless
A young boy is hoping to take his innovative strategy into Sydney’s CBD to help those less fortunate.Aryeh Berkovits has developed a prototype for a portable wooden shelter, built around a single bed,...
View ArticleFive-year-old struck by mother’s car in Sydney driveway
A mother has struck her five-year-old son in the driveway of her home in Sydney’s north-west this afternoon.The 41-year-old woman was operating her car in the driveway of her home when it struck the...
View ArticleMilk delivery driver mowed down as thief steals his van in Brunswick
An opportunistic thief who tried to steal a milk delivery van has mowed down the van’s owner in Brunswick.The thief struck about 2.30pm while the van’s driver stepped out to deliver a load from his...
View ArticleCCTV captures clown terrorising two young girls in Adelaide’s Rundle Street
Two 12-year-old girls have been terrorised and chased in Adelaide’s Rundle Street by a man dressed as a clown.CCTV obtained by 9NEWS shows the pair walking to get ice cream when the man runs towards...
View ArticleVictorian government slams opposition calls for youth repeat offenders to be...
The government has rejected calls by the state opposition to name and shame repeat youth offenders, saying the plan sounds like it has been “written on the back of an envelope”.Police Minister Lisa...
View ArticleNine-year-old filmed performing burnouts on Queensland beach
A Queensland mother has reported the father of her son to police after discovering a video of her nine-year-old hooning on a deserted beach. The video shows the young boy performing burn-outs and...
View ArticleBoko Haram releases 21 Chibok school girls kidnapped in 2014
Twenty-one of the 270 school girls kidnapped by militant group Boko Haram in 2014 have been released, Nigerian officials have confirmed.The girls were exchanged for four Boko Haram militants in Banki,...
View ArticleUS songwriter Bob Dylan awarded 2016 Nobel Prize for literature
Bob Dylan has won the 2016 Nobel Prize for literature. The 75-year-old is the first songwriter to win the prestigious award and an announcement that surprised prize watchers. Dylan was honoured “for...
View ArticleWorld's longest-reigning monarch, Thailand's King Bhumibol dies
Thailand's King Bhumibol Adulyadej, the world's longest-serving monarch, has died at the age of 88, the palace announced Thursday, leaving a divided nation bereft of a rare figure of unity."Although...
View ArticleVincent Stanford sentenced to life behind bars for Stephanie Scott's murder
School cleaner Vincent Stanford has been sentenced to life behind bars for murdering NSW teacher Stephanie Scott.Stanford, 25, was sentenced today in Griffith courthouse in southwest NSW by Justice...
View ArticlePeople magazine reporter claims she was forcibly kissed by Donald Trump
A People magazine reporter is the latest woman to allege Donald Trump acted inappropriately with her, following a number of claims from other women whose accounts were reported by The New York Times,...
View ArticleThe NSW local government areas that fork out (and lose) the most money to...
Gary Parsisson saw the dark side of pokies.The former Sydney bank manager, now Salvation Army volunteer, lost his job, his marriage and around $700,000 in seven years.“It’s an addiction,” Mr Parsisson...
View ArticleMy Chemical Romance guitarist, Frank Iero, caught up in Sydney CBD bus crash
My Chemical Romance guitarist Frank Iero has been caught up in a bus crash in Sydney's CBD this afternoon.https://twitter.com/LiveNationOzNz/status/786459881981157376Iero and his band mates were...
View ArticlePhillip Hughes inquest divided cricket and reopened old wounds
In his opening remarks on Monday, State Coroner Michael Barnes made clear the goal of an inquest into Phillip Hughes’ death was not to accuse anyone of wrongdoing.“These inquiries are not undertaken to...
View ArticleBob Dylan’s Nobel Prize win divides critics
Musicians, politicians and writers have taken to social media to express their elation or disappointment in the Bob Dylan’s landmark Nobel Prize win. Dylan, 75, was met with a loud and lengthy applause...
View ArticleOfficers charged over leaving eight-year-old boy in police cage
Two police officers have been charged with leaving an eight-year-old boy in the caged rear of a police car for 50 minutes in northern NSW.The child had been accused of causing malicious damage before...
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