Mother who starved baby tells WA court she was relieved her child died
A West Australian mother who starved her three-month-old daughter, then left the body to decompose in a shed is due to sentenced after pleading guilty to manslaughter midway through her murder...
View ArticleCuba offers to pay multi-million-dollar debt in rum
Cuba has decided to try and pay back it $375m debt to the Czech Republic in liquid currency after offering rum to the European country. The Czech finance ministry said Havana brought the unusual...
View ArticlePolice reduce Lamborghini to scrap metal
Taipei police have publicly reduced a $480k impounded Lamborghini sports car to scrap metal after its distraught owner lost a legal battle to have the car released. A group of photographers and...
View ArticleIndian tycoon spends cash on homeless as his wedding present for daughter
A wealthy Indian businessman has built 90 homes for the homeless to celebrate his daughter's wedding.Ajay Munot had $106,000 put aside to spend on his daughter's wedding but decided instead to use the...
View ArticleScrap metal fire prompts 'Watch and Act' warning for suburbs in Melbourne’s west
Fire authorities are warning surrounding residents close to a scrap metal recycling yard to shut their doors and close their vents in response to a scrap metal fire.Residents in Altona, Altona North,...
View ArticleSmuggled rice worth $28 million seized in China
Customs officials in southwest China have confiscated 29,000 tonnes of smuggled rice which has a staggering street value of $28 million. Black market rice is a burgeoning industry in China due to...
View ArticleRussell Island residents dodge bushfire’s wall of flames
Fire crews on Russell Island are confident they have a large grassfire under control despite several spot fires and flare-ups.The blaze broke out about midday yesterday and threatened about 60 homes,...
View ArticleSouth Australian man charged with terror offences spread hate for at least...
A South Australian man charged with terrorism-related offences is understood to have promoted race hate across the western suburbs for at least the past six years.The 50-year-old has been charged with...
View ArticleGroup living in Melbourne share house complained about balcony 'for months'...
A young man living in a Carlton share house said he and other tenants had attempted to alert their landlord of the issues with the roof and the balcony weeks before it dangerously collapsed.The...
View ArticleWoman dead and children injured after multi-car crash near Bendigo
A woman has died and three children are injured after a crash in Runnymede, north-east of Bendigo today.Victoria Police believe a Toyota Prado 4WD with two women and four kids on board was towing a...
View ArticleFormer nurse jailed for at least 27 years for murdering two patients at...
A former nurse has been jailed for at least 27 years for murdering two residents at a northern NSW aged-care facility by injecting them with lethal doses of insulin.Megan Haines, 49, was found to have...
View ArticleAt least 3000 civilians leave Aleppo under evacuation deal, thousands still...
Thousands of civilians and rebels left Aleppo on Thursday under an evacuation deal that will allow Syria's regime to take full control of the city after years of fighting.The International Committee of...
View ArticleChina reportedly seizes US naval underwater probe in South China Sea
China has seized an unmanned US naval underwater testing vehicle in the South China Sea, a US defense official told AFP on Friday."It was taken" by China, the official said, adding the craft was seized...
View ArticleTunisia vows to stop rapists marrying underage victims
Tunisia's prime minister said Friday that his government would seek to amend a controversial law that allows men who rape underage girls to avoid punishment by marrying their victims.Youssef Chahed's...
View ArticleSydney man in hospital following seven-car smash
A man has been taken to hospital with suspected chest and abdominal injuries after a seven-car smash in Sydney's inner east.The 71-year-old was driving through the Cross City Tunnel on Friday afternoon...
View ArticleBritish swimmer abandons Atlantic crossing world record bid
British amateur swimmer Ben Hooper has abandoned his attempt to cross the Atlantic, he said in a Facebook post Friday, after his support boat was damaged in a storm.Hooper had hoped to cross the ocean...
View ArticleHelicopter pilot had '35 seconds' to make decision to land aircraft in bushland
A helicopter pilot who was forced to make an emergency landing in dense bushland in Sydney's south today said he only had 35 seconds to make the decision to land the aircraft, which was carrying his...
View ArticleElusive ghost shark caught on camera for the first time
An elusive deep sea predator with retractable genitals on its head has been filmed for the first time thanks to "dumb luck". Actually, the footage of the rare ghost shark – also known as a chimaera or...
View ArticleFamily of four injured in explosion on boat near Patonga, on NSW Central Coast
Four members of the same family are in hospital after an explosion on a boat on the NSW Central Coast. Police said the 6.7-metre vessel had recently left the Patonga wharf and was about 700m from shore...
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