Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says Australia has “been much more turbulent” than the US in recent years as leaders react to President Joe Biden’s shock resignation from the 2024 presidential race. Biden, 81, announced on Monday he would be withdrawing as the Democratic Party’s candidate, instead endorsing two-time running mateContinue Reading
The families left devastated by the downing of MH17 have spoken up 10 years after the atrocity to reveal the heartbreaking moments they realised their lives had changed forever. Jon and Meryn O’Brien lost their son Jack in the attack that killed all 298 people, including 38 Australian citizens andContinue Reading
It’s the end of the world as we know it – or is it? Baba Vanga, also known as Vangeliya Pandeva Gushterova, was a blind Bulgarian clairvoyant widely known for her alleged powers of precognition, according to The New York Post. The so-called Nostradamus of the Balkans, a reference toContinue Reading
The family of a Queensland man killed in Ukraine are remembering the volunteer foreign fighter as having as being “brave and strong” in his resolve to help others. Brock Greenwood, 24, had been a volunteer foreign fighter for the Ukrainian International Foreign Legion for the past 15 months. His familyContinue Reading
Australia will continue working with Pacific countries to ensure dirty money from criminal proceeds are not bought into the country and cleaned, while the government works to catch up with dated laws. Brendan Thomas – the head of Australia’s financial crimes watchdog, the Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre (Austrac)Continue Reading
As she walked down the aisle in her local supermarket in March 2021, Natalie, 41, answered a call on her mobile. “You need to come home now,” said her partner Suzanne. “Don’t panic, but there’s something that you need to see.” When she walked through the door, Suzanne handed herContinue Reading
An eerie new discovery has been made underneath the floorboards of one of Nazi Germany’s most notorious concentration camps. More than 30 handmade chess pieces were uncovered at Auschwitz concentration camp in Poland inside a former prisoner block during recent renovation work. The 35 pieces had been hidden under floorboardsContinue Reading
Former Prime Ministers Tony Abbott and John Howard are among 27 Australians who will be denied access into Russia for an “indefinite term” under new sanctions as Russia looks to punish those it believes is working against them. Russia’s Foreign Ministry released the list on Wednesday night local time, declaringContinue Reading
Hooters has abruptly closed dozens of “underperforming stores” across the US as cost-of-living pressures continue to affect spending habits. The chicken wings brand, best known for its skimpy uniforms, cited “pressure from current market conditions” for its decision to close an unspecified number of diners. Roughly 40 of the 300Continue Reading
A glamorous Australian personal assistant claimed she transferred $50,000 of her boss’s money into her account shortly after his death, as he instructed her to do so during a phone call just hours before his heart attack. Last week, the NSW Supreme Court heard from Melbourne woman Zhenya Vernon whoContinue Reading