At least 44 dead in Hong Kong apartment blaze
A huge fire in a Hong Kong residential apartment complex has killed at least 44 people and left almost 300 missing, police said on Thursday.
'Targeted': National Guard soldiers shot near White House
'Targeted': National Guard soldiers shot near White House
Two National Guard soldiers have been critically injured in a shooting near the White House in what US officials describe as a targeted ambush. A suspect is in custody.
Woman dies after shark attack, man critically hurt
Woman dies after shark attack, man critically hurt
A woman is dead after a shark attack at a remote New South Wales beach, and a man is in hospital in a critical condition after also being bitten.
Trump says no firm deadline for peace deal
Trump says no firm deadline for peace deal
United States President Donald Trump yesterday backed away from tomorrow’s deadline for Ukraine to agree to a US-backed peace plan
Arrests linked to heist
Arrests linked to heist
French police have arrested a total of four more suspects linked to the October 19 heist of crown jewels from the Louvre, the Paris state prosecutor’s office said yesterday.
Aussie teens ask High Court to block social media ban
Aussie teens ask High Court to block social media ban
A constitutional challenge against Australia’s social media ban on children younger than 16 has been filed in the nation’s highest court.
Greater search powers for police in Melbourne
'Sad day indeed': Greater search powers for police in Melbourne
Police in Melbourne will have the power to stop and search people without warrants in designated areas as part of a push to improve safety.
Zelenskiy says Ukraine ready to advance peace plan
Zelenskiy says Ukraine ready to advance peace plan
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy says he is ready to advance a US-backed framework for ending the war with Russia.
Bushfire risk spikes as temperatures soar in Australia
Bushfire risk spikes as temperatures soar in Australia
Forecasts of soaring temperatures and damaging wind gusts have prompted Australian authorities to raise bushfire alerts to their highest levels in more than two years.
Trump adds turkeys to big pardon list
Trump adds turkeys to big pardon list
Gobble and Waddle have been spared from Thanksgiving dinner tables.
23 kidnapped Nigerian schoolgirls released
23 kidnapped Nigerian schoolgirls released
Twenty-four girls abducted from a government boarding school in northwestern Nigeria have been released, it has been confirmed.
Conservative leads in polls
Conservative leads in polls
Chile ultra-conservative presidential candidate Jose Antonio Kast secured a commanding double-digit lead in the first polls taken since he and a leftist rival advanced to the country’s runoff vote.
Set up to drop the ball here
Set up to drop the ball here
A newly created New Year’s Eve ball adorned with 5280 Waterford crystals is raised for the first time above One Times Square yesterday
Opposition leader flees after disputed vote
Opposition leader flees after disputed vote
Opposition leader Issa Tchiroma Bakary has fled Cameroon for Gambia following the re-election of Paul Biya, the world’s oldest president
Street named after former prince to be changed
Council votes to change street named after former prince
A Northern Irish council has agreed to begin work to rename a street named after Britain's former Prince Andrew.
Queensland braces for more wild storms after destruction
Queensland braces for more wild storms after destruction
Emergency crews are battling heatwave conditions as they restore power to thousands in Queensland ahead of another round of dangerous superstorms.
Global Insight: 'Time to team up' to tackle climate change
Global Insight: 'Time to team up' to tackle climate change
Tag-teaming with other countries to wrestle climate change should be NZ's urgent task given the United States’ lack of leadership, Prof Robert Patman says.
Reggae legend Jimmy Cliff dies
Reggae legend Jimmy Cliff dies
Jimmy Cliff, the legendary Jamaican singer who along with Bob Marley popularized reggae, ska and rocksteady music over a six decade career, has died
Search for missing Aussie boy resumes
Mine shafts focus as search for missing Aussie boy resumes
A new search for a missing four-year-old boy is about to ramp up two months after he vanished from his family's remote outback farmhouse.
Fifty kidnapped students escape in Nigeria
Fifty kidnapped students escape in Nigeria
Fifty of the more than 300 students kidnapped from a Nigerian Catholic school last week have escaped and have been reunited with their parents, the Catholic Church and Christian...