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‘A blocked loo is on you’: surge in ‘fatbergs’ as bizarre items flushed down Sydney’s toilets

Sydney Water says data shows men aged between 18 and 29 are biggest culprits wh…

Australia news live: Queensland to cut all public transport trips to 50c in six-month trial; Adam Bandt refuses to say if Greens support two-state solution

Premier Steven Miles says change is about ‘getting cars off the road’ and addre…

Sunak promises to bring back national service for 18-year-olds

Labour lambasts youth policy as ‘desperate and unfunded’ and designed to make y…

Lib Dems target ‘blue wall’ with blitz of 2m leaflets in Tory heartlands

Seats of Jeremy Hunt and Gillian Keegan included in long-planned assault, as pa…

Trump would ‘absolutely’ rehire Peter Navarro despite prison sentence

Former White House trade adviser is currently serving four months in federal pr…

Last major Islamic-style mosque in China loses its domes

Exclusive: Experts say changes to Grand Mosque of Shadian mark completion of fi…

Lloyd Austin to undergo new hospital treatment for bladder problem

Duties of US defense secretary, 70, whose cancer treatment in December was init…

French court finds three Syrian officials guilty of crimes against humanity

Members of Assad regime sentenced in absentia to life imprisonment on Friday af…

Italian anti-fascist goes on trial in Hungary accused of attacking neo-Nazis

Ilaria Salis, 39, says she is being persecuted for her beliefs in case that has…

Well heeled: Zara Tindall’s stiletto protectors stop that sinking feeling

King Charles’s niece wore a pink satin dress to the Buckingham Palace garden pa…

Tory MPs mull over their fate after Rishi Sunak’s election call

Gloom, resignation, but also a show of fighting spirit as PM’s troops weigh up …

Ex-Baltimore prosecutor Marilyn Mosby spared prison for perjury and fraud

Mosby, who led prosecution of police over Freddie Gray death, sentenced to 12 m…

‘Above normal’ hurricane season could bring summer of natural disasters to US

Factors including ‘near-record warm ocean temperatures in Atlantic’ lead to sta…

Gaffe at brewery marks the end of Rishi Sunak’s first day of campaigning

After some tetchy interviews the PM flew to all four nations, while Starmer and…

Scottish parliament to suspend ex-minister who claimed £11,000 roaming bill on expenses

Standards committee says Michael Matheson should also lose salary for 54 days i…

Thursday briefing: How a day of fevered general election speculation unfolded

In today’s newsletter: From a drop in inflation, to Cameron’s cancelled sojourn…

Macron arrives in New Caledonia amid calls for France to drop voting changes

Visit by president intended to quell serious unrest over plans in Paris to expa…

Trump falsely claims US justice department was ready to kill him

Ex-president recasts FBI’s standard policy statement limiting use of deadly for…

Authorized big-screen biopic of George Floyd in the works

Daddy Changed the World will tell the story of the man whose murder sparked ant…

Large fire breaks out at office of Ozempic maker in Denmark

Blaze in Bagsvaerd, in greater Copenhagen area, is second at a Novo Nordisk sit…

New details of Wieambilla police shootings revealed in case of US conspiracy theorist Donald Day Jr

Premillennialism advocate who has pleaded not guilty to five federal charges in…

Eight Australians taken to Thai hospital after London-Singapore flight hits severe turbulence

One Briton, en route to an Australian holiday, dies after ‘dramatic drop’ onboa…

TV meteorologist attacks Ron DeSantis over Florida’s ‘don’t say climate change’ law

Steve MacLaughlin of WTVJ in Miami urges viewers to vote – because ‘there are c…

Claims for psychological injury at work surge in NSW at triple the rate of physical harm

Exclusive: SafeWork NSW promises to crack down on big businesses who fail to pr…

Nine on trial in Frankfurt on charges of plotting to overthrow German state

Self-styled aristocrat, a former judge and retired military officers among susp…

New Caledonia unrest: Australia and New Zealand sending evacuation flights for stranded tourists

France gives clearance for several planes to bring home travellers stuck in Fre…

More than third of Amazon rainforest struggling to recover from drought, study finds

‘Critical slowing down’ of recovery raises concern over forest’s resilience to …

Diplomatic row deepens after Javier Milei calls wife of Spanish PM ‘corrupt’

Spain recalls its Buenos Aires ambassador and demands apology from Argentina’s …

California’s $395 pineapple highlights spike in luxury fruit market

The Rubyglow pineapple was created in Costa Rica after 16 years of research and…

Julian Assange wins high court victory in case against extradition to US

Judges had deferred a decision on whether Assange could take his case to anothe…

‘Only Hamas can defend us’: Israeli raids and Fatah failures boost support in West Bank

Settler attacks and arrests of Hamas supporters create climate of fear and dist…

Ex-ministers warn UK universities will go bust without higher fees or funding

Exclusive: Vice-chancellors suggest fee rise of £2,000 to £3,500 a year, but ot…

Rwanda denies entry to senior human rights researcher

Human Rights Watch says Clementine De Montjoye’s case raises fresh questions ab…

‘It’s very hard to get spare parts’: London museum ‘retires’ treasure-trove gallery of household gadgets

Science Museum’s Secret Life of the Home collection, including tea-making machi…

Viagogo ‘mistakenly’ listed resale of England football match tickets

Website blames human error for the advert, now removed, for about 100 seats whe…

Police officer allegedly stabbed in the head in Sydney’s CBD

Paramedics treated an officer for non-life-threatening head injuries and police…

Virginia governor allows Confederate groups to keep tax exemptions

Republican Glenn Youngkin also vetoed bills related to maintaining access to co…

Suspect in court as Putin’s friends capitalise on shooting of Slovakian PM Robert Fico

Media is barred from hearing as 71-year-old man appears in closed session over …

Man arrested in connection with assault on actor Steve Buscemi

New York actor was taken to hospital after a stranger punched him in the face w…

UK weather: thunderstorm warnings for Wales and south-west England

Met Office says heavy rain and sudden flooding could occur in affected areas an…

Children’s author charged with online grooming in Sydney

Man, 41, arrested and charged with online grooming after allegedly sending inap…

Israel recovers bodies of three hostages taken by Hamas, including Shani Louk

Bodies of Amit Buskila and Itzhak Gelerenter also recovered from Gaza as Israel…

Boeing shareholders vote to re-elect departing CEO to company’s board

Search for new chief executive for troubled planemaker continues amid safety cr…

AOC v MTG: House hearing dissolves into chaos over Republican’s insult

Squabble started when Marjorie Taylor Greene insulted House member, spurring Al…

Cop29 at a crossroads in Azerbaijan with focus on climate finance

Fossil-fuel dependent country hopes to provide bridge between wealthy global no…

UK government adviser on disruptive protest accused of conflict of interest

John Woodcock, whose review proposes bans for protest groups, has lobbying link…

Patrick McGorry urges government to move faster on mental health after federal budget boost

Upgrades to existing structures are required to address a ‘surge’ of need, espe…

Former British MEP running for election to European parliament in Italy

Sir Graham Watson says rise of far right has led him to stand in North-East Ita…

Coalition senator accuses Labor’s Fatima Payman of ‘supporting terrorists’ before withdrawing claim

Comments come just hours after Senate passes motion urging senators to ‘engage …

EasyJet’s Johan Lundgren to step down at beginning of 2025

CEO will be replaced by chief financial officer Kenton Jarvis, who like Lundgre…

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