We're at the final stretch of the World Cup. It feels like just yesterday, international fans were arriving in the U.S. and marveling at Buc-ee's and unlimited free soda. (Image credit: Justin Setterfield)
How India's Lord's win echoes the legacy of its pioneering women cricketers On Monday afternoon, India cricketer Sneh Rana delivered the ball at London's iconic Lord's cricket stadium, completing a journey for the Indian women's cricket team that has been half-a-century in the making. The bandana-wearing off-spinner, who hails from a small town in northern India, floated one outside the off stump. England's Sophie Ecclestone, having just completed a flamboyant half-century, pressed forward, only
Victoria police say they have arrested ‘high-ranking’ man from syndicate accused of orchestrating arson attacks Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Police have arrested a man they say orchestrated a wave of Melbourne arson attacks, marking a major development in the city’s escalating hospitality wars. A 20-year-old was arrested in the city’s north-west on Tuesday. Continue reading...
Queensland police arrest a 16-year-old boy after an alleged altercation with a 17-year-old boy at Islamic College of Brisbane Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast A teenager has been left with life-threatening injuries after being allegedly stabbed by another student at a Brisbane high school. The alleged altercation took place at the Islamic College of Brisbane in Karawatha, south of Brisbane at about 11.45am on Tues
Bradley John Murdoch was convicted of 28-year-old’s murder but remains were never found Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Northern Territory Police have opened evidence boxes to uncover several previously unseen photographs from the investigation of the murder of British backpacker Peter Falconio and attempted abduction of his girlfriend Joanne Lees. Tuesday is the 25th anniversary of the infamous outback disappearance. Continue reading...
ABC News, NPR News · Oct 8
Officials say the death toll from a huge fire in a Bangkok music bar has increased to 30
Guardian - World · Oct 8
Royal commission on antisemitism and social cohesion hears from professor whose office was occupied by protesters Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast A Jewish professor has told the royal commission into antisemitism the University of Melbourne needs to show it doesn’t “tolerate misbehaviour” after the expulsion of two pro-Palestine student activists who occupied his office was overturned. Steven Prawer, a professor
ABC News · Oct 8
The senator died on Saturday after a "brief" illness, his office said.
Guardian - World · Oct 8
Government had been forced to pay back duties to companies that imported goods into the US that were hit by Trump’s tariffs The US government has already paid back tens of billions of dollars in tariffs it collected before the supreme court ruled them illegal, according to budget figures released on Monday. Tariffs – taxes on imported goods – have been a key part of president Donald Trump’s game economic plan since he took office again last year. Continue reading...
