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Wed, 03 Dec 2025 19:30:00 +1100Hacking scheme targeted 120,000 home cameras for sexually exploitative footage
South Korean police say four suspects breached internet-connected surveillance cameras and sold sexually explicit material via an overseas-based website.
Wed, 03 Dec 2025 16:41:29 +1100Accused Australian drug smuggler likely to have avoided Bali death penalty
An Australian man has likely avoided the death penalty as Bali prosecutors drop the most serious drug charges against him.
Wed, 03 Dec 2025 12:47:02 +1100Andrew won’t get $1m refund on Windsor home left in poor condition
The former prince was meant to maintain his 30-room mansion, but it is in such a state of disrepair it’s unlikely he will get any compensation, the Crown Estate says.
Wed, 03 Dec 2025 12:04:39 +1100The man whose grief spoke to the world as Hong Kong towers burnt
Wong left home to pick up his granddaughter from school. He returned to find his building ablaze and his wife trapped inside. That was when photographer Tyrone Siu found him.
Wed, 03 Dec 2025 11:25:05 +1100‘Ready right now’: Putin warns of war with Europe ahead of Ukraine talks
The Russian president raised the stakes in peace talks on Ukraine with his dramatic warning to European leaders, as his talks with US negotiators in Moscow drew no closer to a peace deal.
Wed, 03 Dec 2025 10:52:18 +1100‘Fog of war’ might excuse an admiral, but it won’t let Hegseth off the hook
Donald Trump’s version of the “war on terrorism” involves extrajudicial killings of suspected drug couriers in international waters – while pardoning a proven kingpin.
Wed, 03 Dec 2025 09:26:13 +1100Trump ‘seriously’ considering version of Australia’s superannuation system
Though he was light on details, the US president said Australia’s system was a “good plan” and suggested it could help lift America’s declining fertility rate.
Wed, 03 Dec 2025 07:24:37 +1100Hegseth unleashes on press, says lethal double strike on boat occurred in ‘fog of war’
The US war secretary said he did not witness survivors of the first boat strike, but backed his admiral’s decision to fire on them again to “eliminate the threat”.
Wed, 03 Dec 2025 05:53:24 +1100Former Prince Andrew controversy prompts inquiry into Crown Estate
British MPs will investigate properties in the Crown Estate leased to members of the royal family, following revelations about the former Prince Andrew's lease.
Tue, 02 Dec 2025 19:46:21 +1100US secretary of war facing criticism over Venezuela suspected drug boat strike
US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth is facing claims he engaged in war crimes over a strike on a suspected drug boat off the coast of Venezuela.
Tue, 02 Dec 2025 19:30:00 +1100Partygoers had gathered to cut the cake. Then came a popping sound
Patrice Williams thought the balloons had burst at her toddler’s birthday party, but then she saw her friends and family drop to the floor.
Tue, 02 Dec 2025 16:05:10 +1100Death toll surpasses 1200 after simultaneous storms devastate Asia
The casualty figure is set to rise as rescuers sift through mud and debris for hundreds of people still missing across multiple countries.
Tue, 02 Dec 2025 15:30:00 +1100A smartphone before age 12 could carry health risks, US study says
Parents should think twice before letting younger children have a smartphone because of risks to long-term health and wellbeing, one of the largest-ever US studies on child brain development suggests.
Tue, 02 Dec 2025 14:57:42 +1100Australia in talks with US over Trump demands to pay more for medicine
A White House official said the general structure of the deal – under which other countries pay more for medicines or face punitive trade measures – was the model for talks with other nations.
Tue, 02 Dec 2025 13:46:09 +1100Chuck Schumer calls for Pete Hegseth to testify
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer called for Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth to testify before Congress about the follow-up strike on an alleged drug trafficking boat in the Caribbean.
Tue, 02 Dec 2025 11:45:05 +1100The brutal reality that shows what Putin really thinks of Trump’s peace plan
Yaroslav was at home when the missile hit. So was his friend, who went to sleep that night as usual and died in the flames.
Tue, 02 Dec 2025 11:45:00 +1100Trump wants to ‘drill, baby, drill’. This Australian giant is happy to help
Oil and gas giant Woodside is expanding in the US under its American chief executive. Over brunch in New York, Meg O’Neill explains why she thinks the climate conversation has fundamentally changed.
Tue, 02 Dec 2025 10:08:15 +1100‘His name shall be erased’: Andrew stripped of last remaining royal titles
King Charles has annulled his brother’s membership of Britain’s oldest and most senior order of chivalry, one in which members must be personally chosen by the monarch.
Tue, 02 Dec 2025 07:02:36 +1100‘Kill everybody’: Trump, Congress scrutinise Hegseth over ‘narco-terrorist’ double strike
The White House has confirmed the US military launched a second lethal strike on a suspected drug trafficking boat, killing survivors from the first attack – an act that critics have likened to a war crime.
Tue, 02 Dec 2025 06:02:30 +1100Accused killer of US healthcare boss returns to court
Luigi Mangione, the accused killer of a top US health insurance executive, has returned to court, and seeks to have key evidence thrown out.