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Sun, 11 Jan 2026 19:30:00 +1100Superman No.1 comic once stolen from Nicolas Cage sells for $22m
The private deal for “Action Comics No.1” eclipses the previous record price for a comic book.
Sun, 11 Jan 2026 17:14:13 +1100Trump briefed on military options for Iran, as death toll rises to 116
The demonstrations began December 28 over the collapse of the Iranian rial currency and grew into a protest against the theocratic regime. Now the US is considering a military strike.
Sun, 11 Jan 2026 16:31:35 +1100‘Maple MAGAs’: Separatists in Canada could boost Trump’s quest for dominance
A possible secession referendum in Alberta could provide an opening for “grey MAGA money” to be used to sow a disinformation campaign or contest the results.
Sun, 11 Jan 2026 14:34:05 +1100Huge protests in US cities over fatal ICE shooting
A boisterous crowd chanted victim Renee Good’s name and slogans such as “Abolish ICE” and “No justice, no peace – get ICE off our streets.”
Sun, 11 Jan 2026 11:48:55 +1100US launches new retaliatory strikes against Islamic State in Syria
The large-scale strikes, conducted by the US alongside partner forces, occurred around 4.30am on Sunday.
Sun, 11 Jan 2026 10:10:43 +1100Iran has brutally crushed protests before. This time could be different
After 35 years of ruling Iran, Ali Khamenei is running out of options fast.
Sun, 11 Jan 2026 09:35:11 +1100Millions of Instagram users sent 'password reset' emails
Millions of Instagram users have received 'password reset' emails amid reports of a mass data breach.
Sun, 11 Jan 2026 07:37:28 +1100Six killed, including a child, in Mississippi shooting, suspect charged with murder
Four members of the same family and related to the suspect – including a 7-year-old – and two other adults were shot at three separate locations, according to local law enforcement.
Sun, 11 Jan 2026 05:00:00 +1100Greenlanders tell ‘absolutely insane’ Trump what they really think
On the streets of Nuuk, derision of the US president is palpable. A group of boys walking in the snow stop to say “we hate Trump”. One makes the shape of a gun with his hand and pulls the trigger.
Sat, 10 Jan 2026 15:30:42 +1100West Wing actor accused of child sex abuse on set
A criminal complaint says a child reported that Timothy Busfield touched him inappropriately on the set of a TV show directed and acted in.
Sat, 10 Jan 2026 11:27:58 +1100Trump says he’d accept Nobel Prize from winner. It doesn’t work like that
The US president said he’d heard that the Peace Prize winner, Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado, wanted to give him the prize and that it would be “a great honour”.
Sat, 10 Jan 2026 09:48:04 +1100ICE agent’s video shows moments before fatal Minneapolis shooting
Mobile-phone footage captured the moments leading up to the shooting of driver Renee Nicole Good and the immediate aftermath.
Sat, 10 Jan 2026 09:23:06 +1100ICE agent who shot Minnesota woman's video released
The mobile phone footage taken by the ICE agent who shot Minneapolis woman Renee Good has been released.
Sat, 10 Jan 2026 05:31:00 +1100From Traralgon to Covent Garden: How Victoria’s ‘Billy Elliot’ became a Royal Ballet star
Now a principal with one of the world’s most prestigious ballet companies, Calvin Richardson has some advice for young dancers on how to stay true to themselves.
Sat, 10 Jan 2026 05:18:55 +1100Iranian authorities struggle to contain growing demonstrations
Iran’s supreme leader derided demonstrators as “vandals” and mocked President Donald Trump’s promise to intervene if protesters were killed.
Fri, 09 Jan 2026 15:45:00 +1100NASA to bring astronaut home in first-ever space medical evacuation
The astronaut will return with the three other members of their mission, called Crew-11, which launched to the International Space Station in August.
Fri, 09 Jan 2026 15:45:00 +1100‘Tool of repression’: Iran is cut off from the internet as protests intensify
The government has previously enforced internet blackouts during moments of crisis.
Fri, 09 Jan 2026 15:19:12 +1100National outcry after second shooting by US agents in two days
Anger over the fatal ICE shooting in Minneapolis was compounded when border patrol agents shot a man and a woman in Portland, Oregon.
Fri, 09 Jan 2026 11:55:07 +1100Arctic storm grips Britain and Europe
Arctic weather and plunging temperatures trigger public safety alerts and disrupt transport in the UK.
Fri, 09 Jan 2026 11:50:00 +1100The new world disorder where might is right
The future is an unhappy picture of great power competition and serious risk for Australia.