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Tue, 29 Sep 2026 18:01:00 +1000‘Fill the gap’: Australia’s plan to swoop on Trump’s trade war with Canada
Trade Minister Don Farrell is heading to the G20 in Milwaukee with a plot to take advantage of crashing US alcohol sales to Canada.
Tue, 29 Sep 2026 17:12:46 +1000Missing Aussie activist detained in Vietnam
Democracy campaigner Tran Hiep was due to meet his wife in Thailand after travelling to Phnom Penh, but did not board his flight and has not been heard from since.
Tue, 29 Sep 2026 15:40:16 +1000Youngest known person dies by euthanasia
Euthanasia for incurably ill children aged one to 12 has been legal in the Netherlands for two years.
Tue, 29 Sep 2026 13:19:21 +1000Canadian MP gets caught out with AI speech
Canadian politician Bill Oliver went viral after reading out an AI editing prompt in a speech to parliament
Tue, 29 Sep 2026 11:24:46 +1000Trump airs promotional ad using taxpayer money
Donald Trump has used taxpayer money to re-air a promotional video he made ahead of the 2024 elections.
Tue, 29 Sep 2026 10:33:14 +1000‘Heinous’: Frat house gang-rape lawsuit triggers reopening of criminal investigation
A woman says she was sexually assaulted by seven Cornell University students after being plied with alcohol and drugs on the Ivy League campus, sparking outrage about why there had been no criminal prosecutions.
Tue, 29 Sep 2026 08:50:17 +1000‘Exclude her’: British Jews urge UK to bar entry of Australian author over October 7 remarks
Britain’s peak Jewish group wants Randa Abdel-Fattah blocked from visiting to promote her new novel over past comments, in which she described the Hamas attack on Israel as “exhilarating”.
Tue, 29 Sep 2026 06:43:42 +1000SpaceX rocket reaches orbit despite engine trouble
Elon Musk's SpaceX has launched a Starship rocket into orbit for the first time.
Tue, 29 Sep 2026 05:30:00 +1000This city is banning drones and owners aren’t happy
Drone owners have vented their frustration at new rules banning the devices in China’s capital, which has forced many to sell at low-ball prices.
Tue, 29 Sep 2026 05:26:45 +1000‘I’m surprised’: Trump at odds with UK police after five terror suspects released
Police imposed tight bail conditions on the men – all British nationals – as the Iranian embassy denounced claims that its government was involved in the incident.
Tue, 29 Sep 2026 05:00:00 +1000How Trump’s grovelling emboldens China and imperils the Asia Pacific
Donald Trump rolled out the blood-red carpet for China’s President Xi Jinping’s visit. In return, he got precisely nothing.
Tue, 29 Sep 2026 02:47:31 +1000Fiery splashdown for SpaceX’s Starship as orbital flight cut short
Elon Musk’s showpiece spacecraft splashed down north of Hawaii. The company had been aiming for a 10-hour flight spanning six laps around Earth.
Mon, 28 Sep 2026 18:27:53 +1000Terror police probe UK plot
Terror police are probing links to the Iranian regime, after five men were arrested near an RAF base in the UK.
Mon, 28 Sep 2026 15:30:00 +1000Australia hosts tennis make-up sesh between Trump administration and CNN
The annual tennis tournament between the Trump administration and the media takes place at the ambassador’s residence, which boasts the only grass court in Washington, DC.
Mon, 28 Sep 2026 15:30:00 +1000Trump offered to sell arms to China, US ambassador says
China has the world’s fastest-growing military and for decades US officials have warned of a potential military clash between the two nuclear-armed powers in the Asia-Pacific region.
Mon, 28 Sep 2026 12:25:54 +1000Protesters block Orange Order from marching through Catholic area in Northern Ireland
Around 2,000 protesters blocked the way into a Catholic area in a Northern Irish town that a Protestant parade was due to walk down on Sunday morning (September 27) after the lifting of an almost 30-year ban on a route that was a flashpoint of sectar...
Mon, 28 Sep 2026 10:53:20 +1000‘Madness’: Stand-off in Northern Ireland town as protesters block first Orangemen march in decades
The attempt to hold the Protestant parade through a Catholic section of Portadown followed the lifting of an almost 30-year ban on the contentious route.
Mon, 28 Sep 2026 07:53:23 +1000‘Masked men’ arrested over suspected bomb plot at UK air base used by US to strike Iran
US President Donald Trump said the suspects had been under surveillance for a “long time” and were attempting to do “big damage” to the base in south-west England.
Mon, 28 Sep 2026 06:06:55 +1000Bangkok declared disaster zone
Bangkok has been declared a disaster zone after devastating floods swept through Thailand's capital.
Mon, 28 Sep 2026 06:06:10 +1000Trump says Iran war will 'end soon'
US President Donald Trump says the Iran conflict will end 'soon; after he rejected Tehran's latest peace offer.