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Sun, 13 Sep 2026 17:47:22 +1000‘New level of sophistication’: Hidden crypto farm discovered in remote Mexican mountains
These ramshackle buildings would have been the perfect hiding spot for the allegedly illegal money-laundering operation - if not for the whirring heard a kilometre away.
Sun, 13 Sep 2026 16:30:00 +1000Bitcoin billionaires give Nigel Farage’s Reform UK £72m in 48 hours
The donations to the anti-immigration party, a force behind Brexit, are more than either Labour or the Conservatives spent in the last UK general election.
Sun, 13 Sep 2026 16:18:04 +1000Rescuers searching for 140 people from Indonesian passenger ship
Indonesian authorities are searching for 140 passengers lost from a ship in the Java Sea overnight, while 102 others were evacuated and one has died.
Sun, 13 Sep 2026 15:45:59 +1000The new terror stalking Kyiv day and night
Drones fitted with jet engines are radically changing the war by slamming into targets at speeds of about 600km/h and out-running the interceptors designed to stop them.
Sun, 13 Sep 2026 15:44:47 +1000New weapons bringing terror to Ukraine
Europe correspondent David Crowe on the ground in Kyiv, Ukraine.
Sun, 13 Sep 2026 15:33:15 +1000Australian tourist dies after falling from cliff at famous beach near Bali
A young woman plunged 80 metres from a tourist spot at Kelingking Beach, triggering a gruelling recovery mission at one of South-East Asia’s most photographed landmarks.
Sun, 13 Sep 2026 15:21:22 +1000Trump opened the door to ugliness. Now the mini-Trumps are rising
Since Donald Trump’s re-election as president, no-one appears to know any more what the basic standards of character are for an elected representative.
Sun, 13 Sep 2026 13:30:00 +1000Putin will not win: My encounter with Europe’s new-found optimism
Despite Trump’s America retreating from its role as protector of the free world, a weekend conference in Kyiv showcased Europe’s solidarity and rising confidence in the face of the Russian leader’s aggression.
Sun, 13 Sep 2026 10:59:32 +1000‘Feather in everybody’s cap’: Trump says he’d love to see a ‘unified’ Ireland
The US president made his remarks while visiting the Irish prime minister in Dublin before travelling on to his golf course in the west of Ireland.
Sun, 13 Sep 2026 07:22:10 +1000Australian woman dies after falling from popular cliff in Bali
A 29-year-old Australian woman has died after falling 80 metres from a popular tourist destination in Nusa Penida near Bali.
Sun, 13 Sep 2026 05:07:00 +1000Are we in World War III, and just don’t know it?
During times of increased tension, a massive escalation can be sudden and catastrophic. Sometimes avoiding the worst is just dumb luck.
Sun, 13 Sep 2026 05:00:00 +1000‘Rushed’: Trump’s contractor blamed own work – not vandals – for reflecting pool debacle
New documents reveal that Atlantic Industrial Coatings, which renovated the Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool, has admitted errors in its own work and flaws in the repair plan.
Sat, 12 Sep 2026 18:47:02 +1000Princess of Wales visits London cancer hospital
The Princess of Wales made a surprise visit to the west London hospital where she was treated for cancer after her recent fundraising efforts.
Sat, 12 Sep 2026 18:38:54 +1000US marks 25 years since September 11 attacks
The US remembered the nearly 3000 people killed in the terror attacks that changed the world forever on September 11, 2001.
Sat, 12 Sep 2026 18:35:11 +1000US marks 25 years since September 11 attacks
The US remembered the nearly 3000 people killed in the terror attacks that changed the world forever on September 11, 2001.
Sat, 12 Sep 2026 16:30:00 +1000‘May fly an explosive-packed airplane into a US city’: CIA releases pre-9/11 Bin Laden briefings
The documents dating from 1998 to 2001 detail intelligence that US government officials had gathered about al-Qaeda in the lead up to the hijackings that killed nearly 3000 people and upended American national security.
Sat, 12 Sep 2026 13:45:00 +1000‘Trump got the headlines he wanted’: Inside the Republican midterm convention
It seems an odd strategy for the GOP to make this election a referendum on a president whose unpopularity is only getting worse. But the party knows what it’s doing.
Sat, 12 Sep 2026 13:05:48 +1000‘One tough kid’: Boy, 15, found after days clinging to capsized boat in frigid water off Alaska
Derek Parker Aghnaanga was the lone survivor, losing his older brother and then his cousin to the ocean after their fishing boat flipped in Alaska’s icy Bering Sea.
Sat, 12 Sep 2026 11:20:47 +1000‘These waters aren’t safe’: New oil supply fears as Houthis seize key island, Saudi pipeline attacked
If Yemen’s Houthis gain control of the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, their backer Iran could gain a critical advantage in its war with the US, reducing supplies through a second major corridor and further raising oil prices.
Sat, 12 Sep 2026 10:10:11 +1000‘These were people like you and me going to work’: America remembers 9/11 victims 25 years on
At Ground Zero, family members read the names of the 2977 victims. For the first time, a seventh silence honoured those who have died from illnesses tied to the toxic dust.