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Sat, 20 Dec 2025 18:38:46 +1100Dramatic day as Democrats and Republicans threaten impeachment over Epstein files
The Trump administration is being accused of breaking the law and breaching public trust after it released only part of the so-called Epstein files.
Sat, 20 Dec 2025 18:25:00 +1100Epstein files release as it happened: Celebrities, politicians feature in photos, Congress told of 1200 victims as US Justice Department makes public Jeffrey Epstein files
The US Justice Department has released records relating to disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, who died by suicide in his jail cell in 2019. Follow along for our live coverage.
Sat, 20 Dec 2025 17:07:36 +1100Trump cannot shake Epstein ‘cover-up’ saga – and today’s release will not help
These hedonistic photographs show men behaving badly with little compunction, knowing they could get away with it. The handling of today’s release makes you wonder if times have really changed.
Sat, 20 Dec 2025 14:26:29 +1100‘Going to grab a pickax’: Kennedy family furious after Trump adds name to memorial
The new lettering on Washington DC’s “living memorial” to JFK marks the latest effort by the administration and its allies to remake the capital in Trump’s image.
Sat, 20 Dec 2025 12:31:47 +1100UN’s grim week: 6 peacekeepers and an interpreter killed, 10 more staffers detained in Yemen
The United Nations fears its peacekeepers, interpreters and other staff are increasingly coming under attack.
Sat, 20 Dec 2025 10:21:32 +1100‘Intolerable’: UK police crack down on hate after Bondi massacre
Manchester’s top police officer says there are reports some people celebrated the Bondi killings. Meanwhile, a video with false claims highlights the challenge of separating threats from misinformation.
Sat, 20 Dec 2025 10:11:33 +1100Hegseth announces effort to ‘eliminate’ Islamic State fighters in Syria after deaths of Americans
US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth has announced the start of an effort to “eliminate ISIS fighters, infrastructure and weapons sites” in Syria after the deaths of three US citizens.
Sat, 20 Dec 2025 02:35:28 +1100Knife-wielding attacker kills three in Taipei, dies during police chase
The man had let off smoke bombs at Taipei’s main train station, and then ran to a nearby shopping district while attacking people on the way, authorities said.
Fri, 19 Dec 2025 18:30:00 +1100French anaesthetist ‘Dr Death’ killed 12 patients to ‘feed his thirst for power’
Frederic Pechier worked in two clinics when patients went into cardiac arrest in suspicious circumstances between 2008 and 2017.
Fri, 19 Dec 2025 17:51:39 +1100How an anonymous tipster cracked the US university shooting case
“John” is being hailed by police as the key figure who gave them the details needed to track down the suspected killer, who was found dead on Friday.
Fri, 19 Dec 2025 15:51:00 +1100‘We had to go to Plan B’: EU to loan $160 billion to Ukraine for war effort
The move sidestepped divisions over an unprecedented plan to finance Kyiv with Russian sovereign cash.
Fri, 19 Dec 2025 13:27:48 +1100Seven dead after jet erupts into giant fireball shortly after take-off
A sporting champion and his wife were among those killed when the jet crashed.
Fri, 19 Dec 2025 09:50:12 +1100Lolita quotes, women’s IDs: Democrats release dozens of new Epstein images
The new images include close-ups of sentences from the book Lolita, scribbled across different parts of a woman’s body. Microsoft founder Bill Gates and political activist Noam Chomsky are also pictured in other images.
Fri, 19 Dec 2025 05:57:32 +1100‘Junk science’: RFK Jr moves to eradicate gender-affirming care for trans youth
The sweeping new restrictions would cut off federal funding to hospitals that provide puberty blockers, hormone therapy or surgical interventions.
Thu, 18 Dec 2025 18:54:54 +1100Nick Reiner faces court charged with murder of parents
The son of Hollywood power couple Rob and Michele Reiner has faced court in Los Angeles for the first time after being charged with their murder.
Thu, 18 Dec 2025 18:54:21 +1100Sajid Akram’s family in India had no knowledge of his ‘radical mindset’
Family members in India have gone to ground, neighbours are lying low and a misinformation campaign is raging online.
Thu, 18 Dec 2025 17:25:58 +1100Ghislaine Maxwell seeks release from jail, citing ‘new evidence’
Maxwell maintained in a habeas petition that information that would have resulted in her exoneration at her 2021 trial was withheld and false testimony was presented to the jury.
Thu, 18 Dec 2025 15:59:17 +1100Trump’s shouty prime-time address suggests he may not have another gear
One of Trump’s great assets last year was that he appeared more in touch with people’s real problems and worries. Now, he risks being the one seen as divorced from reality.
Thu, 18 Dec 2025 14:12:13 +1100Injection marks and wrinkles: Trump’s team unfiltered in Vanity Fair
Keep your friends close and your enemies closer, as the saying goes. Vanity Fair photographer Christopher Anderson has caused a stir with extreme close-up images of the Trump team, injection marks and all.
Thu, 18 Dec 2025 11:47:48 +1100Australia is right to support a two-state solution: former Israeli PM Ehud Olmert
Benjamin Netanyahu had no right to claim Australia “poured fuel on the antisemitic fire” that caused the Bondi massacre, writes Israel’s former prime minister.