China’s espionage efforts are intensifying in its backyard as Beijing continues to expand its military footprint in the South China Sea.

The birthday surprises have started early for King Charles, who was surrounded by excited students during a visit to a local market a day before turning 78.

David Walliams is being investigated by British police over reports of alleged serious sexual offences.

Microsoft says there's progress being made as its global outage enters a second day.

A rescue effort is underway after a tanker collided with a cruise ship on the Mississippi River in New Orleans.

American air travel is rarely glamorous, but when the system works, it is pretty impressive. When it fails, it’s miserable.

A student pilot on his first solo flight asked air traffic control what to do after being told to land amid the USA flight shutdown.

The Trump administration blamed old and “overloaded” technical infrastructure for the failure, and used it to demand the US Congress appropriate $US50 billion for new systems.

The shutdown, which was lifted after more than four hours, caused chaos at airports.

Flights in the US have been cleared for take-off, but the air traffic control system outage is having knock-on effects in Australia. Here’s what we know.

Putin, Xi and Trump are expected to meet on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation forum in Shenzhen.

The student pilot told air traffic controllers ‘I don’t know what to do’ in response to being asked where he wanted to land

A nationwide ground stop has been issued for all US flights due to serious air traffic control communication issues.

All aboard survived after the crash prompted a massive rescue operation for passengers and crew who plunged into the Mississippi River as the ship took on water and began to topple over.

Welcome to our rolling coverage of the United States nationwide flights ground stop.

Some of Microsoft’s most popular products, including Outlook, Teams and Copilot, stopped working across the world. Burt the company says it is seeing “encouraging recovery progress”.

Rescues are underway in New Orleans after a tanker hits a river cruise boat on the Mississippi River

The architect of Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown is now his chief of staff. But is Stephen Miller an aggressive ideologue primed for battle, or a soft-spoken tactician who can reach across the aisle?

Microsoft has reported a global outage this morning for many of its services.

Former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull argues the free coffee at the Australian pavilion is a great marketing tool.