Police are appealing for information after a child was struck in an alleged hit and run in Perth. WA Police reported that sometime between 12:30pm and 1pm yesterday afternoon a 3-year-old boy was found injured alongside The Strand in Bayswater. Police believe the child was struck by a blue vehicle, and that the driver failed…
More than 60,000 BMW cars have been recalled after a fault in their airbag systems was discovered. Cars across several models have been identified as having steering wheel variants containing a faulty Takata airbag inflator, according to a warning from the Department of Infrastructure and Transport. The driver’s airbag could rupture when deployed in an…
The road toll is a sad reality of Australian life – but where do we stand compared to the rest of the world?
Nearly two weeks after Donald Trump’s near assassination, the FBI has confirmed that it was indeed a bullet that struck the former president’s ear, moving to clear up conflicting accounts about what caused the former president’s injuries after a gunman opened fire at a Pennsylvania rally. “What struck former President Trump in the ear was…
A Melbourne kidnap victim managed to escape when a homemade explosive blew up in the hand of his captor, police said. Investigators allege a group of men kidnapped a 29-year-old from a venue in Cranbourne and took him to a property in Dandenong in June. The captive was then threatened with explosive devices, police said….
Justin Timberlake’s lawyer said that the pop singer wasn’t intoxicated during a traffic stop last month, as he seeks to get his drunken driving charge in New York’s Hamptons dismissed, citing errors in documents submitted by police. But Sag Harbor Village Justice Justice Carl Irace ordered Timberlake to be re-arraigned August 2 with the corrected…
Celebrating its reputation as a cradle of revolution, Paris kicked off its first Summer Olympics in a century this morning with a rain-soaked, rule-breaking opening ceremony studded with stars and fantasy along the Seine River. On-and-off showers — the first rain at a Summer Olympics’ opening ceremony in more than 70 years — did not…
Two men have been charged after police busted what they claim is a drug ring run out of an immigration detention centre. NSW Police arrested a 49-year-old man at the Sydney’s Villawood detention centre on July 11 after executing a search warrant. Officers alleged they found two kilograms of methylamphetamine and $169,000 in cash linked…
Emerging from behind a plume of pink feathers, Lady Gaga put days of rumours to rest with a history-making performance on the banks of the River Seine. The international superstar took the Paris 2024 Olympics opening ceremony by storm with a “magnificent” rendition of Zizi Jeanmaire’s Mon Truc En Plumes, descending a golden staircase straight…
About 220,000 invited and security-screened spectators were expected to fill the upper tiers of the Seine River’s banks, and an additional 104,000 paying spectators to watch from the lower riverside and around the Trocadéro plaza.