Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered the country’s military to increase the number of troops by nearly 170,000 to a total of 1.32 million, as Moscow’s military action in Ukraine continues into its 22nd month. Putin’s decree was released by the Kremlin on Friday and took force immediately. It brings the overall number of Russian…
A man has died after a truck crash in a rural highway in western New South Wales. Two truck drivers became trapped inside their vehicles after a head-on collision at 10.30pm yesterday on the Sturt Highway about 40km from Griffith. Police tried to help one man, 48, however, he died at the scene. READ MORE:…
Police have launched an investigation after a young child was seriously injured under ‘suspicious’ circumstances in Tasmania. A child was taken to the Royal Hobart Hospital with injuries relating to a believed serious assault. The child was picked up by an ambulance from a home in Warrane around 1.10am in a critical condition. READ MORE:…
A federal inmate was charged with attempted murder in the prison stabbing of Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer convicted of murdering George Floyd. John Turscak stabbed Chauvin 22 times in the law library at the Federal Correctional Institution in Tucson, Arizona, with an improvised knife, federal prosecutors said. Turscak, 52, told correctional officers…
It’s the ‘leaning tower’ that has stood tipsily – but steadily – for nearly 1000 years. But now, the days of the Garisenda tower in Bologna, Italy, could be numbered. Following investigations last month, the city is instigating a civil protection plan for the “sudden and unexpected collapse of the tower,” which has dominated the…
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Australia’s border security boss has admitted that an asylum seeker boat “slipped through” last week, as a campaign is released in multiple languages to prevent refugees from making the trip over. Twelve refugees were dropped in mooring near Truscott-Mungalalu Airbase in Western Australia last week, making it past Australia’s naval border forces. Today, Sovereign Borders…
A toddler has died after being hit by a car in Melbourne overnight. The child was struck by the car in the driveway of a property off Esteem Road, Craigieburn, at 8.20pm yesterday. Emergency services responded to the accident, however, the toddler passed away at the scene. READ MORE: All Australian 7-Eleven stores sold in…
Spring 2023 was a whole lot warmer than usual in every state and territory of Australia, but one state’s average temperature was totally off the charts. In terms of average temperatures across the country as a whole in spring 2023: Maximum temperatures were 2.29 degrees above average.Minimum temperatures were 1.09 degrees above average.Overall temperatures were…
The US House voted on Friday to expel Republican Rep. George Santos of New York after a critical ethics report on his conduct that accused him of converting campaign donations for his own use. He was just the sixth member in the chamber’s history to be ousted by colleagues. The vote to expel was 311-114….