AFL Finals 2017: Resurgent Cats crush Swans
Geelong 15.8 (98) defeated Sydney 5.9 (39) Geelong has brought Sydney’s incredible run — and the Swans’ season — to an abrupt end with a 59-point hammering at the MCG in the elimination semi-final on...
View ArticleCharles Manson, leader of murderous cult, dies aged 83
Charles Manson, the notorious leader of the Manson Family cult that murdered actress Sharon Tate and six others in 1969, has died. He was 83. A spokeswoman for the California Department of Corrections...
View ArticleTen arrests over murder of Maltese journalist
Maltese police have arrested two more people in connection with the murder of journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, bringing the total to 10, Prime Minister Joseph Muscat says. “An additional 2 persons...
View ArticleTsunami warning cancelled after magnitude-7.9 earthquake off Alaska
Tsunami warnings have been cancelled after a magnitude-7.9 earthquake hit the Gulf of Alaska in the early hours of Tuesday. Officials at the National Tsunami Centre cancelled the warning after a few...
View ArticleUK police bid to find source of nerve agent in spy poisoning
UK counter-terrorism officers are working to uncover the origin of the nerve agent used in the “attempted murder” of ex-Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter, Yulia, in southern England. Skripal,...
View ArticleChina abolishes presidential term limits, allowing Xi Jinping to rule...
China’s Parliament has passed historic constitutional changes that abolish term limits to let President Xi Jinping rule indefinitely. Sunday’s announcement of the vote, witnessed by reporters in the...
View ArticleSuspected serial Texas bomber dead after detonating another device
The suspect in a series of blasts that have killed two people and seriously injured four others in Austin, Texas, is dead. Austin police chief Brian Manley said police had tracked the suspect to a...
View ArticleMore than 70 killed in suspected Syria gas attack
More than 70 people have been killed after a suspected chemical attack on the last remaining rebel stronghold in the Eastern Ghouta area – with fears growing the toll could surpass 100, aid...
View ArticlePlane passenger armed with fountain pen tries to hold attendant hostage
An Air China flight bound for Beijing has made an unscheduled landing in the central Chinese city of Zhengzhou after a passenger threatened a flight attendant with a fountain pen. In a brief statement...
View ArticleAt least 57 dead in Kabul election centre blast
A suicide bomber has struck at a voter registration centre in the Afghan capital, killing at least 57 people in an attack claimed by the Islamic State group. Public Health Ministry spokesman Wahid...
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