Gunman kills two in Germany
A gunman in a car has killed a woman and a cyclist in drive-by shootings in southern Germany, before police arrested a suspect at a petrol station. The shooter, travelling in a silver Mercedes...
View ArticleIran nuclear deal ‘reached’
Major powers and Iran have struck a historic deal aimed at ensuring Tehran does not acquire a nuclear bomb, in return for sanctions relief, a diplomat says. The breakthrough came on the 18th day of...
View ArticleUkraine vows to fight for justice over MH17
Ukraine President Petro Poroshenko has called it a “moral duty” to punish the “murderers” who killed 298 people, including 38 Australian residents and citizens, by downing Malaysia Airlines flight MH17...
View ArticlePlans for $2.75 billion Olympic stadium ditched
Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe has ordered plans for Tokyo’s 2020 Olympic stadium to be ditched amid public anger over its $2.75 billion price tag. The decision means the organisers of the 2019...
View ArticleRapper 50 Cent’s sex tape case
A US federal judge in Connecticut has ruled that a lawsuit over a sex tape can proceed against rapper 50 Cent, despite his bankruptcy filing. A New York jury awarded Lastonia Leviston $US5 million...
View ArticleSocceroos keeper close to Valencia move
Socceroos goalkeeper Mat Ryan is on the verge of completing a dream move from Club Brugge to Valencia. The Spanish giants, widely considered to be the next prestigious La Liga outfit behind Barcelona...
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French Scrabble champion doesn’t speak French
New Zealand’s scrabble genius Nigel Richards has stunned lovers of the game by winning the francophone Scrabble world championship without being able to speak any French. The 48-year-old has been...
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Star Wars-loving astronauts head to ISS
Three light sabre-wielding astronauts and an R2-D2 toy blasted off for the latest International Space Station (ISS) mission after a two-month delay following a botched launch. A Russian Soyuz rocket...
View ArticleTomic reaches Bogota final
Bernard Tomic has cast aside his feud with Tennis Australia and arrest in Miami to reach the final of the ATP Bogota event. Tomic thwarted German veteran Michael Berrer’s quest to become the oldest...
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Police fire at car before TDF arrival
French police opened fire on a car which drove through barriers set up for the final stage of the Tour de France in central Paris on Sunday, but said it appeared to be a minor incident. The driver...
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WWII bunker explodes, 38 injured
At least 38 people were injured in a fire and explosion in a World War II-era bunker in Hamburg, Germany. Firefighters used foam to douse the blaze, and prevent the ignition of about 100 tonnes of...
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James Faulkner ‘sorry’, gets two-year driving ban
Australian all-rounder James Faulkner said he was “deeply embarrassed and sorry” after being fined £10,000 and banned from driving for two years by an English court. The 25-year-old, who was named man...
View ArticleCabbies lure Uber driver to brutal bashing
An Uber driver in Brazilian city Sao Paulo has responded to a call, only to find himself ambushed by a group of regular taxi drivers. Folha Daily quoted the man as saying that he was responding to his...
View ArticleEritrean admits IKEA murders
An Eritrean man facing deportation has admitted to the double stabbing murder of a mother and son at an Ikea store in Sweden this week, his lawyer said. “The man has admitted to the two murders,” the...
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Bangkok blast: ‘He is the bomber’
A Thailand police spokesman has unequivocally stated the man in a yellow t-shirt seen in security footage at the bomb site before the blast, is the person responsible for the attack. “The yellow-shirt...
View Article‘Progress’ in bomber hunt
Thailand’s police chief insists his officers are making “a lot of progress” in the hunt for the Bangkok shrine bomber despite the lack of arrests and mystery over the motive of the attackers. Monday’s...
View ArticleRussians dig way out of kindergarten to buy Jaguar
Two five-year-old Russian boys used spades to dig their way out of their kindergarten and set off on a mission to buy a Jaguar sports car, Komsomolskaya Pravda daily has reported. The two boys...
View ArticleAl Qaeda urge lone wolf attacks
Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahri has called on young Muslim men in the United States and other Western countries to carry out lone wolf attacks and urged greater unity between militants. “I call on all...
View ArticleUS boy, 11, shoots, kills eight year-old over puppy
A simple childish fight over a puppy led an 11-year-old boy to shoot and kill his eight-year-old neighbour in the US state of Tennessee. Latasha Dyer says her daughter was playing outside when the boy...
View ArticleEx-NBA star Lamar Odom on life support
Former teammate Kobe Bryant and ex-wife Khloe Kardashian are among those who have visited hospitalised former NBA star Lamar Odom as he fought for his life on Wednesday. Odom was found unconscious at a...
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