Category: World
Australia news live: Etihad plane aborts Melbourne takeoff at last second due to tyre damage; Labor pledges $7bn for Bruce Highway
video was posted to Reddit, appearing to show firefighters spraying the engines of the plane at the end of the runway. One Reddit user who [more…]
Anthony Albanese switches to election footing with blitz of three campaign battlegrounds
Anthony Albanese will frame this year’s federal election as a choice between “building Australia’s future” under Labor or “taking Australia backwards” under the Coalition as [more…]
Thousands of rival protesters rally in Seoul after Yoon Suk Yeol avoids arrest
Thousands of rival South Korean protesters have rallied in the capital a day after a failed attempt to arrest the country’s suspended president, Yoon Suk [more…]
World’s oldest person, Tomiko Itooka, dies in Japan aged 116
A Japanese woman who was the world’s oldest living person has died at the age of 116. Tomiko Itooka, who was awarded the Guinness World [more…]
Fire at food market in northern China kills eight people and injures 15
At least eight people have died and 15 are injured after a fire broke out at a food market in northern China, according to state [more…]
Myanmar junta to free about 6,000 prisoners in annual amnesty, including 180 foreigners
Myanmar’s military government will release about 6,000 prisoners and has reduced other inmates’ sentences as part of a mass amnesty on Saturday marking the 77th [more…]
Man charged over alleged rape of Virgin Australia crew member in Fiji
A man has been charged with the alleged rape and sexual assault of a Virgin Australia crew member in Fiji in the early hours of [more…]
Chilean president makes historic trip to south pole amid Antarctica sovereignty claim
Chile’s president Gabriel Boric has made a historic trip to the south pole to reaffirm his country’s “claim to sovereignty” over its part of Antarctica, [more…]
Philippine president removes deputy from security council after alleged plot to kill him
The Philippine president, Ferdinand Marcos Jr, has removed his vice-president, Sara Duterte, from the national security council (NSC) a month after she allegedly plotted to [more…]
Massive cleanup under way in Ghana after fire destroys one of world’s biggest secondhand markets
A huge cleanup operation is taking place after a fire devastated one of the world’s biggest secondhand clothes markets. Thousands of traders’ stalls were destroyed [more…]
