Weerasekara steers Royal to 6-wicket win at Roy-Tho Adelaide

06 Mar 2024 - 0     - 1104

An outstanding 64-run-knock by the youngster Uvindu Weerasekara steered Royal College to a six-wicket win at the 9th Battle of the Blues - Royal Thomian Adelaide Cricket Encounter played on March 3, 2024 (Sunday) at the Hectorville Cricket Grounds in Adelaide, South Australia.

German man vaccinated against COVID-19 217 times

06 Mar 2024 - 0     - 1015

A German man has been found to have received a COVID-19 vaccination more than 200 times.

ABC presenter sacked over Gaza post ignites row in Australia

28 Jan 2024 - 0     - 1650

On 20 December Antoinette Lattouf signed off from the Sydney radio show she was hosting with a promise she’d be back the next day.

More than a billion people will head to the polls across South Asia in 2024

31 Dec 2023 - 0     - 549

Four South Asian countries are expected to head to the polls next year, in a grand test for democracy that will see nearly 2 billion people across Bangladesh, Pakistan, India and Sri Lanka cast their ballots from January through September.

Cairns in Australia experiencing ‘life-threatening’ flash-flooding

17 Dec 2023 - 0     - 751

Cairns in Australia is experiencing “life-threatening” flash-flooding due to ex-cyclone Jasper, with dramatic images showing Cairns Airport under water.

Woman once branded ‘Australia’s worst female serial killer’ acquitted

14 Dec 2023 - 4     - 1146

The woman once branded ‘Australia’s worst female serial killer’ will seek a record compensation payout after she was acquitted of killing her four children following a 24-year fight for justice.

Health authorities across Australia call for return of masks amid eighth COVID wave

11 Nov 2023 - 0     - 854

Health authorities in several Australian states have recommended the return of masks amid a spike in COVID-19 cases leading up to Christmas.

’Mannequin’ arrested after Warsaw shop burglary

20 Oct 2023 - 1     - 1420

A man has been accused of posing as a mannequin in a Warsaw shop window to steal jewellery after closing time

Australians vote No in historic referendum

15 Oct 2023 - 0     - 1317

Australia has overwhelmingly rejected a plan to give greater rights to Indigenous people in a referendum.

Hospitals in Gaza at risk of turning into morgues

13 Oct 2023 - 0     - 401

Hospitals in Gaza are at risk of turning into morgues, Fabrizio Carboni, the regional director for the Near and Middle East for the International Committee of the Red Cross said.

New Maldives President to be ’’pro-many countries’’

02 Oct 2023 - 1     - 1266

While Maldives President-Elect Dr. Mohamed Muizzu has been branded as being pro-China, former Foreign Minister Dunya Maumoon said that the new President is expected to be ’’pro-many countries’’.

Tharman pledges to build ‘future of optimism, solidarity’ as president

02 Sep 2023 - 1     - 799

Singapore President-elect Tharman Shanmugaratnam pledged to use his presidency to help build a future of optimism and solidarity among all Singaporeans.

Live worm found in Australian woman’s brain in world first

30 Aug 2023 - 1     - 1420

In a world first, scientists say an 8cm (3in) worm has been found alive in the brain of an Australian woman.

Twelve-year-old boy stabs 12-year-old girl in Adelaide school

25 Aug 2023 - 0     - 884

A 12-year-old boy has been arrested after allegedly stabbing a fellow student at an Adelaide school, prompting it to go into lockdown.

Australian work-from-home employee sacked for ’not typing enough’

10 Aug 2023 - 4     - 1489

An insurance employee in Australia who worked from home was sacked after her boss tracked her keystrokes and realised she was hardly doing any work.

Girl, 10, ‘marries’ boyfriend days before losing leukemia battle

08 Aug 2023 - 0     - 1692

A dying 10-year-old (in the US) whose last wish was to get married ‘tied the knot’ with her childhood sweetheart – days before passing away from leukemia.

Deadly shooting in Auckland hours before Women’s World Cup

20 Jul 2023 - 0     - 490

A shooting has left two people dead in the centre of Auckland, New Zealand, hours before the city opened the Fifa Women’s World Cup.

NATO Secretary General welcomes Türkiye’s stand on Sweden

11 Jul 2023 - 0     - 292

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg welcomed President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s agreement to forward the accession protocol for Sweden to the Grand National Assembly as soon as possible.

Home of French mayor ram-raided and torched by rioters

02 Jul 2023 - 3     - 436

Sydney drug lord ambushed and shot dead

27 Jun 2023 - 0     - 937

Sydney gangster Alen Moradian has been shot dead while sitting in his car near Sydney’s busy Bondi Junction shopping precinct.

Australian Parliament rocked by allegations of sexual misconduct

17 Jun 2023 - 5     - 588

Australia has been rocked by allegations of sexual misconduct against an opposition senator.

’Dead’ woman found breathing in coffin at own funeral

13 Jun 2023 - 0     - 3553

Mourners at the funeral of an elderly Ecuadorian woman were startled to discover she was still alive. Bella Montoya, 76, was declared dead last week following a suspected stroke.

Twitter chief to hire a VP of Witchcraft

12 Jun 2023 - 0     - 420

Twitter boss Elon Musk is looking to hire a Vice President of Witchcraft.

Ten people killed and 25 injured after wedding bus crashes in Australia

12 Jun 2023 - 0     - 304

At least 10 people have died and 25 others are in hospital after a bus crash in Australia’s wine region.

Trump kept classified documents in ballroom, bathroom and shower

10 Jun 2023 - 0     - 569

Former President Donald Trump unlawfully kept hundreds of classified government documents at his Mar-a-Lago estate bathroom and shower, US prosecutors said.

Elon Musk reclaims title of world’s richest person

02 Jun 2023 - 5     - 1735

Elon Musk has reclaimed his title as the world’s richest person, knocking the boss of luxury goods giant LMVH, Bernard Arnault, off the top spot.

Man armed with knife arrested in Adelaide’s CBD after being tasered

30 May 2023 - 0     - 791

A man armed with a knife was arrested in Adelaide’s Central Business District (CBD) after he was tasered.

Top Indian wrestlers detained in protest demanding arrest of federation chief accused of sexual abuse

28 May 2023 - 0     - 344

Several of India’s top wrestlers, including Olympic medallists Bajrang Punia and Sakshi Malik, were detained by police on Sunday as they intensified their protest demanding the arrest of their federation chief over sexual harassment allegations.

India official empties dam to retrieve lost phone

27 May 2023 - 0     - 438

A government official in India has been suspended after he ordered a reservoir to be drained to retrieve his phone.

FBI reveals 1980s plot to kill Queen Elizabeth II

26 May 2023 - 1     - 387

Queen Elizabeth II faced a potential assassination threat during a 1983 visit to the United States, newly released FBI documents show.