Qantas engineers plan to strike in Sydney, coinciding with the NSW school holidays and the lead-up to the NRL grand final, as they step up their fight for better pay.

A former nurse will spend at least three-and-a-half years in jail after being found guilty of sexually assaulting a student and patients under his care at two private hospitals.

Driving rain flooded roadways and closed airports in Florida as an intensifying Hurricane Helene marched toward the state’s panhandle region, bringing the threat of a potentially deadly storm surge to much of the coastline.

Exercising only at the weekends is enough to lower the risk of developing more than 200 health conditions, from heart disease and mood disorders to kidney issues and obesity, scientists say.

The head of Sudan’s army says he supports efforts to bring an end to a devastating war in his country as long as they brought an end to the “occupation” of territory by the rival Rapid Support Forces.

Appeals court judges have signalled scepticism toward a civil fraud case brought by New York state against Donald Trump as the former president asked them to toss a nearly half-billion dollar judgment against him over real estate business practices that a judge declared fraudulent.

Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani was disbarred in the U.S. capital on Thursday by a Washington, D.C., Court of Appeals, months after he lost his law license in New York over baseless claims he made alleging the 2020 presidential election was stolen.

A notorious murderer who battered a teenage boy to death after raping him has been killed while serving a long jail stint for the “brutal and horrific” attack.

Qantas travellers have been put on alert for flight disruptions as engineers stage a fortnight of industrial action heading into football grand finals.

France said on Wednesday that efforts would continue in the coming hours to clinch a deal on a proposal for a 21-day ceasefire in the Lebanon conflict between Israel and the Iranian-backed militant group Hezbollah.

Vice President Kamala Harris will visit Douglas, Arizona, which sits on the U.S. border with Mexico on Friday, the White House said on Wednesday.

The United States plans to announce more than $8 billion worth of military assistance for Ukraine on Thursday during Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s visit to Washington, two U.S. officials said on Wednesday.