World

Trump and Harris vie for black voters in Georgia

Vivian Childs, a staunch supporter of Donald Trump, schooled a roomful of Republicans on how to win over Black voters in the battleground state of Georgia.

September 9, 2024 6:15 am
 

World

Social media giants face big fines in plan to ban kids

Social media giants will be slapped with “harsh” fines if they allow children under 14 to create accounts and risk lawsuits from parents of children who suffer harm, under draft South Australian laws the government says are suitable for all jurisdictions.

September 8, 2024 4:54 pm
 

World

'Numerous persons' shot near highway in Kentucky

Police have reported an “active shooter situation” near Interstate-75 in London, Kentucky, where “numerous persons” have been shot in traffic.

September 8, 2024 12:53 pm
 

World

Israeli strikes in Gaza kill 61 in 48 hours as UN pursues vaccinations

Israeli military strikes across the Palestinian Gaza Strip killed at least 61 people in the space of 48 hours, medics said on Saturday, as Israeli forces battled Hamas-led militants in the territory.

September 8, 2024 8:23 am
 

World

Typhoon Yagi heads for Vietnam after battering China

Super Typhoon Yagi, Asia’s most powerful storm this year, is churning towards the northern coast of Vietnam after tearing through China’s southern island province of Hainan with lightning, rain and violent winds.

September 7, 2024 4:36 pm
 

World

Bomb threat on Indian flight forced to land was false

A bomb threat that forced a flight operated by India’s Vistara Airlines to make an emergency landing in Erzurum in eastern Turkey was a false threat, the local governor says.

September 7, 2024 1:27 pm
 

World

Trump hush money sentencing delayed until after vote

A New York judge has delayed former US President Donald Trump’s sentencing in his hush money criminal case until after the November 5 election, writing that he wants to avoid the unwarranted perception of a political motive.

September 7, 2024 8:20 am
 

World

Japan's leading PM candidate Koizumi promises snap election

Japan’s former environment minister and leading prime ministerial candidate Shinjiro Koizumi said he would call a snap election “at the earliest date possible” if he were to win the ruling party’s leadership election this month.

September 6, 2024 6:00 pm
 

World

Georgia arrests father of teen suspected in school shooting

Georgia state officials arrested the father of the 14-year-old suspected in a school shooting that killed four people and wounded nine others, saying the father knowingly allowed his son to have the murder weapon.

September 6, 2024 5:50 pm
 

World

Super Typhoon Yagi heads for southern China

Powerful gales and heavy rain from Super Typhoon Yagi drenched southern China.

September 6, 2024 4:49 pm
 

Pacific Islands

Pope Francis departs Indonesia for Papua New Guinea

Pope Francis left Indonesia morning for Papua New Guinea, where the 87-year-old leader of the global Catholic Church will continue an ambitious 12-day tour across Southeast Asia and Oceania.

September 6, 2024 3:31 pm
 

World

Summer of 2024 was world's hottest on record

The world is emerging from its warmest northern hemisphere summer since records began, the European Union’s climate change monitoring service said, as global warming continues to intensify.

September 6, 2024 2:31 pm

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