412 articles tagged "abc"
Five boys and their 34-year-old father are feared dead after flames engulfed three homes on Russell Island, south-east of Brisbane, early on Sunday morning. Queensland Police Superintendent Mat Kelly said fire crew
Russia's President Vladimir Putin may have placed himself at the pinnacle of a so-called "power vertical", but one weekend of mayhem could threaten to topple the whole thing. In June, Putin's mercenary warlord Yevg
Climate scientists have been left "flabbergasted" as temperatures in parts of South America near 40 degrees Celsius in the middle of what is supposed to be its winter. Data from Chile's national meteorological agen
South Korean officials say one person has died and at least 14 others have been injured after a man drove a car onto a sidewalk before stabbing people inside a shopping mall in a town south of Seoul. Police and fir
A former childcare worker has been charged with 1,623 child abuse offences against 91 children, police have revealed. A Gold Coast man, 45, has been charged with 136 counts of rape and 110 counts of sexual intercou
Concerns have been raised about foreign influence in Pacific media after it was revealed Solomon Islands' longest-running newspaper received funding from China in return for favourable coverage. Recently, the Organ
An overloaded passenger boat has capsized off Indonesia's Sulawesi island, killing 15 people, but authorities say the 33 other passengers survived. The vessel was travelling from Lanto village in Buton Central rege
American actor Kevin Spacey says he is "humbled" after a jury found him not guilty of nine sexual offence charges in a high-stakes criminal trial in London. Prosecutors claimed that the 64-year-old "aggressively" g
The survey by campaign group Everybody's Home shows four out of five renters are spending more than 30 per cent of their income on housing. Experts often use this threshold when considering housing affordability, p
Olympic champion Ariarne Titmus and the Australian women's 4x100 metres freestyle relay team have set world records in a blistering start to the swimming program in Fukuoka. Titmus's victory in the women's 400m fre
Lidia may not be fighting in a trench, but she sees the effects of Russian weapons on Ukrainian troops every day. “Shrapnel wounds, gunshot wounds … limb fractures, abdominal wounds,†she says. The GP ne
Andrew McPherson retired a few years ago, after being injured from decades of working as a fitter and turner. But seeing his parents struggle financially gave him second thoughts. "They ran out of money in the
A prominent Australian labour hire company is under investigation amid allegations Pacific Islanders hired to work on Queensland farms are being left without shifts, forcing them into homelessness and leaving them witho
Rescue workers are scrambling to reach people trapped inside their vehicles in a tunnel submerged by heavy rains in central South Korea. At least nine people have been rescued so far while the bodies of five people
The bodies of dozens of people allegedly killed by Sudanese paramilitary forces and an allied militia have been uncovered in a mass grave in West Darfur, the United Nations said on Thursday. At least 87 people —
At least two people have been killed as an elevated road under construction in Thailand's capital has collapsed. Another 11 people were injured in the accident on Monday evening, according to the Bangkok Metropolit
China and Solomon Islands have signed a new deal on police cooperation, deepening their bilateral partnership four years after the Pacific island nation cut ties with Taiwan and formally established relations with Beiji
The US Central Command says it conducted a drone strike on July 7 that killed an ISIS leader in Eastern Syria. It used the same MQ-9 drones in the attack that had "earlier in the day been harassed by Russian aircra
Anxiety is rising among Japan's neighbours ahead of a plan to release treated wastewater from the damaged Fukushima nuclear power plant. Calls to boycott Japanese exports, from seafood to cosmetic products, spread
Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy has marked the 500th day of the war against Russia by paying tribute to the country's fallen soldiers from a Black Sea island that became the symbol of Ukraine's resilience in the
