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Grammy award-winning and Oscar-nominated Nigerian singer/songwriter Tems was blown away by just how big her fanbase is on the other side of the world when she addressed the sold-out crowd at her Sydney show. "It's
Veteran Australian broadcaster and former Wallabies coach Alan Jones has been arrested after an investigation into a series of sexual abuse allegations. New South Wales Police say detectives from the Child Abuse Sq
Tanzanian rescue workers are continuing to search for trapped survivors in a collapsed building which killed 13 people. The four-storey block came down at around 9am local time on Saturday in the east African count
When MÄori Party MP Hana-RÄwhiti Maipi-Clarke rose to her feet inside the New Zealand parliamentary chamber, began to perform a haka and ripped up the piece of legislation that is currently dividing the nation, the ch
Unified cruiserweight world champion Gilberto RamÃrez has laid down a challenge to Australian boxer Jai Opetaia following the Mexican's victory over British fighter Chris Billam-Smith in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. RamÃ
Elon Musk is the world's richest man and his new proximity to the White House is, for now, making him even wealthier and more powerful. The tech tycoon is believed to have added more than $US54 billion to his net w
At least 10 newborns have died in a fire at a hospital in northern India after a fire broke out in the neonatal ward. Chaos and panic ensued as the fire spread, relatives of the infants have told local media, with
Eight people have died, and 17 others were injured following a stabbing incident outside a school in eastern China. According to a statement from local police, a 21-year-old man was arrested at Wuxi Yixing Arts and
US President-elect Donald Trump’s campaign is circling the wagons around several of his cabinet nominees as they come under heavy scrutiny, including claims of misconduct. His defence secretary pick, Pete Hegseth
At least 12 paramedics have been killed in the latest Israeli strike on a Lebanese civil defence centre. The World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, says he deplores the killin
Fifteen people were killed and 16 others injured in Israeli strikes on Damascus in Syria, marking one of the deadliest strikes in months to hit the Syrian capital. Reports say the strikes targeted several residenti
Prince William has been named the world's sexiest bald man for two consecutive years, after the royal recently debuted a more rugged look that left fans gushing over his facial hair. A new study placed the Prince o
Spain has seized 13 tonnes of cocaine worth almost FJD$2 billion in the biggest drug raid in its history, and most of the packs were labelled as Fiji. Sky News reports that Spanish Police found 13 tonnes of the cla
Wallabies coach Joe Schmidt has refused to be sucked into the hype around the potential for Australia's first British Isles grand slam in 40 years — but admitted the chances of a rare clean sweep were still alive.
Voting has begun in the battleground states expected to decide who will be the next US president between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump. After casting on the ballot Trump says he is
Teenage Australian sprint sensation Gout Gout has smashed several more records with an astonishing 200m run of 20.29 seconds at the Queensland All-Schools Championships. The 16-year-old moved to fourth spot on both
With less than 48 hours to go in the US election and more than 77.6m votes already cast, new polling shows Kamala Harris leading among early voters in the country’s battleground states. The Democratic candidate h
Rumours, misleading allegations and outright lies about voting and fraud are flooding online spaces in unprecedented numbers in advance of the US election. Hundreds of incidents involving purported voting irregular
The Israeli military has confirmed that a senior Hezbollah operative was captured in a naval raid in the Northern Lebanese town of Batroun. An official says special forces had apprehended the individual and taken t
Emergency teams in Spain are continuing their efforts to locate dozens of people still missing in what is the worst flooding disaster in generations. More than 200 people are known to have died, with most fatalitie
