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Tue, 03 May 2022 18:36:38 +1000Putin may declare war on May 9 and start conscription, US officials warn
As Putin looks to exploit the anniversary of Stalin’s defeat of the Nazis, his foreign ministry has accused israel of supporting ’the neo-Nazi regime in Kyiv”.
Tue, 03 May 2022 18:10:02 +1000The repeal of the right to an abortion would be Trump’s real legacy
Make no mistake: today’s leaked Supreme Court draft decision has the potential to completely reshape the social and political landscape in America.
Tue, 03 May 2022 18:04:42 +1000What is Roe v Wade, and what happens if it is overturned?
What was this famous US court decision – and what would happen if it were overturned?
Tue, 03 May 2022 17:43:30 +1000US can seize Russian oligarch’s $436m superyacht: Fiji court
It’s not clear which Russian billionaire ultimately owns the luxury vessel, which sports a helipad, live lobster tank and a grand piano.
Tue, 03 May 2022 16:27:00 +1000Evacuation of hundreds of Ukrainian civilians resume in Mariupol
Efforts restart after Russian shelling halted operation.
Tue, 03 May 2022 15:38:56 +1000Gallery: The best photos from around the world
The best photos from the international wire agencies as chosen by our picture editors
Tue, 03 May 2022 15:28:02 +1000Roe v Wade US abortion law to be overturned, leaked court decision suggests
Roe v. Wade is the 1973 Supreme Court decision that legalised abortion nationwide in the United States.
Tue, 03 May 2022 15:11:40 +1000Beijing reopens COVID isolation centre to avoid Shanghai-style lockdown
China’s capital has reopened a 1000-bed hospital first used during the SARS epidemic in 2003.
Tue, 03 May 2022 14:09:33 +1000The ‘jack-in-the-box’ flaw that dooms some Russian tanks
“The Russians have known about this for 31 years - you have to say they’ve just chosen not to deal with it,” said one US military professor.
Tue, 03 May 2022 14:00:19 +1000Gallery: Ukraine - Russia crisis, May 3rd, 2022
The evacuation of Mariupol continues as Russian artillery continues to pummel Eastern Ukraine.
Tue, 03 May 2022 13:10:59 +1000Couple charged by bear in viral video
A US couple has been left shaken up after a black bear charged at them in an attack that was caught on camera.
Tue, 03 May 2022 11:45:00 +1000China’s deal with the Solomons is an act of colonisation
China has wrong-footed Australia with its Solomon Islands pact. Regardless of who wins the federal election, a rapid strategic assessment will be needed to adjust our national security priorities.
Tue, 03 May 2022 08:57:13 +1000Dreamliner nightmare as Qantas dumps economy luggage in Darwin for London flights
One passenger said he only learned his bags were offloaded at Darwin 15 minutes before landing at Heathrow.
Tue, 03 May 2022 06:45:24 +1000When mothers out-earn their husbands, they gain more housework, study says
A man’s housework ranged from six to eight hours a week when he was the primary breadwinner but then declined as his wife out-earned him.
Tue, 03 May 2022 05:00:00 +1000Island well known to Australia offers one counter to China’s Solomon Islands move
What do you do if the tendril of a poisonous vine threatens to overrun your backyard? You chop it off.
Tue, 03 May 2022 04:48:02 +1000Ex-NYPD officer guilty in first January 6 police assault trial
Thomas Webster, an NYPD veteran, was the first Capitol riot defendant to be tried on an assault charge and has been convicted on all counts.
Tue, 03 May 2022 02:00:54 +1000‘Something’s gone wrong’: Kiwi cameraman goes missing in the UK
Joseph Day, 31, sent a text to his fiancee on Saturday before vanishing in the city of Bristol.
Mon, 02 May 2022 19:15:45 +1000Operation to evacuate Mariupol steelworks finally goes ahead
The operation to evacuate the steelworks in the Ukrainian city of Mariupol has finally gone ahead.
Mon, 02 May 2022 18:10:24 +1000Disco pioneer Regine, holocaust survivor and 70s nightclub queen, dies aged 92
She claimed to have invented the two-deck turntable nightclub in 1957 to drown out the sounds of patrons “snogging” between sets.
Mon, 02 May 2022 16:59:49 +1000Three children died in Indonesia of new liver disease seen across world
At least one other child has died from acute hepatitis, and more than a dozen others have undergone liver transplants after coming down with the disease.