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Fri, 29 Aug 2025 16:44:31 +1000Police chief apologises after riot vehicle crushes man during Jakarta protest
Confronting video shows the police truck speeding down a street with its sirens blaring before it hits a 21-year-old delivery driver who was seemingly trying to scramble out of the way.
Fri, 29 Aug 2025 15:52:17 +1000Police vehicle crushes man during Jakarta protests
Thousands of people turned up at the capital's parliament complex on Thursday for the second round of demonstrations this week. The man in the video later died in hospital.
Fri, 29 Aug 2025 12:08:58 +1000Notorious NZ fugitive and child caught on CCTV after four years on the run
Tom Phillips, who has been on the run with his three children in the New Zealand wilderness, was last sighted a year ago.
Fri, 29 Aug 2025 11:48:07 +1000Vaccines, vitamins and a fatal shooting: Five big collisions between RFK and CDC scientists before director was fired
The White House has ousted the head of the top US health agency after she refused to resign. It’s not the first clash between Kennedy and his experts.
Fri, 29 Aug 2025 10:35:32 +1000RFK Jr. says in Texas visit that there's 'a lot of trouble' at CDC
U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. joined Texas Governor Greg Abbott in Austin in a push to improve public health in the state, Kennedy commented on the firing of the CDC director and subsequent resignations of several ...
Fri, 29 Aug 2025 10:34:18 +1000The courageous acts of terrified children targeted in deadly church shooting
Stories of courage and fear emerge after a shooter fired 116 rounds into a Minneapolis church, as the families of the eight-year-old boy and 10-year-old girl killed in the attack speak out.
Fri, 29 Aug 2025 08:53:27 +1000Shooter fired 116 rounds from a rifle into a Minneapolis church, police chief says
Shooter fired 116 rounds from a rifle into a Minneapolis church, police chief says
Fri, 29 Aug 2025 08:50:42 +1000‘Russia’s idea of peace’: Drone and missile barrage on Kyiv kills at least 21 people
The attack – the first major raid on the Ukrainian capital in weeks – intensified calls for more forceful US and NATO action against Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Fri, 29 Aug 2025 07:21:27 +1000New Zealand fugitive Tom Phillips spotted on CCTV
New Zealand fugitive Tom Phillips spotted on CCTV in suspected Waikato grocery burglary
Fri, 29 Aug 2025 06:15:02 +1000Russian attack on Kyiv kills 21 people
A major Russian attack on Kyiv has killed 21 people, wounded 48 others and damaged European Union diplomatic offices.
Fri, 29 Aug 2025 05:44:36 +1000Kyiv blasts captured on CCTV
CCTV camera in Kyiv captures blasts during mass Russian drone and missile attack on Ukraine capital.
Thu, 28 Aug 2025 16:26:24 +1000Two children killed and others injured in US school shooting
Two children are dead and two are fighting for life after a gunman opened fire at a US school Mass.
Thu, 28 Aug 2025 15:42:25 +1000The hunt for a Russian sub that echoes a Cold War thriller
When an unknown Russian submarine was discovered closing in on a major American warship at the weekend, the UK, US and Norway began a “highly unusual operation” to track it down.
Thu, 28 Aug 2025 13:05:39 +1000US health agency in chaos as RFK sacks boss who ‘confronted’ him over vaccines
Lawyers say Susan Monarez has been targeted for refusing to “rubber-stamp unscientific, reckless directives”, as disputes between the US health secretary and his own experts explode into the open.
Thu, 28 Aug 2025 12:45:04 +1000Denmark hauls in US envoy over covert plot to woo Greenland for Trump
At least three Americans with links to the US president were dispatched to run covert influence operations in Greenland, sparking a furore in the NATO member country, according to reports.
Thu, 28 Aug 2025 12:08:30 +1000A camera was retrieved from the rubble. The images revealed the photographer’s final moments
The final frames taken by Mariam Abu Dagga show a damaged stairwell outside a hospital in the Gaza Strip, where she would be killed by an Israeli strike moments later.
Thu, 28 Aug 2025 11:50:29 +1000‘For the children’: Ominous message written on ammunition before shooter took aim at school Mass
Robin Westman had also written “Kill Donald Trump” on a rifle magazine before he opened fire through the windows of a church, killing two children and wounding 17 others.
Thu, 28 Aug 2025 08:55:34 +1000Japan releases AI video of Mt Fuji eruption hitting Tokyo
The country is wanting to prepare citizens of the capital to be well prepared for the extreme event.
Thu, 28 Aug 2025 07:55:29 +1000Californian husband and wife charged with murder of son
The pair initially claimed their son Emmanuel Haro was kidnapped, but police found inconsistencies during their initial investigation.
Thu, 28 Aug 2025 07:21:57 +1000Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey says children are dead after shooting at Catholic school
Two children were killed and 17 other people were wounded at a Minnesota Catholic school when a shooter opened fire on students.