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Lisa Visentin

Lisa Visentin is a reporter for The Sydney Morning Herald.

60 Minutes kidnapping: What we don't know

Lisa Visentin More than a week after Ms Faulkner and the 60 Minutes crew were thrown into a Lebanese jail, loose ends surround what has become an international debacle.

What is St Patrick's Day? All you need to know about Ireland's favourite holiday

People enjoy the St Patrick's Day parade in Brisbane.

Lisa Visentin Ever year on March 17, millions around the world with a skerrick of Irish lineage - and even those without - celebrate St Patrick's Day.

Russian plane crash: theories emerge

Egyptian soldiers surround the plane's tail at the crash site in the Sinai

Lisa Visentin After the recent spate of horrific aviation disasters, the world scarcely waits for confirmation of a plane crash before the internet is awash in conspiracy theories purporting to explain its demise.

Identity of mystery 'Australian' woman with amnesia revealed as Ashley Menatta

Lisa Visentin A mystery woman, whose identity had perplexed the FBI, Interpol and thousands of online amateur sleuths, has been named after her nephew saw her call for help in the avalanche of media coverage that...

Prince Charles' press adviser gets physical with TV reporter over 'black spider memos'

Letters revealed: Prince Charles.

Lisa Visentin Whenever the demure world of Britain's aristocracy collides with its notoriously confrontational press pack, eyebrows are inevitably raised.

#147notjustanumber: the faces of the Kenyan university massacre victims

Selpher Wandia, killed in the Kenyan university massacre.

Lisa Visentin As a three-day period of national mourning began in Kenya for the massacre of nearly 150 students at a university in the country's east, a social media campaign coalesced around the mounting outrage...

Cyclone Pam: Dozens feared dead in Vanuatu

A satellite image obtained from NASA shows Tropical Cyclone Pam hitting Vanuatu on Friday. Pam triggered flooding along with evacuation orders affecting thousands of people in Vanuatu.

Lisa Visentin Dozens are feared dead as Cyclone Pam's gale force winds ripped through Vanuatu on Friday night, as a Cyclone Pam changed directions and made a direct hit on archipelago.

Why so hard to see black and blue? #TheDress used in domestic violence campaign

Viral again: The Salvation Army in South Africa is behind this advertising campaign to raise awareness of domestic violence.

Lisa Visentin The dress that inspired a thousand think pieces has been repurposed for a noble cause, featuring at the centre of a powerful advertising campaign against domestic violence. 

Lucky escape for passengers and crew as Turkish Airlines jet skids off runway

A Turkish Airlines plane lies on the field after it overshot the runway at Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu March 4, 2015.

Lisa Visentin All passengers and crew on a Turkish Airlines flight have escaped with their lives after their plane skidded off the runway as it attempted to land in dense fog in Kathmandu, Nepal.

US Vice-President Joe Biden in new 'creepy' photo with wife of Defence Secretary Ashton Carter

Hands on: US Vice-President Joe Biden  whispers into Stephanie Carter's ear in an almost-nuzzling gesture.

Lisa Visentin The notoriously hands-on US Vice-President Joe Biden has renewed his claim as Washington's most grabby politician after cameras captured him in a close encounter with the wife of the new Defence...

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Passenger plane crashes into river in Taiwan

Plane crash in Taiwan

Lisa Visentin At least 25 people were killed when a TransAsia Airways plane clipped an overpass soon after take-off and plunged into a river in Taiwan's capital.

Live: Scottish independence referendum result

Scotland's future ... A young girl has yes stickers placed on her face in George Square, just a few hours before polling stations will close in the Scottish independence referendum in Glasgow, Scotland.

Chris Zappone, Lisa Visentin, Sophia Phan Scotland is holding a referendum on whether it should exit the United Kingdom, ending a union with England that has been in place for more than three centuries.

Islamic State 'agents' call for assassination of Twitter employees

Masters of publicity: Islamic State militants have used savagery to catch the world's attention, but their power has been exaggerrated.

Lisa Visentin A Twitter account with suspected links to the terrorist organisation the Islamic State has called for the assassination of Twitter employees as retribution for the social networking site's crackdown...

CEO Desmond Hague caught on camera kicking Doberman puppy in lift of luxury condos

During the attack, Desmond Hague hoisted the dog into the air with its leash.

Lisa Visentin The CEO of a multibillion-dollar company has been caught on a lift surveillance video repeatedly kicking a doberman puppy as it cowered at his feet.