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‘They enjoy each other’s company’
TWO of the world’s most polarising men, US President-elect Donald Trump and Brexit campaigner Nigel Farage, have met to talk “freedom and winning”.
Bataclan bans massacre survivors
THE band that was playing when terrorists attacked Paris’ Bataclan last year has been refused entry to the venue’s reopening show.
Hundreds farewell beloved pooch
A DEVASTATED dog owner has announced his beloved dog’s death after hundreds turned out to join him for a final walk on the beach.
PE teacher has sex with students
A SPORTS teacher has been arrested after police found nude pictures she had sent and then she admitted having sex with two teenage students.
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Perth toddler drowns in Bali
UPDATE: Police say there were guests at a Bali villa when an 18-month-old Perth girl fell into an unfenced pool on the property and drowned.
‘He’s a very dangerous man’
WOMEN are being warned not to meet a fugitive — considered “dangerous” by police — who has been using dating sites to meet potential lovers.
Is this the most honest job ad ever?
THERE is internet, no phone coverage, no breaks and definitely no whingeing! Duane Trafford has posted a blunt assessment of what he needs from his new staff.
Kim’s latest launch a fizzer
NORTH Korea has today attempted to launch another medium-range missile capable of reaching Australia. But the missile exploded shortly after take-off.
Prison fight club: ‘What goes on is horrific’
IT HAPPENED when the guards weren’t watching. Gangs of violent inmates turned on each other, and transformed their prison into a giant fight club.
Court wades into Timor Sea row
AUSTRALIA has been dealt a blow in its feud over access to oilfields in the Timor Sea after an international court ruled to take up East Timor’s case.
Climber’s tragic last message to family
AIDEN Webb was a confident mountain climber who sent a heartbreaking message before falling to his death while on holiday in Vietnam.
Climber’s tragic last message to family
AIDEN Webb was a confident mountain climber who sent a heartbreaking message before falling to his death while on holiday in Vietnam.
Thai sex workers’ bizarre tribute
THAILAND’S sex workers have returned to the streets 10 days after their king died. They’re staging a tribute of sorts.
Why the world should turn Japanese
“HAVING just returned from my second visit to Japan, I’m struck by the vast differences between them and us.”
The chimp with a pack-a-day habit
IN IMAGES that will enrage animal welfare groups worldwide, star attraction Azalea the chimpanzee can be seen smoking at a North Korean zoo.
Inside the world’s cheapest hotel
AT A mere 50c for a night’s stay, this hotel is said to have the cheapest rates in the world. But what would you put up with for that rock-bottom price?
‘They enjoy each other’s company’
TWO of the world’s most polarising men, US President-elect Donald Trump and Brexit campaigner Nigel Farage, have met to talk “freedom and winning”.
PE teacher has sex with students
A SPORTS teacher has been arrested after police found nude pictures she had sent and then she admitted having sex with two teenage students.
World leaders who backed Trump from the start
IT’S NO secret that some global leaders were more supportive than others of a Donald Trump presidency — including in our own backyard.
Hillary blames this man for loss
HILLARY Clinton will not take her defeat lying down. She told supporters that she lost the US presidency because of one man.
Man shot at anti-Trump protest
A MAN was shot and police fired tear gas at protesters as several thousand marched in LA over US President elect Donald Trump.
President Trump’s secret weapon
BEHIND every great man there’s a great woman — and no one but the “Trump whisperer” could have gotten The Don over the finish line.
El Chapo’s ‘lovemaking time’ slashed
ADVOCATES for drug kingpin Joaquin ‘El Chapo’ Guzman say he is living in ‘constant anguish’ in his Mexican jail cell after his conjugal visits were cut.
New virus mutates for urban life
ZIKA. Chikungunya. We’d never heard of these just a few years ago. Now another nasty virus is escaping the jungles — mayaro — and it’s already infected 100,000.
Mass jailbreak’s mastermind caught
HAITI police have caught a dozen inmates who broke out of a prison in a violent confrontation but are still searching for another 160 men who remain at large.
Great white gets stuck in cage
ANOTHER video has emerged of a Great White Shark in Mexico that bit an air hose before it swam into a cage with divers inside.
Women strike after teen raped, impaled
ARGENTINE women walked off the job to protest the brutal rape and murder of a 16-year-old girl, the latest incident of gender violence to shock the country.
Owner slammed for tattooing dog
SHOCKING pictures of a dog with five tattoos have outraged social media users, who have accused the artist owner of animal cruelty.
Raped, murdered Elly feared for safety
A YOUNG Melbourne woman found dead in a Mozambique toilet block had expressed reservations about the “dangerous” area.
Australian tourist dies in Mozambique
FAMILY and friends have paid tribute to Melbourne woman Elly Warren, who was killed while on a diving trip in Mozambique.
Aussie attacked by croc in Zimbabwe
CCTV footage has captured the terrifying moment an Australian woman and her friend were attacked by a crocodile in a swimming pool.
Man killed outside US Embassy
A MAN has been shot dead after stabbing a policeman guarding the perimeter wall of the US Embassy in Nairobi and trying to take his gun.
‘ICC is an International Caucasian Court’
THREE African countries have left The Hague-based International Criminal Court with concerns more could follow. This is why.
‘Forgotten hostages’ freed at last
AFTER almost five years held captive, Somali pirates have finally freed 26 hostages who were taken when their ship was hijacked.
Deadly Taliban blast targets US air base
FOUR Americans have been killed in a huge explosion inside the largest US military base in Afghanistan.
UN: ISIS ‘using chemical weapons’
IRAQI troops are inching closer to retaking Mosul from Islamic State, as the UN revealed fresh evidence that the group have used chemical weapons.
‘Atlantis’ killer eruption explained
WHEN a volcano erupted in 1650BC, it blasted a city to oblivion — sparking the myth of Atlantis. New evidence shows how it also unleashed tsunamis across the Mediterranean.
Putin’s carrier ready to strike Syria
RUSSIA’s aircraft carrier, Admiral Kuznetsov, has for the first time launched combat jets on flights over Aleppo as it escalates its Syrian campaign.
Islamic State banned budgie smugglers
WHILE France may have banned the burqa, an Islamic State dressing guide reveals the extremists had outlawed budge smugglers and even boxer shorts.
Russian warships make Dutch sub flee
TWO Russian warships in the eastern Mediterranean Sea drove away a ‘clumsy’ Dutch submarine shadowing the squadron, the military said.
Bataclan bans massacre survivors
THE band that was playing when terrorists attacked Paris’ Bataclan last year has been refused entry to the venue’s reopening show.
Hundreds farewell beloved pooch
A DEVASTATED dog owner has announced his beloved dog’s death after hundreds turned out to join him for a final walk on the beach.
Ladybird almost kills bodybuilder
A BODYBUILDING champion has told how he almost died after he was bitten by a tiny toxic ladybird.
Paris attacks suspect more ‘radicalised’
THE lawyer for Salah Abdelslam, the main Paris attacks suspect, says his client has become more radicalised in prison and has altered his appearance.
One year on, Paris remembers
ONE year after 130 people were killed by terrorists in a shocking attack on Paris, survivors are working hard to heal and unite.
Lovers killed in car sex tragedy
A YOUNG Russian couple have died from carbon monoxide poisoning while having sex in a car after turning on the ignition to keep warm.