Tragedy
Fire rips through overcrowded nightclub in North Macedonia, killing dozens
The blaze at Club Pulse left people dead and injured from burns, smoke inhalation and a stampede to reach the building’s single exit. People as young as 16 are among the casualties, officials say.
- Konstantin Testorides and Boris Grdanoski
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‘The floor was upside-down’: At least 32 dead as monster storm rips through US
Missouri recorded more fatalities than any other state as it withstood scattered twisters overnight.
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- Sharks
‘We are devastated’: Family of Esperance shark attack victim pay tribute to beloved ‘gentle giant’
The family of Melbourne man Steven Payne — the surfer killed by a shark at a beach near Esperance — have paid tribute to the “gentle giant”, describing him as a “smart, kind, funny and laid-back” man who cherished his loved ones.
- Heather McNeill and Jesinta Burton
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- Sharks
Drone captured shark, blood in water moments after Esperance fatal attack
Grave fears are held for a surfer attacked by a large shark in chest-deep water off a WA beach as the community is left reeling from the fourth suspected fatal mauling since 2017.
- Heather McNeill
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- Extreme weather
Body found in search for missing man swept away by floodwaters
A wide-scale search was launched after the man’s ute was swept off the Wild Cattle Creek Bridge at Megan, north-east of Dorrigo.
- Carrie Fellner
‘Very frightening’: Man dead after ‘targeted’ home invasion
A man has died from head injuries sustained after two men broke into his Sydney home early on Saturday morning.
- Penry Buckley
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- Courts
Man charged with quadruple murder after car allegedly run off NSW road in ‘targeted attack’
Police say a ute that crashed into a tree, killing the driver and three passengers, was allegedly being chased by another driver after an attempted robbery.
- Sarah McPhee
- Exclusive
- Northern Beaches Hospital
They trusted this hospital to care for their baby. Instead, the unimaginable happened
Leah Pitman and Dustin Atkinson have spoken for the first time after the loss of their baby girl, Harper, just hours after her birth at Northern Beaches Hospital.
- Angus Thomson
Woman arrested over hit-and-run in Perth’s south as tributes flow for victim
Tributes are flowing for a Mandurah man who died after a hit-and-run on Saturday. A woman has since been charged over his death.
- Holly Thompson
Girl, 15, killed in single-car collision on Sunshine Coast
The teenager died at the Sunshine Beach scene, while the BMW’s 48-year-old driver and a teenage passenger were taken to hospital.
- Courtney Kruk
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