The Editorial Team

Andrew Backhouse is the audience editor at news.com.au. He has worked as a journalist for 11 years. He completed a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism and Political Science at the University of Queensland in 2010. He is currently a Juris Doctor student at the University of Southern Queensland.

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Russian ballet dancer Vladimir Shklyarov and President of Russia Vladimir Putin. Picture: AFP

Famous dancer falls five storeys to his death

A dancer who criticised Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has been found dead after falling five storeys from an apartment.

Leaders

Suspected illegal immigrants lined up along the wall in the processing facility. Picture: NGTV

Trump tsar’s ice-cold threat to US families

Donald Trump’s plan to deport millions of illegal immigrants is taking shape, with his new border tsar issuing a chilling warning.

Work

The incident took place after a 1-star Google Review was posted. Picture: iStock (file image)

Real estate forced to apologise over review

A Sydney real estate agency has been ordered to apologise after it posted personal information in response to a one-star Google Review.

Animals

(FILES) Moo Deng, a two-month-old female pygmy hippo who has recently become a viral internet sensation, reacts to a zookeeper at Khao Kheow Open Zoo in Chonburi province on September 15, 2024. An endangered baby pygmy hippo that shot to social media stardom in Thailand has become a lucrative source of income for her home zoo, quadrupling its ticket sales, the institution said on September 26, 2024. (Photo by Lillian SUWANRUMPHA / AFP)

Moo Deng predicts winner of US election

With the polls so unclear, attention has turned to a beloved zoo animal in Thailand who has predicted the winner of the 2024 US election.

Social Media

‘Fundamentally problematic’: Meta lets rip

The government wants put the onus on social media companies to protect Australians from scams, and unsurprisingly, Meta is against it.

Social Media

Smiling attractive businesswoman with facial recognition, digital interface with virtual globe hologram, padlock, binary code. Concept of modern technology, artificial intelligence, biometric scanning

Facebook rolls out major new update

Facebook is rolling out face recognition technology in a bid to combat scammers and to help people recover their accounts.

Wealth

Elon Musk is giving away $1 million a day

Elon Musk’s political action committee will give away $US1 million to a random person who signs his petition, every day until the election.

Celebrity Deaths

FILE - OCTOBER 16: Singer Liam Payne, a former member of One Direction, died after falling from a hotel in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He was 31 years old. LONDON, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 28: Singer Liam Payne attends the World Premiere of "I Am Bolt" at Odeon Leicester Square on November 28, 2016 in London, England. (Photo by Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images)

Liam’s heartbreaking promise about fortune

Singer Liam Payne amassed a huge fortune — and he revealed who he wanted to inherit it during an emotional interview.

Celebrity Deaths

Liam Payne died after falling from a hotel balcony.

‘Haemorrhaging’: Liam Payne’s cause of death

The official reason for One Direction star Liam Payne’s death has been revealed by authorities as police in Argentina hunt a drug dealer.

Leaders

A map showing a Donald Trump path to victory. Picture: Supplied

Donald Trump is poised to become president

With just 19 days to go until the US presidential election, the polls have shifted and Donald Trump now has his nose in front.

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