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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Basketball

The Irish team refused to shake hands with their Israeli counterparts. Picture: Twitter

Tensions explode over handshake snub

Irish players at the EuroBasket tournament refused to shake the hands of their opponents after an inflammatory pre-game accusation.

Health

Poonam Paney faked her death. Picture: Instagram

Fury as 320k people fooled by star’s lie

Fury is growing in India after Indian model Poonam Pandey pranked the entire country with a “publicity stunt”.

News Life

Adult film star Emily Willis. Picture: Instagram

Famous porn star in ‘critical condition’

One of the world’s most popular porn stars has been rushed to hospital and is in a critical condition.

Innovation

TOPSHOT - A set is displayed at the launch of the Apple Vision Pro at Apple The Grove in Los Angeles, California, on February 2, 2024. The Vision Pro, the tech giant's $3,499 headset, is its first major release since the Apple Watch nine years ago. (Photo by David SWANSON / AFP)

World reacts to ‘mind-blowing’ new Apple tech

The Apple Vision Pro has been launched to great fanfare and users are already coming up with incredible uses for the headset.

Parenting

Young adult mother holding brush and brushing baby boy blond wavy hair isolated on light gray background. Closeup. Back view.

Qld boy with long hair banned from prep

A young boy who wears his long hair in a “topknot” will have to cut his hair if he wants to attend prep at a Queensland college.

Leaders

Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan (C) with his wife Bushra Bibi (L) arrive to appear at a high court in Lahore on May 15, 2023. Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan and his wife were sentenced on January 31, 2024, to 14 years in jail, local media said, after being found guilty of graft in a case involving gifts he received while premier. (Photo by Arif ALI / AFP)

Scandalous life of Khan’s mystic wife exposed

Imran Khan, who rose from a cricket star to become the prime minister of Pakistan, has been jailed along with his mystic wife.

Gadgets

My set-up was powered by the tiny Mini IT13. Picture: Andrew Backhouse

Unexpectedly cool tech hidden in tiny box

A new cutting-edge mini PC, is a strong alternative to a laptop and could even replace a normal computer.

Tennis

Jannik Sinner is copping heat for hugging the Italian Prime Minister.

‘Shame on him’: Fury over Sinner video

Australian Open winner Jannik Sinner has come under fire from some quarters after hugging the Prime Minister of Italy.

Business

KRAKOW, POLAND - JANUARY 22: SpaceX, X (formerly known as Twitter), and Tesla CEO Elon Musk speaks during live interview with Ben Shapiro at the symposium on fighting antisemitism on January 22, 2024 in Krakow, Poland. The symposium on anti-semitism, organized by the European Jewish Association, was held ahead of international Holocaust remembrance day on January 27. (Photo by Omar Marques/Getty Images)

Elon Musk reacts to $85 billion court ruling

Elon Musk’s net worth has plummeted $85 billion after a bombshell court ruling voided his Tesla pay package deal.

Military

TOPSHOT - This grab taken from a UGC video released on social media on January 30, 2024 shows CCTV footage displayed on a computer screen reportedly of a deadly raid by undercover Israeli troops at the Ibn Sina hospital in the northern city of Jenin in the occupied West Bank. Israeli undercover agents, some disguised as medical staff, raided a West Bank hospital on January 30 and shot dead three Palestinian militants, in the first such operation in eight years. The Israeli military said forces entered the hospital -- a major health facility serving Jenin city and its adjacent refugee camp -- to target a

Commandos wear disguises in hospital raid

Israeli forces have pulled off a deadly raid in a West Bank hospital while disguised as medics and Muslim women.

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