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Benedict BrookUS correspondent

Benedict is an award-winning journalist and news.com.au’s US Correspondent, based in New York. He moved to Australia in 2006 and worked in corporate communications and journalism, becoming assistant editor of LGBTI publication the Star Observer before joining news.com.au in 2015. He writes on a range of topics from weather to retail and infrastructure. Benedict has won a Kennedy Award for environmental reporting and was nominated for another, for breaking news, in 2020. He has been nominated twice for an ACON Honour Award for his writing on the LGBTI community.

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(FILES) Pope Francis leads a mass during the first Vespers and the Te Deum prayer as part of the New Year's celebrations in Saint Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican, on December 31, 2024. Pope Francis, in hospital with pneumonia, suffered a breathing "crisis" which caused him to vomit, but he was given air and responded well, the Vatican said on February 28, 2025. (Photo by Andreas SOLARO / AFP)

‘Sudden worsening’: Pope health update

Just hours after The Vatican said the Pope was no longer in a critical condition, he suffered a breathing crisis and swallowed his own vomit.

FORT LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA - FEBRUARY 27: Andrew Tate (L) and Tristan Tate (R) arrive in the United States after a travel ban on them was lifted, at the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport on February 27, 2025 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The influencer brothers were arrested in late 2022 and charged with human trafficking, alleging that they participated in a criminal ring that lured women to Romania, where they were sexually exploited. Andrew Tate was also accused of rape. Alon Skuy/Getty Images/AFP (Photo by Alon Skuy / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)

Andrew Tate’s outburst after fleeing to US

Influencer Andrew Tate said he and brother Tristan are “misunderstood” after they arrived in the US despite being due to go on trial in Romania.

Triple M breakfast host Marty Sheargold.Picture: Supplied/Triple M

‘Made up’: Shock new Marty rant emerges

Marty Sheargold’s controversial Matildas rant is not the first time he passed judgement on women, including one shocking claim.

Australian Economy

US President Donald Trump speaks to the press after signing an Executive Order at the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC on February 25, 2025. Trump signed an executive order on price transparency requirements on the health care industry to reinstate and strengthen them. He also signed an order on the supply of copper and foreign copper in the American market, the order charges Lutnick with looking at process to potentially impose tariffs or trade barriers. (Photo by Jim WATSON / AFP)

Australia’s $4.4tn plan to avoid Trump tariffs

A bevy of cashed up Australians worth trillions of dollars have headed to Washington DC with one aim in mind – to dazzle Donald Trump.

(FILES) Pope Francis arrives for the weekly general audience on October 19, 2022 at St. Peter's square in The Vatican. Pope Francis "rested well" the Vatican said on February 25, 2025, as the critically-ill pontiff is in hospital with double pneumonia. (Photo by Alberto PIZZOLI / AFP)

Vatican gives major update on Pope

Pope Francis remains in hospital, the Vatican has said, with “complex” issues, as people worldwide pray for his health.

Restaurants & Bars

Old Mates Australian Pub in New York

Aussies drink New York bar dry in 5 hours

New York’s only Aussie bar ran out of beer on its opening night in a matter of hours – as its very famous owners revealed the one thing patrons won’t find at the boozer.

AfD wins big in the former East Germany

‘Warning’: Map reveals stark Europe truth

A far right party has made huge gains in the German election, but an astounding map shows an bizarre echo from history.

In this pool photograph distributed by Russian state agency Sputnik, Russia's President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting with Bryansk Region Governor via videoconference at the Novo-Ogaryovo state residence outside Moscow on February 13, 2025. (Photo by Gavriil GRIGOROV / POOL / AFP)

‘Enemies’: Chilling new Putin plan emerges

Emboldened by Donald Trump, Ukraine has claimed that Russia plans to “declare victory” and it wants to paint Europe as “enemies of peace”.

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Cops hunt school kid after shocking train act

A video of a school kid clinging to the side of a NSW train while travelling over a bridge has led to a stern warning by police.

New "affordable" iPhone 16e

Apple announces gamechanging new iPhone

The tech giant has launched a new iPhone in a bid to respond to cost of living pressures which may have scared customers away from the pricey mobile.

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