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Chloe Whelan is a journalist in the Sydney bureau, writing from Gadigal land. She worked as an independent reporter for The Australian and news.com.au before permanently joining the News Corp team. Chloe has a degree in politics and international relations from the University of Sydney.

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Media

Footage shows President Salva Kiir appearing to wet himself. Picture: Twitter

Arrests as president urinates on himself

Six journalists have been detained in South Sudan over a viral video that appeared to show the country’s president wetting himself.

Coronavirus Health

BEIJING, CHINA - NOVEMBER 30: Epidemic control workers wear PPE to prevent the spread of COVID-19 as they walk carrying bags of nucleic acid tests while working in an area with communities under lockdown on November 30, 2022 in Beijing, China. In recent days, China has been recording its highest number of COVID-19 cases since the pandemic began, as authorities are sticking to their strict zero tolerance approach to containing the virus with lockdowns, mandatory testing, mask mandates, and quarantines as it struggles to contain outbreaks.In an effort to try to bring rising cases under control, the government last week closed most stores and restaurants for inside dining, switched schools to online studies, and told people to work from home among other measures. (Photo by Kevin Frayer/Getty Images)

‘Kraken’ Covid variant ripping through Aus

A new Covid variant has been identified in Australia, just days after it was confirmed as the most transmissible form of the virus yet.

Military

-- AFP PICTURES OF THE YEAR 2022 -- Russian President Vladimir Putin is seen on a screen set at Red Square as he addresses a rally and a concert marking the annexation of four regions of Ukraine Russian troops occupy - Lugansk, Donetsk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia, in central Moscow on September 30, 2022. (Photo by Alexander NEMENOV / AFP) / AFP PICTURES OF THE YEAR 2022

Russia ‘prepares for new invasion’

A “worst case scenario” could become reality as expert analysis shows Russia is preparing for a deadly new invasion.

News Life

Martin Tullemans Powderkeg. Picture: Supplied.

Bitter battle after secret note found in safe

A bitter court battle over the will of a late surfing photographer has come to a close after a mysterious letter was found in a safe.

QLD

Summer Land Camels named a Queensland winner in the annual delicious Produce Awards, Harrisville west of Brisbane. Photographer: Liam Kidston.

Rogue camel tramples woman in Queensland

This Queensland woman will spend Christmas Eve in hospital after she was trampled by a rogue camel roaming free on the Sunshine Coast.

Human Body

An elderly covid-19 coronavirus patient lies on a stretcher at the emergency ward of the First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University in China's southwestern city of Chongqing on December 22, 2022. (Photo by Noel Celis / AFP)

World’s worst Covid-19 outbreak confirmed

China’s top health authority has confirmed the country’s current outbreak is, by far, the largest the world has ever seen.

NSW

Sydney Haymarket Rental. Picture: Reddit

Shocking photo exposes Sydney crisis

The photo has enraged Sydneysiders as it shows just how insane it has become to afford a roof over your head.

Relationships

TikTok user @yrfavtaurus claimed that her boyfriend dumped her right after she bought him sneakers for his birthday. Picture: TikTok/@yrfavtaurus

Gen Z losing their minds over ‘shoe theory’

Gen Z is losing its mind over a TikTok trend that claims to reveal whether you’re set to be dumped over Christmas. Here’s how to know if your relationship is safe.

Coronavirus Health

Insane scenes in China as Covid surges

China is seeing one million Covid cases every day as bodies “pile up” in what is likely to be the biggest outbreak the world has ever seen.

North America

TORONTO, ON - FEBRUARY 8: A pedestrian waits to cross Queens Way West while the Toronto turns to night behind them and the CN Tower. (Photo by Paige Taylor White/Toronto Star via Getty Images)

Teen girls accused of homeless man’s murder

Eight teenage girls will spend Christmas in jail charged with murder, after a homeless man was stabbed to death as he tried to protect a homeless woman.

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