Tragedy
‘Not forgotten’: PM pays tribute to Cyclone Tracy victims 50 years on
Survivors sobbed in Darwin as Anthony Albanese recalled the disaster that left “an entire city almost wiped off the map”.
- by Angus Delaney
Latest
‘Stronger than ever’: PM attends Cyclone Tracy memorial on Christmas
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is in Darwin to mark the 50th anniversary of Cyclone Tracy, Australia’s largest peacetime evacuation and reconstruction.
- by James Massola
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Crime
‘One of the most depraved crimes’: Woman burnt to death on New York subway
Police have arrested a man suspected of intentionally setting a woman on fire after she fell asleep on a stationary train.
- by Susan Haigh
‘Something big will happen in Germany’: Christmas market attack suspect’s online boasts
The suspected attacker’s many posts on social media site X reveal him as a critic of Islam who railed against Muslim immigration into Europe.
- by Rob Harris
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Christmas
Car ploughs into ‘fairytale’ Christmas market killing at least five, injuring scores
The driver was arrested shortly after he had barrelled into a crowd in Magdeburg, Germany, when the town centre was teeming with holiday shoppers.
- by Rob Harris
Search to resume for MH370 wreckage on ‘no-find-no-fee’ basis
Malaysia has agreed to reopen the search for the wreckage more than 10 years after it disappeared in one of the world’s greatest aviation mysteries.
- by Ashley Tang
Drunk driver who killed 16-year-old in Carlton crash jailed for 14 years
Gulet Mohammed Ahmed, 40, who was high and drunk when he sped through three red lights, crashing into cars and pedestrians in March 2023, has been labelled “a grave danger to anyone”.
- by Emily Woods
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Earthquakes
‘We definitely need help’: Australian’s rescue plea as magnitude 7.3 earthquake hits Vanuatu
Buildings have been flattened in the Pacific nation’s capital, Port Vila, and several embassies evacuated.
- by Paul Sakkal
Family heartbroken after boy, 10, dies in car boot in ‘tragic game of hide-and-seek’
Bentley was playing in his mother’s car in Victoria’s north on Sunday afternoon when he became trapped in the boot and died.
- by Angus Delaney
Families of Tasmanian jumping castle tragedy victims launch class action
Families of the children killed and injured in the 2021 jumping castle tragedy have launched a class action against the state and the company that set up the equipment.
- by Holly Hales
Thousands feared dead after Cyclone Chido hits French island territory of Mayotte
“For the toll, it’s going to be complicated, because Mayotte is a Muslim land where the dead are buried within 24 hours,” a French Interior Ministry official said.
- by Michel Rose
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