Tragedy
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Air accident
Kazakhstan plane crash ‘caused by birds’ kills dozens
The plane with 67 on board had veered wildly off course, then crashed while returning from a Russian area struck by Ukraine. Twenty-nine people survived.
- by Mariya Gordeyeva, Gleb Stolyarov and Nailia Bagirova
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‘The most perfect son’: Family of lost teen share tribute
The family of 15-year-old Luca Bennett have paid tribute to the teen after he was swept off rocks at North Avoca Beach on Christmas Eve.
- by Jessica McSweeney
19-year-old killed by firework explosion in Melbourne’s outer north
A Victorian man is dead after a firework incident on Christmas Day in Melbourne’s outer north.
- by Angus Delaney
‘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
‘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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Tsunami
The 2004 tsunami was one of the worst natural disasters in recorded history. It also carried peace
The waves that shattered thousands and thousands of Indonesian families also led to peace in a province that had been racked by almost 30 years of war.
- by Zach Hope and Karuni Rompies
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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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