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Joel Cauchi had serious mental health issues for more than 20 years, the court heard.

Bondi Junction attacker searched for serial killers online, sought access to guns

Joel Cauchi was severely mentally ill but “effectively unmedicated” and unmonitored for about five years before his death, an inquest has heard.

  • Michaela Whitbourn and Perry Duffin

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The Maya rooftop bar is located on the corner of Ann Street and Morgan Street in Fortitude Valley.

Man dies after dispute with security downstairs from popular bar

The man had been told to leave a business on the corner of Ann Street and Morgan Street, where Maya rooftop restaurant and bar is located.

  • William Davis
A member of Vancouver’s Filipino community visits a growing memorial near the festival site on Sunday.

Man charged with eight counts of murder after car ploughs into crowd in Vancouver

Eleven people died - the youngest aged only five - in an incident that has rocked Canada just as voters head to the polls to choose their next government.

  • Michael Koziol
Virginia Giuffre outside a Manhattan court after Jeffrey Epstein’s death in 2019.

Prominent Epstein, Prince Andrew accuser Virginia Giuffre found dead in WA

The 41-year-old reached a settlement in 2022 with Prince Andrew after accusing him of sexually abusing her when she was 17.

  • Angus Dalton
Abdifatah Ahmed died in the shooting after police said he lunged at them with a knife.

‘How many more people need to be killed?’ Simmering tensions on the streets of Footscray

Two police officers shot a rough sleeper dead on the eve of Easter on a busy Footscray street. Was the tragedy unavoidable?

  • Melissa Cunningham

Gunmen kill dozens of tourists at resort deemed ‘mini-Switzerland’ in disputed Kashmir

Indian police said at least four gunmen they described as militants fired at dozens of tourists from close range, killing at least 26.

  • Aijaz Hussain
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Nine-year-old Kaison Greaves died after becoming trapped between rocks in the water at South West Rocks.

Heartbroken parents grieve ‘larger than life’ son after NSW beach tragedy

Nine-year-old Kaison Greaves died after he became stuck between rocks off the shoreline on a horror weekend for drownings.

  • Josefine Ganko and Riley Walter
Lion attack.

Lion kills 14-year-old girl in Nairobi

According to the Kenya Wildlife Service, the teenager was mauled on Sunday evening in Savannah Ranch, located near Nairobi National Park.

  • Harriet Barber
Emergency services at the scene of the shooting.

Police who shot rough sleeper in Footscray did not have Tasers, union says

Police Association secretary Wayne Gatt said the officers had access to capsicum spray but were yet to be fitted with the conducted energy device.

  • Marta Pascual Juanola
Police at the scene of the shooting in Tallahassee.

‘This is America’: Parkland school massacre survivors caught in Florida uni shooting

The deadly shooting at Florida State University was dreadful reminder for several students who were also at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School for the 2018 massacre.

  • Anthony Izaguirre and Stephany Matat

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