Month: December 2025

NSW premier Chris Minns says police on ‘high alert’ as more than 1 million people expected to celebrate in the cityGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThousands of people have taken up key vantage points for New Year’s Eve fireworks, with Chris Minns asking Sydneysiders to “square your shoulders, puff out your chest and walk out” to celebrate as a show of defiance after the Bondi […]

One passenger tells the ABC it was ‘chaos’ and she felt her life was in danger, but others shrug off the incidentGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA passenger onboard the Coral Adventurer has told the ABC she won’t travel with the luxury cruise liner again, after it was grounded on a reef off Papua New Guinea at the weekend.Ursula Daus alleged her life was in […]

Announcements mark latest twist in the frosty relationship between west African military governments and the USMali and Burkina Faso said they would ban US citizens from entering their countries in retaliation for Donald Trump’s decision to ban Malian and Burkinabe citizens from entering the US.The announcements, made on Tuesday in separate statements by the foreign ministers of the two west African countries, marked the latest twist in the frosty relationship […]

Move comes after Riyadh accused Abu Dhabi of backing separatists in Yemen, a claim the UAE denies. Source: www.aljazeera.comRead full article

Lack of prompt access to primary care blamed for rise in hospital cases of minor ailments including blocked nosesMillions of people are turning to A&E departments in England for minor ailments including coughs, blocked noses and hiccups, according to data that health leaders say lays bare a failure to give patients prompt access to primary care.Emergency wards are designed for serious injuries and life-threatening emergencies only. But many are becoming […]