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The four-year-old, from South Australia, was last seen playing outside home on family sheep station in the outback in SeptemberFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastMissing four-year-old Gus Lamont’s “devastated” grandmothers have engaged lawyers a day after police declared his disappearance a major crime.Gus went missing from his family’s 60,000 hectare sheep station in September last year, and […]

Residents of New Zealand capital advised not to enter the water, collect seafood or walk their dogs on local beaches after wastewater plant failureA sewage leak in New Zealand’s capital Wellington has been described by local authorities as an “environmental disaster,” with repairs to the city’s wastewater treatment plant expected to take months.Residents of Wellington have been advised not to enter the water, collect seafood or even walk their dogs […]

Dozens of people have died, including two Australians, as record-breaking snowfall blankets the northDozens of people have died in Japan after record-breaking snowfall blanketed northern regions of the country, while officials warned that warmer temperatures could trigger a new wave of accidents.Authorities said 35 people had died in snow-related incidents across Japan since 20 January, with almost 400 injured, 126 of them seriously. Most of the deaths were among people […]

US and Iranian officials are holding talks in Muscat amid escalating tensions and a US military buildup in the Gulf.Source: www.aljazeera.comRead full article

These are the key developments from day 1,443 of Russia’s war on Ukraine.Source: www.aljazeera.comRead full article

This live blog is now closed.Trump news at a glance: ICE chartered Palestinian deportation flights on Trump family friend’s jetAmid the various winding comments throughout Trump’s speech today, he said that the Department of Education will officially issue its new guidance to protect the right to prayer in public schools today.“Now the Democrats will sue us, but we’ll win it,” Trump said, eliciting some laughs from the audience at the […]

Meanwhile Australian shares opened sharply lower this morning, erasing over $40bn in value from the market. Follow the latest updates liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastRideshare driver in court over allegations of sexual assaulting passengerA rideshare driver will face court after allegedly sexually assaulting a woman during a short early morning trip, AAP reports. Continue reading...Source: www.theguardian.comRead full article