A grieving man who saw one friend killed and another seriously injured when they were hit by an allegedly intoxicated driver while motorcycling near Brisbane has decried road safety as becoming “markedly worse”. Neil Mendham has issued an impassioned call for safer road use after the death of Darren* – a tourist from the UK … [Read more…]
Nearly 80 girls have been poisoned and hospitalised in two separate attacks at their primary schools in northern Afghanistan, a local education official says. It is thought to be the first time this kind of assault has happened since the Taliban swept to power in August 2021 and began their crackdown on the rights and … [Read more…]
Rangers are hunting for a dingo believed to be responsible for two separate attacks on children visiting a popular national park. Authorities say a four-year-old boy was bitten on the leg about 6pm on Saturday at Dales Campground in Karijini National Park, in Western Australia’s north. The boy was taken by his family to Tom … [Read more…]
A grieving man who saw one friend killed and another seriously injured when they were hit by an allegedly intoxicated driver while motorcycling near Brisbane has decried road safety as becoming “markedly worse”. Neil Mendham has issued an impassioned call for safer road use after the death of Darren* – a tourist from the UK … [Read more…]
A man, woman, and a little boy escaped their vehicle moments before it caught fire on Sunday night following a crash south of Sydney’s CBD. Their four-wheel-drive vehicle had collided with another SUV, which sped off from the scene and was abandoned by a man and woman one street away. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Three … [Read more…]
The toll continues to rise from India’s deadliest rail accident in over a decade, with at least 207 people killed and 900 injured in the eastern state of Odisha. Railway officials say the Howrah Superfast Express, running from Bangalore to Howrah, West Bengal, derailed and became entangled with the Coromandel Express, which runs from Kolkata … [Read more…]
Three teenage boys are fighting for life as police probe a major house fire in Western Australia. Emergency services were called to the blaze in the suburb of Mount Tarcoola at Geraldton just after 4pm on Thursday. Callers reported smoke coming from the roof of the brick and tile house and eight fire crews arrived … [Read more…]
A review of the congested airspace where two Sea World helicopters collided on the Gold Coast, killing four people, is under way by the national safety regulator. The two theme park helicopters loaded with tourists catastrophically collided during a joy flight on January 2 and crash-landed on the Southport Broadwater. The aircraft were flown by … [Read more…]
A group of school children have fallen down from about a five-metre high structure during a field trip in the western Canadian city of Winnipeg but avoided serious injuries in an incident that officials say could have been much worse. Children from Winnipeg’s St. John’s-Ravenscourt School were visiting the historical Fort Gibraltar when the fall … [Read more…]
A giant tree that towered over Sierra Leone’s capital for centuries and symbolised freedom to its early residents has crashed down overnight during a heavy rainstorm. President Julius Maada Bio called the toppling of the famed tree “a great loss to the nation” as crowds gathered to look at the wrecked trunk. The “Cotton Tree” … [Read more…]