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Much of the Australian state of New South Wales is facing torrential rain and thunderstorms over the next few days, with severe weather and flooding expected. The Bureau Of Meteorology has issued a severe weather warning for heavy rainfall for the mid-north coast from Thursday. Towns likely to be affected include Coffs Harbour, Port Macquarie, Taree, Woolgoolga, […]

National Guardsmen stationed at the Capitol building should instead be sent to address the “humanitarian crisis” at the southern border, a Republican congressman said Tuesday. The Guard Our Border Act would reassign 95 percent of the National Guardsmen stationed at the Capitol building to the southern border since the U.S. Capitol Police said Monday that

NEW YORK—Conductor James Levine, who ruled over the Metropolitan Opera for more than four decades before being eased aside when his health declined and then was fired for sexual improprieties, has died. He was 77. Levine died March 9 in Palm Springs, California, of natural causes, his physician of 17 years, Dr. Len Horovitz, said

An Arizona man was sentenced to serve 16 years in jail for scamming millions of dollars from the elderly, officials announced in a Monday press release. Kent Maerki, 78, misrepresented two companies he founded while on the radio, including in a presentation of a “wireless spectrum he called ‘Money From Thin Air’” and in other

NEW YORK—A Honduran accountant testified Tuesday that he fled Honduras because he felt his life was in danger after witnessing two meetings in which an alleged drug trafficker paid bribes to now-President Juan Orlando Hernández in 2013. In both meetings, the subject was “protection and receiving drugs,” said José Sánchez, a pseudonym used for his

Two young Melbourne men suspected of having extremist motivations are facing terrorism charges. The 19-year-old and 20-year-old Epping men were arrested along with a 16-year-old Pascoe Vale boy following counter-terrorism raids in Melbourne’s north on Wednesday. The 19-year-old will appear before Melbourne Magistrates Court on Thursday charged with an attempted terrorist act, intentionally causing injury, an

Australia’s scientific research should not just end as academic writing but lay the groundwork for innovative products to benefit the nation. That’s the focus of Australia’s new chief scientist Cathy Foley, who has on Wednesday given her first major address in the role. Foley worked on indium nitride for her PhD, finding the chemical was responsive

A 31-year-old Sydney man will face a further 152 charges alleging sexual abuse of young children and filming it to share online. The Australian Federal Police says the man, from St Clair in Sydney’s west, will appear at Sydney Central Local Court on Thursday. He was was initially arrested last May under Operation Arkstone, a

There were 37,505 breaches of coronavirus health orders in Victoria last year and a nine per cent increase in family violence incidents, new crime statistics show. Overall, the number of recorded offences in the state increased by 2.3 per cent to almost 550,000 during the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic. Most of the virus-related offences occurred between April

NSW Police Commissioner Mick Fuller says an app could be used by couples to establish and record mutual consent before engaging in sex. He believes the technology could help navigate the way forward as the country confronts an increasing number of sexual assaults while reporting and conviction rates remain low. Fuller said he had discussed