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'Bollard Man' who confronted Sydney killer given Australian residency

'Bollard Man' who confronted Sydney killer given Australian residency

2 years ago 540

Plastic-production emissions could triple to one-fifth of Earth’s carbon budget – report

Plastic-production emissions could triple to one-fifth of Earth’s carb...

2 years ago 437

Do you have an ‘emotionally immature parent’? How a nine-year-old book found a new, younger audience

Do you have an ‘emotionally immature parent’? How a nine-year-old book...

2 years ago 457

Hong Kong’s buoyant home sales to fight gravity of continued high interest rates as cut hopes dwindle, analysts say

Hong Kong’s buoyant home sales to fight gravity of continued high inte...

2 years ago 460

Sydney mall stabbing: France’s ‘Bollard Man’ gains Australian residency for confronting killer, thanks to PM Albanese

Sydney mall stabbing: France’s ‘Bollard Man’ gains Australian residenc...

2 years ago 606

Skytrax names the best airports of 2024 — and Singapore's Changi is no longer No. 1

Skytrax names the best airports of 2024 — and Singapore's Changi is no...

2 years ago 367

Record-breaking ballet dancers and protesting farmers : photos of the day – Thursday

Record-breaking ballet dancers and protesting farmers : photos of the ...

2 years ago 424

Jimmy Kimmel roasts Donald Trump for mistaking him for Al Pacino in Truth Social post

Jimmy Kimmel roasts Donald Trump for mistaking him for Al Pacino in Tr...

2 years ago 521

Qatar re-evaluates key mediator role in Middle East conflict on concerns of ‘political exploitation’

Qatar re-evaluates key mediator role in Middle East conflict on concer...

2 years ago 352

Horror moment Brit tourist tombstones onto rocks in botched stunt leaving him seriously injured at Tenerife beauty spot

Horror moment Brit tourist tombstones onto rocks in botched stunt leav...

2 years ago 565

Dining across the divide: ‘I couldn’t get on board with her equating the Taliban and the democratic government of Ukraine’

Dining across the divide: ‘I couldn’t get on board with her equating t...

2 years ago 371

Britain’s defence policy is more like one big declaration of war | Owen Jones

Britain’s defence policy is more like one big declaration of war | Owe...

2 years ago 353

Indonesia’s Joko Widodo urges China to ‘use its influence’ to prevent rise in conflict in Middle East

Indonesia’s Joko Widodo urges China to ‘use its influence’ to prevent ...

2 years ago 363

US state of Maine approves sweeping gun legislation after deadly Lewiston shooting kills 18

US state of Maine approves sweeping gun legislation after deadly Lewis...

2 years ago 442

Manchester City and Arsenal crash out of Champions League – Football Weekly Extra

Manchester City and Arsenal crash out of Champions League – Football W...

2 years ago 420

Widespread 911 outages hit four states

Widespread 911 outages hit four states

2 years ago 628

Aid trucks enter Gaza through Erez crossing, World Food Program says

Aid trucks enter Gaza through Erez crossing, World Food Program says

2 years ago 427

Deaths of 48 people in 1981 Irish nightclub fire were unlawful killing, jury rules

Deaths of 48 people in 1981 Irish nightclub fire were unlawful killing...

2 years ago 382

Russia reports downing 5 Ukrainian military balloons

Russia reports downing 5 Ukrainian military balloons

2 years ago 466

MTR Corp exhibition in Hong Kong tracks history of trains, equipment and staff of rail operator

MTR Corp exhibition in Hong Kong tracks history of trains, equipment a...

2 years ago 486

Food crazes make me want to roll my eyes. But first, pass me a crookie | Jay Rayner

Food crazes make me want to roll my eyes. But first, pass me a crookie...

2 years ago 414

‘We can’t hunt or fish’: the villages in Ecuador’s Amazon surrounded by abandoned explosives

‘We can’t hunt or fish’: the villages in Ecuador’s Amazon surrounded b...

2 years ago 503

How we met: ‘It felt like chatting with an old friend rather than meeting for the first time’

How we met: ‘It felt like chatting with an old friend rather than meet...

2 years ago 711

Hong Kong garage mechanic jailed 4½ years for role in 2019 attack on protesters, commuters at Yuen Long MTR station

Hong Kong garage mechanic jailed 4½ years for role in 2019 attack on p...

2 years ago 544

Cops closing in on gang behind £12MILLION gold bullion heist from airport as six arrested over Goldfinger-style plot

Cops closing in on gang behind £12MILLION gold bullion heist from airp...

2 years ago 966

Sophie Kinsella, best-selling ‘Shopaholic’ author, has brain cancer

Sophie Kinsella, best-selling ‘Shopaholic’ author, has brain cancer

2 years ago 418

About 60 enterprises forge partnerships with new Hong Kong I&T park as city pushes forward plan to attract jobs and billions of dollars in investment

About 60 enterprises forge partnerships with new Hong Kong I&T park as...

2 years ago 422

Post wins gold with property and Greater Bay Area reporting at Hang Seng University’s 8th Business Journalism Awards

Post wins gold with property and Greater Bay Area reporting at Hang Se...

2 years ago 383

Sweeping gun legislation approved by Maine lawmakers after mass shooting

Sweeping gun legislation approved by Maine lawmakers after mass shooti...

2 years ago 362

Dubai floods: Chaos, queues and submerged cars after UAE hit by record rains

Dubai floods: Chaos, queues and submerged cars after UAE hit by record...

2 years ago 665

China reports 4 times more cross-border trips by foreigners, but total still below pre-pandemic levels

China reports 4 times more cross-border trips by foreigners, but total...

2 years ago 477

Hong Kong lawmakers question HK$4.39 billion bill for running 30,000 temporary public housing flats

Hong Kong lawmakers question HK$4.39 billion bill for running 30,000 t...

2 years ago 477

Google just fired 28 employees who protested its contract with Israel

Google just fired 28 employees who protested its contract with Israel

2 years ago 360

Germany plans to build world’s tallest wind turbine with 1,200ft tower set to dwarf the Shard… & they’ll erect thousands

Germany plans to build world’s tallest wind turbine with 1,200ft tower...

2 years ago 514

Nigel Farage blasts Brussels after police order shut down of National Conservative Conference

Nigel Farage blasts Brussels after police order shut down of National ...

2 years ago 398

Canton Fair: Chinese Premier Li Qiang solicits views from ‘ambassadors of friendship’ as external tensions grow

Canton Fair: Chinese Premier Li Qiang solicits views from ‘ambassadors...

2 years ago 538

With Mideast on brink, investors ignore geopolitical risks at their peril

With Mideast on brink, investors ignore geopolitical risks at their pe...

2 years ago 368

Why Prague's homeless are resorting to poverty tourism – video

Why Prague's homeless are resorting to poverty tourism – video

2 years ago 397

German regional leader of far-right party in court over allegations of 'knowingly' shouting Nazi slogan

German regional leader of far-right party in court over allegations of...

2 years ago 381

Apple planning US$250 million expansion in Singapore to write ‘new chapter’ in company’s history in city state

Apple planning US$250 million expansion in Singapore to write ‘new cha...

2 years ago 356

Sydney’s Bondi Westfield mall reopens for tributes after fatal stabbings

Sydney’s Bondi Westfield mall reopens for tributes after fatal stabbin...

2 years ago 637

Stealth robot ‘XL’ submarines dubbed ‘Ghost Sharks’ to be deployed by Australia to ‘defend seas from China’

Stealth robot ‘XL’ submarines dubbed ‘Ghost Sharks’ to be deployed by ...

2 years ago 389

Can you hear the hyenas and wild pigs in new David Bowie hit?

Can you hear the hyenas and wild pigs in new David Bowie hit?

2 years ago 369

Israeli soccer facing Palestinian calls for action by FIFA at annual congress

Israeli soccer facing Palestinian calls for action by FIFA at annual c...

2 years ago 390

China primary school bans homework after 9.30pm with no penalty for unfinished assignments, sparks heated online debate

China primary school bans homework after 9.30pm with no penalty for un...

2 years ago 568

Blueberries and bell peppers: six fruits and vegetables with the most pesticide risk

Blueberries and bell peppers: six fruits and vegetables with the most ...

2 years ago 561

Having remade Twitter, Elon Musk takes his speech fight global

Having remade Twitter, Elon Musk takes his speech fight global

2 years ago 467

Reuters photographer wins World Press Photo of the Year with poignant shot from Gaza

Reuters photographer wins World Press Photo of the Year with poignant ...

2 years ago 613

Stabbed bishop forgives alleged attacker and urges followers not to retaliate

Stabbed bishop forgives alleged attacker and urges followers not to re...

2 years ago 504

'There is no time to waste': EU leaders want to boost competitiveness to close gap with US and China

'There is no time to waste': EU leaders want to boost competitiveness ...

2 years ago 427

Biden to win Kennedy family endorsement in hit to Robert F Kennedy Jnr’s White House bid

Biden to win Kennedy family endorsement in hit to Robert F Kennedy Jnr...

2 years ago 478

In Indonesia, China’s foreign minister warns against ‘bloc confrontation’ in Indo-Pacific

In Indonesia, China’s foreign minister warns against ‘bloc confrontati...

2 years ago 526

China unloads more US Treasury bills as odds of Fed rate cuts grow slim

China unloads more US Treasury bills as odds of Fed rate cuts grow sli...

2 years ago 529

NASA chief says 'secretive' China is hiding military projects in space

NASA chief says 'secretive' China is hiding military projects in space...

2 years ago 386

Britain’s renegade royal, Prince Harry, now calls himself a U.S. resident

Britain’s renegade royal, Prince Harry, now calls himself a U.S. resid...

2 years ago 629

Gold bars melted down after Canada's biggest ever bullion heist 'used to buy guns'

Gold bars melted down after Canada's biggest ever bullion heist 'used ...

2 years ago 492

Sydney shopping mall reopens five days after six killed in stabbing

Sydney shopping mall reopens five days after six killed in stabbing

2 years ago 469

Iran feared to be MONTHS from building nuclear bomb at secret base ‘buried so deep under mountain missiles can’t hit it’

Iran feared to be MONTHS from building nuclear bomb at secret base ‘bu...

2 years ago 584

World Press Photo 2024 – global winners

World Press Photo 2024 – global winners

2 years ago 393

A portrait of Haitians trying to survive without a government

A portrait of Haitians trying to survive without a government

2 years ago 508