Four people have died and two are missing after four days of heavy rain as authorities warn of landslides and flooding
Torrential rains that lashed South Korea for a fourth day on Saturday kept nearly 3,000 people from returning to their homes, as the death toll reached four people.
Rain is forecast to last until Monday in some areas, as officials urged extreme caution against the risk of landslides and flooding, with warnings issued across most of the country.
Continue reading...Former Australian prime minister to appear at hearing about countering China’s ‘economic coercion against democracies’, select committee says
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The former Australian prime minister Scott Morrison will testify at a US House panel hearing next week about countering China’s “economic coercion against democracies,” the committee said on Friday.
Rahm Emanuel, the former US ambassador to Japan, will also testify before the House select committee on China.
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Continue reading...Two men and a woman, all aged 19, died at the scene in Mackay after a late night crash involving multiple vehicles
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Three teenagers have died in Queensland after their car crashed into a dual-cab ute while attempting to overtake a truck.
Two 19-year-old men and a 19-year-old woman died at the scene in Mackay, more than 800km north of Brisbane, after a crash involving multiple vehicles late on Friday night.
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Continue reading...Whitehaven Beach on Whitsunday Island is home to marine stingers, including jellyfish, from October to May, but that didn’t stop voters in Big 7 Travel list. Have your say in the comments section
A Queensland beach where swimmers need to wear stinger suits for eight months of the year has been voted the best in the world for 2025.
Whitehaven Beach, on Whitsunday Island, is home to marine stingers, including jellyfish, from October to May when the water temperatures are warmer, making the use of stinger suits highly advisable.
Continue reading...Move seeks to contain controversy that has engulfed Trump administration since it announced it would not release more files from sex trafficking case
The US Department of Justice asked a federal court on Friday to unseal grand jury transcripts in Jeffrey Epstein’s case at the direction of Donald Trump amid a firestorm over the administration’s handling of records related to the wealthy financier.
The move – coming a day after a Wall Street Journal story put a spotlight on Trump’s relationship with Epstein – seeks to contain a growing controversy that has engulfed the administration since it announced that it would not be releasing more government files from Epstein’s sex trafficking case.
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