World

South Korea trying to quickly identify bodies from Jeju Air plane crash

South Korea’s policy agency said on Tuesday it was making efforts to expedite the process of identifying dead bodies from the Jeju Air plane crash that killed 179 people on Sunday.

December 31, 2024 1:26 pm
 

Australia

Festival drug arrests as pill testing trial starts

Two men have been charged with drug trafficking at the first Victorian festival to trial pill testing, while one person has been treated for an overdose.

December 31, 2024 12:21 pm
 

World

Hain Celestial must face arsenic claim in baby food labeling lawsuit

A U.S. judge said Hain Celestial Group (HAIN.O), opens new tab must face a proposed class action claiming its labels failed to disclose the alleged presence of arsenic in some of its baby food.

December 31, 2024 11:34 am
 

World

Trump loses appeal of E. Jean Carroll $5-million defamation, sexual assault verdict

A federal appeals court upheld a $5-million verdict that E. Jean Carroll won against Donald Trump when a jury found the U.S. president-elect liable for sexually abusing and later defaming the former magazine columnist.

December 31, 2024 8:24 am
 

World

South Korea orders airline safety probe after worst domestic crash kills 179

South Korea’s acting President Choi Sang-mok ordered an emergency safety inspection of the country’s entire airline operation as investigators worked to identify victims and find out what caused the deadliest air disaster on South Korean soil.

December 31, 2024 7:26 am
 

World

South Korea orders air safety probe after the country's worst crash kills 179

South Korea’s acting President Choi Sang-mok on Monday ordered an emergency safety inspection of the country’s entire airline operation system as investigators worked to identify victims and find what caused the country’s deadliest air disaster.

December 30, 2024 5:16 pm
 

World

South Korea investigators request arrest warrant for Yoon over martial law

South Korea’s joint investigation unit has requested an arrest warrant for suspended President Yoon Suk Yeol over his short-lived imposition of martial law earlier this month, an official said on Monday.

December 30, 2024 4:20 pm
 

World

Drowning warning after couple dies saving daughters

Australians have been reminded to play it safe in the water over the New Year period after a series of deaths, including a couple who drowned trying to save their daughters from a rip.

December 30, 2024 3:42 pm
 

Australia

Drug link for latest man to 'end up dead on the street'

Drugs and greed are likely behind the shooting death of a man as he left his family home in what police believe is the latest targeted murder linked to organised crime.

December 30, 2024 2:41 pm
 

Australia

Remote airstrip used in spycraft cocaine smuggling plot

Two men are accused of trafficking 200kg of cocaine into Australia in a clandestine plot involving a small aircraft, a remote airstrip and night-vision goggles.

December 30, 2024 12:25 pm
 

Australia

Financial help on its way as bushfires hit livelihoods

Bushfire-hit workers and sole traders can apply for income support as the prime minister visits the area where a massive blaze has destroyed at least three homes.

December 30, 2024 11:30 am
 

World

Jimmy Carter, former US president, dies at 100

Jimmy Carter, the earnest Georgia peanut farmer who as U.S. president struggled with a bad economy and the Iran hostage crisis but brokered peace between Israel and Egypt and later received the Nobel Peace Prize for his humanitarian work, died at his home in Plains, Georgia, on Sunday, the Carter Center said. He was 100.

December 30, 2024 10:20 am

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