A TODDLER has died after being hit by a huge hail stone during a horror storm in Spain. The one-year-old girl was one of 30 people hurt after being battered by hail stones up to four inches wide in and around the Catalan town of La Bisbal de l’Emporda. She was rushed to Josep Trueta […]

The language used in industrial relations can be a dense forest of acronyms, initialisms and jargon-laden terms such as protected action ballots and industry-wide bargaining. It can seem off-putting, but it matters because it shapes how we live and work and sets out how we distribute the results of our labour, how we try to […]

It is a truism that Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev, the man who will go down in history as the last leader of the USSR, spent many years more celebrated abroad than he was at home. When I arrived in Moscow in early January 1992 as the ABC TV correspondent, he was already a greatly diminished figure […]

Avoca and North Avoca beaches are closed following a shark attack on a surfer who was bitten on the arm on Wednesday morning. The young surfer was bitten on his right lower forearm about 10.30am. A drone operator has been deployed to North Avoca beach to search for the shark, Central Coast Council posted on […]

‘It couldn’t be more gentle!’: Anger as 1980s classic sitcom Hi-de-Hi! is slapped with trigger warning over ‘language and attitudes of era that may offend’ 1980s sitcom Hi-de-Hi! has been slapped with a new trigger warning on Britbox  The Sunday night staple followed the ups and downs of holiday camp workers Now, viewers are warned […]

‘My son doesn’t have a life… YOU use it’: Mother of man killed when 15-year-old joyrider smashed into a taxi addresses the killer in court and urges him to ‘get your life back on track’ as he is jailed for six years Jack Simpson, 16, crashed a stolen van head-on into a taxi In Bradford […]

Artemis1 moon launch is delayed AGAIN: NASA now aims for Saturday departure – but claims that temperature and pressure problems in one of rocket’s four engines have been fixed  NASA now plans to launch Artemis 1 on Saturday, September 3 The launch was forced to be scrubbed on Monday due to an issue with engine […]

Content warning: the following article includes mention of suicide. If you or someone you know is having thoughts of suicide, the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline is available 24 hours a day at 988. John Wall signed with the Los Angeles Clippers earlier this offseason after years of struggles, and he seems ready to talk about […]

We have a new record. Nearly 30 years after his death, one of Mickey Mantle’s 1952 rookie cards sold at Heritage Auctions for a whopping $12.6 million. The big question now: Who or what will top the New York Yankee baseball legend? The Mantle haul was far more than the previous record for a sports-card […]

‘He changed the course of history’: UN leader hails Mikhail Gorbachev – while Boris Johnson salutes the ‘courage and integrity’ that helped end the Cold War and says he ‘remains an example to us all’ during Putin’s reign of tyranny UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres led tributes to Mikhail Gorbachev, 91 He said Gorbachev was ‘a […]