China rehearses invasion of Taiwan with troops storming ‘sea defences’ in chilling wargames – while Beijing and Russia stage joint naval exercises in the Pacific The PLA’s Eastern Theatre Command published the clip on WeChat yesterday Eastern Theatre Command is division responsible for monitoring Taiwan Strait  A division of China’s People’s Liberation Army that oversees […]

Save articles for later Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. A little over 30 years ago, melodic guitar outfit Greenhouse was making a name for itself in Melbourne’s alternative music scene and looked set for bigger things. But then, in the early 1990s, a “wave of grunge” music […]

Man dressed in pajamas leaps from top of 750ft Deutsche Bank Center in NYC – where Gisele and Jay-Z owned apartments – and splits in half when he hits marquee of Mandarin Oriental Hotel The incident occurred at the prestigious 80 Columbus Circle address in Midtown minutes after 9 pm  The unnamed man was sliced […]

Save articles for later Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Victoria has abandoned a plan to cap rental increases to tackle housing affordability after concluding it would have the unintended consequence of deterring investment in new housing. A cap had been closely examined as an option to improve […]

Save articles for later Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Police have arrested four people – including members of the Finks motorcycle gang – in a series of raids over a string of firebombing attacks on tobacco and vape stores across Melbourne and regional Victoria. The Age can […]

Save articles for later Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Washington: The names and addresses of grand jury members involved in the Donald Trump election probe in Georgia have been leaked online, prompting police to investigate threats against them, the local sheriff’s office said. “Our investigators are working […]

A-level students drown their sorrows after record post-Covid plunge in grades leaves 60,000 teenagers scrambling for university places with 73,000 fewer A*s and As awarded compared to last year Photos show students celebrating and taking it too far as they celebrated results  Pass rate of A*-E grades fell to 97.3% this year, now at lowest […]

More than a third of repeat knife offenders are avoiding prison due to courts ‘increasing tolerance’ Read more: Knife crime surges by a shocking 16% in London in the past year  More than a third of repeat knife offenders are escaping jail due to an ‘increasing tolerance’ in courts, new figures from the Ministry of Justice […]

Trainee wins £360,000 at employment tribunal after boss asked her to ‘remove her jumper and marry him’ Colin Higgins, 50s, ‘repeatedly’ asked Emma Tahir, 20s, to remove her jumper A trainee for the National Grid has been awarded almost £360,000 after it was found that her manager sexually harassed her.  Colin Higgins ‘repeatedly’ asked Emma […]

Spotty Prince Charlie! Digital recreation of Bonnie Prince Charlie gives historians first glimpse of how the pimpled prince looked during 1745 Jacobite uprising  The young pretender’s death mask was subject to 3D scans  A de-aged face of Bonnie Prince Charlie gives historians a first glimpse of how the pimpled prince looked during the unsuccessful 1745 […]