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Head-on train crash in Greece kills 36, injures 85
A passenger train collided with an oncoming freight train.
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Watch: Tropical cyclone Judy slams Vanuatu
01 March 2023 | Tropical cyclone Judy hits Port Vila, Vanuatu. Video / Supplied (via Vanuatu Post)
Vanuatu scenes 'quite dramatic': Cyclone Judy strengthens to category 4
Dramatic scenes in Vanuatu as destructive hurricane force winds hit
Ohio train derailment: Separating fact from fiction
New York Times: Breakdown of what’s known, and what’s not, about incident and aftermath.
Disgraced former Theranos CEO says baby means she should avoid prison
Holmes is using her child as a means to delay the start of her 11 year sentence.
That mystery orb on a Japanese beach? It was just a buoy (sorry)
New York Times: 'Maybe everybody is paranoid because of balloons,' one expert said.
Woman's wild defence after driving fine
A mother who received a fine for texting while driving has used an unusual defence.
Incredible story behind picture of car accident hero
The photograph was taken before an unimaginable tragedy.
'Abject failure': Fake Kiwi doctor jailed in UK
Zholia Alemi claimed she had a degree from the University of Auckland.
Covid mask study torn to shreds
The claim face masks were all but useless has been torn to shreds in a scathing take-down.
Putin secretly living with girlfriend and children at luxury estate
Telegraph: The vast, heavily guarded property features multiple mansions and a playground.
Nato chief: Membership for Finland, Sweden ‘top priority’
Nato is urging Turkey and Hungary to accept the nomination for Finland and Sweden to join.
How officials cracked case of eyedrops that blinded people
Tainted eyedrops caused an outbreak of a bacteria that was immune to most antibiotics.
Russia-Ukraine war: Drones fly deep inside Russia; Putin orders border tightened
Ukrainian drones have found holes in Russia defence, forcing Putin to up protections.
What we know and don’t know about the origins of Covid-19
New York Times: Conclusive evidence hard to come by and intelligence agencies are split.
Missing baby feared dead after runaway couple arrested
Two-month search for woman and her ex-convict boyfriend ends, but baby not found.
White House orders ban on TikTok
Federal agencies given 30 days to delete Chinese-owned social media app.
China claims it is ‘open and transparent’ about origin of Covid-19
US officials remain divided on origin of virus; China says it has co-operated in search.
I went to Syria, the country that remade our world, and this is what I saw
New York Times: Foolish to continue to ignore Syria in the aftermath of the earthquake.
Thai drug dealer ‘used plastic surgery to become handsome Korean man’
Saharat Sawangjaeng said to have been on the run for three months before police got him.
The Last of Us: Mould and spores a ‘freaky’ part of climate change
Slime moulds from HBO’s 'The Last of Us' aren't fungi – but are brainless predators.
Murdoch acknowledges Fox News hosts endorsed election fraud falsehoods
New York Times: Conservative media mogul made remarks under oath in $2.5b defamation case.
Covid-19 origins still a mystery three years into pandemic
Did the coronavirus originate in animals or leak from a Chinese lab?
Influencer Andrew Tate to be held for third month in Romania detention
Andrew Tate has been held on suspicion of organised crime and human trafficking charges.
Woman ‘cut off’ her boyfriend’s penis
Police allege woman severed the penis after post-refusal threat to release sex tapes.
‘Superbugs’ to kill 10 million a year by 2050
We’re lurching towards an “alarming” crisis that will claim millions of lives.
After model’s gruesome killing, suspicion falls on her ex-husband and his family
New York Times: Abby Choi's partial remains were discovered in Hong Kong on Friday.
Major nation on the verge of ‘collapse’
Country of 60 million is on the verge of "collapse" amid rolling blackouts.
Mum could be first Australian woman to face death row in US
Lisa Marie Cunningham is charged with killing her seven-year-old stepdaughter.
He survived the Trade Centre bombing. ‘I always knew they’d be back’
New York Times: Thirty years ago, Tim Lang was injured in first attack on the twin towers.
Ceiling collapses on Kiwi woman in Queensland
Woman suffered several injuries and now also experiences nightmares and sleeplessness.
Lab leak most likely caused pandemic, US Energy Department says
New York Times: New intelligence prompted the department to change its position.