Police have charged a 29-year-old man.

Plenary sessions of the Central Committee, the upper echelon of China’s ruling Communist Party, are major events on the country’s political calendar. In the third part of this series, William Zheng and Alcott Wei examine how the fight against corruption is shaping the party’s future. When China’s political elites gather for a key conclave in Beijing later this month, the increasingly empty auditorium will speak loudly to the event’s theme – the ruling Communist Party’s strict self-discipline and...

Two men have previously been sentenced over the death of Darcy Schafer-Turner, who was 22 when he disappeared.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) sued OpenAI and its CEO Sam Altman on Friday, accusing the company of failing to warn consumers about the potential dangers from its AI models. The lawsuit alleges the ChatGPT maker is running afoul of a Texas consumer protection law and kids' online safety law, underscoring warnings about the...

Metrolink temporarily suspends service on the Pacific Surfliner in South Orange County due to forecasted high tides.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Friday that Beijing has “influence” over Moscow it should use to stop the war in Ukraine, and that a proposed summit meeting of the US, Chinese and Russian leaders must not lead to the division of his war-torn country. Speaking virtually at an event hosted by Washington-based Hudson Institute think tank, Zelensky said he did not know what would be discussed at the potential meeting between US President Donald Trump, Chinese President Xi Jinping and...

First Lady Melania Trump has helped secure a localised, humanitarian ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine for the front-line city of Oleshky in southern Ukraine, the White House says.

Authorities in south-east Queensland have saved a man in a daring rescue, pulling him from floodwaters on the Sunshine Coast.

A grandmother has arrived back in Perth, after being jailed in Japan for attempting to smuggle drugs into the country.