Beverly Lowe's New Book 'The Strawberry Adventure: A Lesson In Thankfulness' Shares A Young Princess's Adventure Where She Learns The Value Of Gratitude And Faith

The first international flight has officially departed Western Sydney International airport, with passengers touching down in Auckland on an Air New Zealand plane.

Victorian Emergency Services and Police Minister Paul Edbrooke found a bullet on his car etched with the word “rat” and his old firefighting number.

A fire broke out on Monday at Hong Kong’s waste-to-energy incinerator on an artificial island off Shek Kwu Chau. The blaze started at 12.43pm at the Integrated Waste Management Facilities Phase I and was upgraded to a No 3 alarm at 1.24pm, the Fire Services Department said. A No 3 alarm is the third of five levels, with five the most severe. Higher alarm levels trigger the deployment of more resources to fight a fire. Firefighters deployed two water jets and two breathing apparatus teams to...

A severe loss of confidence in many of the companies propping up the AI industry has sent a jolt though markets.

A vocal critic of the Queensland government has its funding cut. Also in this week’s public sector column: who’s working on a union “competition” push, and the hunt for police union leakers.

In a 30-minute-long phone call with Stacey Warnecke, free birth advocate Emily Lal described childbirth as “the death of the maiden” and “birth of the woman”.

Aaron Govendir claims a figure with a pointed hood broke into his Dover Heights home and killed his wife. Unusual clues point to a different story, prosecutors say.

A manhunt for the gunmen who opened fire at a boxing event in Logan has ramped up.

Hong Kong is well positioned to help companies deploy green services and technologies across belt and road countries, the city’s leader and a mainland Chinese official have said, with authorities noting that at least five enterprises have signed up. They made the remarks at the Belt and Road Green Innovation Conference, which opened in Hong Kong on Monday. It is the first time the event has been held outside the mainland, as the city seeks to act as a bridge for expanding the global market for...

Soaked residents across south-east Queensland are being warned to prepare for another drenching, with winds, hail and flooding forecast.

The Communist Party has started a key four-day conclave focused on party discipline and fighting corruption, as official media outlets say adherence to the party’s leadership under President Xi Jinping is key to the country’s success. The meeting – the fifth plenum of the Communist Party’s 20th Central Committee – began in Beijing on Monday, according to state news agency Xinhua. It said the main agenda for the plenum included a work report by the Politburo to the Central Committee and the...

Police have busted a cybercrime ring that allegedly stole over 8 million pieces of personal information from dozens of businesses by using artificial intelligence (AI), officials said Monday. Seven suspects allegedly stole 8.2 million pieces of personal data and other internal records from over 90 entities, including hospitals, private academies and businesses, until recently from September last year, according to the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency. The group is suspected of using AI tools to hack 60 of the targets and attempting to extort some of them. Of the targeted entities, 38 suffered losses, with the group demanding a combined 360 million won ($272,000) from them. Police said the group's 32-year-old ring leader was referred to the prosecution on Friday while he was under physical detention. The other suspects are facing further questioning. The ringleader, a self-taught hacker, learned about hacking skills by working at a security company, where the suspect was in charge of mock hacking attacks. Authorities have recently been on alert over cybercrime suspected of employing AI tool