Brazilian plane crashes into traffic, engulfing bus in flames and killing 2
A small plane crashed into a busy street in São Paulo, killing two people on board and injuring several others.
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Sweden Plans Tighter Gun Laws After Orebro Mass Shooting
The changes would make it harder to access semiautomatic weapons, and enhance police and medical checks in license applications.
Labor to make last-ditch offer to Coalition and crossbench to pass contentious electoral reforms
Special minister of state Don Farrell has looked at increasing spending and gifts caps for candidates Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast The Albanese government is considering a range of changes in a last-ditch effort to pass its stalled electoral reform proposals after criticism from crossbench MPs that the current…
From caviar to the caravan, Dutton is doing everything he can to distract Albanese and voters from his detail-free plans | Josh Butler
With at most 12 weeks until election day, Dutton and the Coalition have announced few proactive ideas Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Caviar and a caravan. Less than 100 days from an election, that’s what dominated probably the penultimate parliamentary week of this term – questions over finite numbers…
Australians rack up record credit card spending as growing numbers struggle to pay off debt
Reserve Bank statistics show the national credit card debt sits at $17.8bn, up $236m in December 2024 alone Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Australians racked up a record $28bn in personal credit card transactions in December, according to new data, leaving many households unable to clear debts and paying…
USAID could slash staff to hundreds after placing most on leave
But US President Donald Trump’s plan to dramatically cut back US foreign aid faces a legal challenge.
As Ukraine struggles to field soldiers, recruitment centers are attacked
Kyiv insists the attacks are orchestrated by Russia, but there is rising reluctance in the country to join the fight as the war drags on.
Fighting Intensifies in Sudan, Leaving Hundreds Dead
The army and the paramilitary forces are locked in a new and ruinous battle for territory across the northeast African nation.
L’Oreal looks to U.S. ‘land of opportunity’ as China disappoints
The world’s largest beauty group L’Oreal said Friday that it plans to become less dependent on the Chinese consumer for growth, instead targeting burgeoning opportunities in the U.S. market.
UK confronts Apple with demand for cloud backdoor to users’ encrypted data
Expert says government has ‘lit the blue touch paper on a truly enormous fight’ as it challenges firm’s privacy stance The UK government has demanded that Apple creates a backdoor in its encrypted cloud service, in a confrontation that challenges the US tech firm’s avowed stance on protecting user privacy. The Washington Post reported on…