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smh.com.au | 6 min. ago NEW

‘A fantasy’: Labor attacks Coalition’s 12,000-home Long Bay plan

The Liberals want 12,000 homes on the 50-hectare prison site, but Labor ministers claim it “doesn’t pass the most basic of planning tests”.

smh.com.au | 42 min. ago NEW

Israel election 2026 as it happened: Netanyahu, Eisenkot set for lengthy battle to win power in nation’s first election since October 7 attacks

All the latest live news updates from an election widely seen as a referendum on Benjamin Netanyahu’s almost two decades in power.

kyivindependent.com | 1 hrs. 30 min. ago

Russia launched over 100 ballistic missiles against Kyiv in past two weeks

Zelensky's comments come one day Russian ballistic missiles targeted Kyiv in a deadly attack on a university campus, a major bridge, an administrative building, and medical facilities in Kyiv. The attack killed one person and injured 15.

kyivindependent.com | 1 hrs. 47 min. ago

Russia launched over 100 ballistic missiles against Kyiv in past two weeks

Zelensky's comments come one day Russian ballistic missiles targeted Kyiv in a deadly attack on a university campus, a major bridge, an administrative building, and medical facilities in Kyiv. The attack killed one person and injured 15.

dailymail.com | 3 hrs. ago

Series of failures allowed mentally ill man to be freed from custody hours before he bludgeoned three pensioners to death, inquest jury concludes

Paranoid schizophrenic Alexander Lewis-Ranwell attacked Anthony Payne, 80, with a hammer and killed identical twins Dick and Roger Carter, 84, with a saw on February 10, 2019 in Exeter.

abc.net.au | 3 hrs. 1 min. ago

Redland mayor resigns over 'smear campaign'

The bayside mayor says she faced "concerted, ongoing resistance and attacks" in the role, which she has had since 2024.

thehindu.com | 3 hrs. 24 min. ago

Two years on, Karnataka beekeepers continue to face threat from small hive beetle

Researchers and professors at the University of Agricultural Sciences Bangalore have identified the small hive beetle as a destructive, invasive scavenger insect that attacks honey bee colonies, bees, honey and pollen

bbc.co.uk | 3 hrs. 37 min. ago

Suspicious package sent to hotel contained explosive device

Police condemn the "reckless and targeted attack" after the explosive was sent to a Londonderry hotel.

arstechnica.com | 3 hrs. 38 min. ago

Code-execution flaw in UEFI firmware affects most servers on planet Earth

Critical flaw in EDK2 allows attackers to execute code early in the boot process.

atlanticcouncil.org | 3 hrs. 47 min. ago

UN report: Russian attacks on Ukraine’s power grid are a ‘crime against humanity’

Russia’s bombardment of Ukraine’s civilian power grid qualifies as a crime against humanity, according to a new report by the UN’s Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine, writes Kateryna Odarchenko. The post UN report: Russian attacks on Ukraine’s power grid are a ‘crime against humanity’ appeared first on Atlantic Council.

smh.com.au | 3 hrs. 58 min. ago

Man accused of faking injuries after Bondi massacre faces deportation

Simexwell Cyril, an Indian national, allegedly claimed he was hit by shrapnel during the terror attack in an attempt to secure tens of thousands of dollars in compensation.

koreatimes.co.kr | 4 hrs. 22 min. ago

Lee warns against 'irresponsible extremism' jeopardizing reforms

President Lee Jae Myung on Wednesday warned against "irresponsible extremism" that he said is demanding excessive reform, insisting such extremism may jeopardize effective reforms. Lee made the remarks on the social platform X in response to a user demanding he apologize for describing his critics as "irresponsible extremists."

"There are those who sincerely call for prosecution reform for the country and the people, but there are also those who, in reality, hinder prosecution reform by only calling for clarity or making excessive, inflammatory demands for their hidden political and personal agendas," the president wrote.

"Calling for 'all-or-nothing' approaches as if they are the only true leader of reform and attacking those who are genuinely seeking reform while inciting fears of failure to take advantage of the urgent desire of some people to reform is irresponsible extremism," he added. Lee's message was widely seen as targeting hard-liners within his ruling Democratic Party of Korea who accused Lee of backtracking on prosecution reform, the party's long-standing agenda.

Lee earlier

koreatimes.co.kr | 4 hrs. 22 min. ago

Lee warns against 'irresponsible extremism' jeopardizing reforms

President Lee Jae Myung on Wednesday warned against "irresponsible extremism" that he said is demanding excessive reform, insisting such extremism may jeopardize effective reforms. Lee made the remarks on the social platform X in response to a user demanding he apologize for describing his critics as "irresponsible extremists."

"There are those who sincerely call for prosecution reform for the country and the people, but there are also those who, in reality, hinder prosecution reform by only calling for clarity or making excessive, inflammatory demands for their hidden political and personal agendas," the president wrote.

"Calling for 'all-or-nothing' approaches as if they are the only true leader of reform and attacking those who are genuinely seeking reform while inciting fears of failure to take advantage of the urgent desire of some people to reform is irresponsible extremism," he added. Lee's message was widely seen as targeting hard-liners within his ruling Democratic Party of Korea who accused Lee of backtracking on prosecution reform, the party's long-standing agenda.

Lee earlier

kyivindependent.com | 4 hrs. 54 min. ago

Fires burn in Russian city of Lipetsk after reported Ukrainian attack

A fire broke out in the area of the Novolipetsk Metallurgical Plant after air defenses were engaged, according to Ukrainian monitoring channel Exilenova Plus.

kyivpost.com | 5 hrs. 11 min. ago

Russian Strike Hits Kharkiv Apartment Building, Injures Four Including 4-Year-Old Boy

A Russian attack on Kharkiv’s Osnovianskyi district late on Oct. 27 hit a residential apartment building, injuring four people, including a four-year-old boy. Local officials reported that people were trapped inside as emergency crews responded.

smh.com.au | 5 hrs. 13 min. ago

AI-generated attack ad shows James Talarico defacing a Bible

An AI-generated ad from Texas Republican Ken Paxton shows his opponent James Talarico defacing a Bible.

kyivpost.com | 5 hrs. 15 min. ago

Russian Strike Hits Kharkiv Apartment Building, Injures Four Including 4-Year-Old Boy

A Russian attack on Kharkiv’s Osnovianskyi district late on Oct. 27 hit a residential apartment building, injuring four people, including a four-year-old boy. Local officials reported that people were trapped inside as emergency crews responded.

globalnews.ca | 5 hrs. 22 min. ago

Langley man charged in alleged hate-motivated attack against woman, children

Langley RCMP said on Oct. 20 around 3:30 p.m. they received a report from multiple people of an alleged assault on a woman and her two children near Douglas Park.

euromaidanpress.com | 5 hrs. 54 min. ago

Finland and Norway leaders make rare direct call to Putin, breaking with the West’s diplomatic isolation of the Russian leader to influence Ukraine peace talks

The Nordic leaders called for de-escalation ahead of November peace talks, with Zelenskyy saying they pressed Putin over attacks on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure. The Kremlin reiterated that any settlement must account for Russia’s demands.

thestar.com | 6 hrs. 28 min. ago

Grand jury refuses to indict ex-White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson, AP sources say

FILE - Cassidy Hutchinson, former aide to Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, testifies before the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack, at the Capitol in Washington, June 28, 2022. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

euronews.com | 6 hrs. 47 min. ago

Exit polls suggest no clear victor in Israeli election

Turnout for the election - Israel's first since Hamas' 7 October 2023 attacks - hit over 77%, according to Israel's Central Elections Committee.

abc.net.au | 6 hrs. 49 min. ago

Man charged over allegedly false Bondi terror attack injury claim

The man is accused of making a false statement that he was injured in the Bondi shooting and making subsequent fraudulent claims for compensation.

mirror.co.uk | 7 hrs. 45 min. ago

Coronation Street airs 'confusing' episode as Sally launches brutal attack in shock twist

Coronation Street legend Sally Metcalfe issued a brutal attack on her foster daughter in Tuesday night's episode but fans were just left confused by something else entirely

atlanticcouncil.org | 7 hrs. 46 min. ago

UN report: Russian attacks on Ukraine’s power grid are a ‘crime against humanity’

Russia’s bombardment of Ukraine’s civilian power grid qualifies as a crime against humanity, according to a new report by the UN’s Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine, writes Kateryna Odarchenko. The post UN report: Russian attacks on Ukraine’s power grid are a ‘crime against humanity’ appeared first on Atlantic Council.

abcnews.com | 7 hrs. 59 min. ago

Large parts of Sudan's capital lose power after drone attack

A drone strike hits a major power substation in Sudan's capital, leaving large parts of the city without electricity for over 12 hours