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The Defence Force has revealed more information about a crash involving two vehicles in the northern NSW floods.

Demonstrations from Buenos Aires to Lagos demand justice for victims of femicide and urge reforms to protect women.Demonstrators have taken to the streets across Asia, Africa, Europe and the Americas to mark International Women’s Day, with many demanding an end to gender-based violence and inequality. In cities like Buenos Aires, Argentina on Saturday, those warnings were particularly grave, as protesters railed against austerity plans put forth by President Javier Milei that they say will roll back services for women. Milei’s government has shut down the country’s Ministry of Women, Genders and Diversity and plans to strike “femicide” – the term…

Congressional negotiators have released a bill that, if passed, will avert a partial government shutdown during the first 100 days of President Donald Trump’s term.The 99-page legislation would roughly maintain current government funding levels through the beginning of fiscal year (FY) 2026, which begins Oct. 1. The current deadline to avert a shutdown is Friday, March 14.House GOP leaders are confident that they can pass a bill to keep the government funded with Republican votes alone, something that has not been achieved since they took over the chamber majority in January 2023.But on a call with reporters on Saturday morning,…

Lori Vallow, known as the Idaho “doomsday mom” convicted of killing two of her children and conspiring to kill husband Chad Daybell’s former wife in 2019, expressed her belief that she will be freed from prison in the future in her first TV interview since she was sentenced to life in prison in 2023.Vallow and Daybell, who was sentenced to death, killed Vallow’s youngest children, 7-year-old J.J. Vallow and 16-year-old Tylee Ryan, as well as Daybell’s first wife, Tammy Daybell, in what prosecutors described as an escalation of their extreme “doomsday” religious views by which they believed certain people were…

Vivienne Westwood’s collection at Paris Fashion week was a riot of irreverence, merging razor-sharp tailoring with Westwood’s signature sense of mischief.

Three days of clashes between fighters affiliated with Syria’s new leaders and those loyal to the ousted dictator Bashar al-Assad have left scores of civilians dead, according to two war monitoring groups, who reported on Saturday that many of them had been killed by the government’s forces.The British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which has monitored the Syrian conflict since 2011, said more that than 500 people had been killed since Thursday in the coastal provinces of Tartus and Latakia, more than 300 of them civilians, most killed by government fighters. The allegations could not be independently verified.Another monitoring group,…

Washington — House Republicans unveiled a stopgap measure to keep the government funded through September on Saturday, setting up a vote next week on the measure that would avert a government shutdown. But with just a week before the deadline, its path to passage remains unclear.The 99-page continuing resolution, or CR, bill will moderately increase defense spending and provide the U.S. Department of Defense with some flexibility. Meanwhile, non-defense spending will decrease but there will be an additional $6 billion for veterans’ health, according to House Republican leadership staff.The CR does not include any additional spending, including no emergency funding or…

A Denver judge on Friday sentenced a former ride-share driver to 290 years to life after prosecutors said he abducted a dozen women over four years by falsely posing as the driver they requested.The man, John Pastor-Mendoza, was convicted in late October on 30 charges related to the kidnapping, attempted sexual assault and sexual assault of the women between 2018 and 2022.Mr. Pastor-Mendoza, 43, who lived in Denver, falsely claimed to be the driver for women who used a ride-sharing app, picking them up outside downtown bars and clubs.John Pastor-MendozaCredit…Denver District AttorneyThe women he targeted appeared intoxicated and were unaware…

President Donald Trump has thrust international trade relations and markets into a state of uncertainty with recent tariff declarations, but he also believes they will enhance the excitement the 2026 World Cup. At a Friday press conference in the Oval Office with FIFA president Gianni Infantino, Trump was asked how the current trade tensions, especially with Canada and Mexico, which are the other host countries with the U.S. in 2026, may affect the World Cup. “I think it’s going to make it more exciting,” Trump said. “Tension is a good thing, it makes it much more exciting.” President Donald Trump and FIFA…

Intensifying Russian attacks have killed at least 25 people in Ukraine, as Donald Trump, Volodymyr Zelensky and nearby European neighbours plead for peace.In Donetsk Region, at least 11 people have died, with 40 people, including six children, have been left seriously wounded.Others have been hurt from additional attacks in Kharkiv and Odesa.Following the fresh attacks, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said: “This is what happens when someone appeases barbarians.”“More bombs, more aggression, more victims,” he wrote on social media.Camera IconUkrainian rescuers working at the site of the shelling of a residential building shelling in Dobropillia in the Donetsk area, Ukraine,…