By MAISY RAE Published: 05:00 BST, 14 May 2026 | Updated: 05:05 BST, 14 May 2026 Fed-up Victorians have lashed out at police following the release of a video aimed at teaching people how to prevent their cars from being stolen. The 29-second clip, posted by Victoria Police on Wednesday,…
Heated moment Today Show host Sarah Abo asks Anthony Albanese if he plans to introduce a death tax
By CAITLIN POWELL – NEWS REPORTER and AUSTRALIAN ASSOCIATED PRESS Published: 04:25 BST, 14 May 2026 | Updated: 04:32 BST, 14 May 2026 Today Show host Sarah Abo has questioned whether Anthony Albanese can be trusted after his Federal Budget broke a series of key election promises. Treasurer Jim Chalmers…
Australians rescued from hantavirus-riddled cruise liner will wear full PPE on the flight home
Australians potentially exposed to the deadly hantavirus will wear full PPE on a flight to Perth, where they will remain in a quarantine facility for at least three weeks. There are 11 cases of hantavirus among the passengers and crew members who were on board the doomed Dutch cruise liner MV…
Lasers shine a new light on the space junk air pollution problem
Scientists are using a new technique to study incoming space debris and its effects on Earth’s atmosphere. Observational evidence is being gathered that the ablation of space debris can be detected by ground-based light detection and ranging (LiDAR), a remote-sensing technology that uses laser beams to measure precise distances and…
Trump gets spectacular state welcome from China’s Xi as goose-stepping guards greet president in Beijing
By JON MICHAEL RAASCH, US POLITICAL REPORTER Published: 03:10 BST, 14 May 2026 | Updated: 03:30 BST, 14 May 2026 Donald Trump has been treated to the full red-carpet treatment by China’s president Xi Jinping, lavished with imperial pomp rarely afforded a US leader as goose-stepping honor guards, thundering cannon…
When Skye’s little boy started coming home with bruises she decided to put a listening device in his pocket. She was shocked by what she heard – but now SHE’s under police investigation
An Aussie mum who placed a listening device in her son’s pocket after he started coming home with mysterious bruises is now being investigated by police. Skye Cooper’s son, who is autistic, non-verbal and suffers from epilepsy, was previously enrolled at a primary school in eastern Victoria. About a year…
‘Smallville’ at 15: An imperfect Superman show, but the best Clark Kent story ever told
For 10 seasons, Tom Welling’s Clark Kent stood for truth, justice, and teen melodrama on “Smallville”. On May 13, 2011 — 15 years ago to this day — the popular DC show concluded with a fist-pumping final scene where Clark rips open his shirt to display the iconic Superman logo…
Leaked intel report sparks alarm inside the Pentagon as Trump lands in China… and it blows the Iran war wide open
Donald Trump’s top general has been handed a startling secret report warning that China is selling weapons to America’s Middle East allies as US forces burn through their stockpiles. The analysis, drawn up this week by the Joint Staff’s intelligence directorate for General Dan Caine has sparked alarm inside the…
‘Mi chiamo Catarina’: Princess of Wales delights royal fans in Reggio Emilia – and a very excited baby – as she speaks Italian language on first solo royal visit since cancer diagnosis
The Princess of Wales greeted well-wishers in Italian saying ‘Mi chiamo Catarina’ as she was given a rapturous welcome on her first foreign royal visit in three years. Catherine was met by a crowd of 1,000 people – including a very excited-looking baby – as she arrived for a two-day…
Blue Origin’s lunar lander mockup is ready for NASA Artemis astronaut training
NASA’s Orion space capsule training simulator is located inside Building 9 at the Johnson Space Center in Houston. It’s a full-scale, high-fidelity model of the real thing, and where the Artemis 2 astronauts spent more than a year preparing for their recent mission around the moon. For a long time,…