Creditors are circling six trophy homes worth a combined $200million from the Tzaneros family’s vast property portfolio, as their multibillion-dollar shipping and logistics empire collapses. The Commonwealth Bank holds financial claims over Tzaneros mansions in Sydney’s elite eastern suburbs, including a $61million Bellevue Hill estate with its own cricket pitch…
Baby-faced alleged ringleader of Penn State cocaine ring has turned himself in, prosecutors say
The man accused of leading an alleged cocaine trafficking ring at Penn State University has turned himself in, according to prosecutors, after more than a dozen people were charged on Monday morning. Agostino Abbatiello, 24, surrendered along with two others on Tuesday morning after an investigation uncovered the alleged drug ring…
Watch SpaceX launch its 100th mission of the year tonight
SpaceX is about to hit the century mark for the third year in a row. A Falcon 9 rocket is scheduled to lift off from California’s Vandenberg Space Force Base tonight (Aug. 18), during a four-hour window that opens at 10 p.m. EDT (7 p.m. local time; 0200 GMT on…
Joe Biden’s FBI accused of unprecedented stunt to keep his family’s alleged crimes secret
Republican lawmakers are demanding that Trump’s top intelligence officials fork over classified documents that may shed light on an FBI effort to ‘misclassify’ files on the Biden family’s alleged wrongdoing. Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley and Senator Ron Johnson penned a letter to the Justice Department, the FBI and the…
Starship lives! SpaceX craft arrives at Christmas Island after 24-day ocean ordeal
The seas have been kind, or at least kinder than expected, to SpaceX’s Starship spacecraft, as it’s been tugged through the Indian Ocean to friendlier tides. Ship 40, the upper stage that flew on Starship’s Flight 13 test launch, performed the vehicle’s first successful intact ocean splashdown at the end…
Albanese government announces major superannuation cold calling crackdown: What you need to know
By SARAH BROOKES – SENIOR REPORTER, AUSTRALIA Published: 00:26 BST, 19 August 2026 | Updated: 00:28 BST, 19 August 2026 Unlicensed telemarketers will be banned from cold-calling Australians and making unsolicited approaches to persuade them to switch super accounts under a new government crackdown. Financial Services Minister and Assistant Treasurer…
Tourists swamp Dolomites beauty spot with ‘crazy’ queues forming for local delicacy – as Italian mountains groan under pressure from visitor invasion
By JADA BAS, REPORTER Published: 11:40 BST, 18 August 2026 | Updated: 23:54 BST, 18 August 2026 A beauty spot in the Dolomites has been swamped by tourists searching for a local delicacy as the mountain range comes under increasing pressure from crowds of visitors. The Alpine region is known…
NASA astronaut and 1st female French spacewalker remove failed antenna, but run out of time for replacement
Two astronauts — including the first French woman in history to perform a spacewalk — worked outside of the International Space Station (ISS) on Tuesday (Aug 18), becoming temporary TV repairpersons. Just like what frequently happens on Earth, the work required more time than the “appointment” allowed, requiring a second…
Masked schoolboys are caught raiding honesty box cake shed… before being sent back red-faced with £20 in hand
By FRANCINE WOLFISZ, NEWS REPORTER Published: 23:06 BST, 18 August 2026 | Updated: 23:07 BST, 18 August 2026 A trio of masked schoolboy ‘gangsters’ were caught on video brazenly swiping treats from an honesty box cake shed – before being shamed into returning and paying for the goods. Despairing owner…
Residents of London borough famed for low council tax could see 160% RISE next year – but Conservatives blame Labour for taking millions in funding
By MARTIN BECKFORD, POLICY EDITOR Published: 22:32 BST, 18 August 2026 | Updated: 22:34 BST, 18 August 2026 Residents of a London borough renowned for its low council tax could have to pay more than twice as much next year. Households in Wandsworth are set to be hit by a…