A search and rescue operation is under way to find a 15-year-old boy who was swept off a rock shelf at a Central Coast beach. New South Wales police said emergency services were called to North Avoca beach at about 3pm on Tuesday, after reports the boy was missing in the water. A sea and…
The entrance of the London Stock Exchange Group building on Dec. 8, 2024. Manuel Romano | Nurphoto | Getty Images European markets opened higher on Tuesday, in a shortened trading session for Christmas Eve. At the opening bell, the pan-European Stoxx 600 was up by around 0.3%, with all sectors in positive territory. Tech stocks…
One of the founders of the Medellin drug cartel has returned to Colombia after serving more than 20 years in jail in the US for drug trafficking. Fabio Ochoa Vasquez, now 67 years old, was deported by the US government and landed in Bogota on Monday a free man. Ochoa was one of the founding…
The South Australian premier says it would be a “national disaster” if Whyalla steelworks closed to leave Australia’s construction industry dependent on imports. “It simply cannot be allowed to happen,” Peter Malinauskas told reporters on Tuesday. “What workers at the Whyalla steelworks should have confidence in is that I do not believe this nation wants…
Watch military band playing Shchedryk – also known as Carol of the Bells – using weapons as improvised instruments Pokrovsk in eastern Ukraine is the birthplace of one of the world’s favourite carols, the Carol of the Bells. But there are few signs of Christmas in the city this year. Just a dusting of snow…
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on Dec. 9, 2024. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images This report is from today’s CNBC Daily Open, our international markets newsletter. CNBC Daily Open brings investors up to speed on everything they need to know, no matter where they are. Like what…
Tonga’s government elected a new leader on Tuesday, two weeks after the previous premier resigned abruptly after a power struggle with the Pacific nation’s royal family. Veteran politician ’Aisake Valu Eke was voted prime minister by secret ballot in parliament, securing 16 votes to his opponent Viliami Latu’s eight. Eke was first elected to parliament…
Josh Jacobs gained 107 yards from scrimmage and scored a touchdown for a sixth straight game as the Green Bay Packers clinched a playoff berth while producing the first shutout of the NFL season, 34-0 over the hapless New Orleans Saints on Monday night. Green Bay (11-4) earned its fifth postseason appearance in six years…
Getty Images Justin Baldoni accepted the women’s solidarity award in New York roughly two weeks before allegations were lodged by his co-star Blake Lively A women’s solidarity honour that was recently awarded to Justin Baldoni has been rescinded after the actor was accused by his It Ends With Us co-star Blake Lively of sexual harassment…
Victorian Liberal MPs who will be away during the upcoming leadership spill could be able to vote remotely, due to an intervention by John Pesutto designed to shore up support. The embattled opposition leader on Tuesday wrote to his colleagues to tell them he had received requests from MPs Nick McGowan and Cindy McLeish to…
