Just when Spain’s opposition People’s party thought it had the socialist government of Pedro Sánchez on the ropes over a series of corruption scandals, it has been hit by a controversy of its own over alleged trafficking of influences by Cristóbal Montoro, the former finance minister. It’s alleged that Montoro established the so-called “economic team”,…
A 22-year-old man suspected in the shooting deaths of a longtime music supervisor for American Idol and her husband at their home in Los Angeles was charged with two counts of murder Thursday. Police said officers conducting a welfare check Monday at a gated house in the Encino neighborhood found the bodies of Robin Kaye…
Floral tributes have been left outside a school attended by a child who died in a coach crash in Somerset on the way home from a trip to the zoo. Twenty-one passengers were taken to hospital, some with serious injuries, when the coach flipped on to its roof and plunged down an embankment in Exmoor…
Nope, NOT 20 m/s. To them the ball is moving at 30 m/s (i.e., 10 + 20). So much for common sense. The difference arises from the fact that they are measuring from different “reference frames,” one moving, the other stationary. It’s all good, though; everyone agrees on the outcome. If the ball hits the…
Shoppers snapping up Burberry wellies, scarves and light jackets to wear at music festivals have helped the fashion brand to its best sales performance in 18 months despite lacklustre spending by tourists around the world. Sales of the luxury British brand fell 2% to £433m in the three months to the end of June, with…
After a difficult journey spanning more than two decades, traditional owners say they’ve “weathered the storm” to finally have their native title rights recognised. The federal court on Friday awarded the historic native title determination to the Indigenous peoples of the Millewa-Mallee from northwest Victoria, for the first time granting exclusive native title rights in…
An Australian who reportedly died earlier this week in an accident at a competition in northern Italy has been remembered as a much-loved member of the international Base jumping community. James Nowland, 42, died on Wednesday after jumping from the peak of Sass Pordoi in the Dolomites region during the Pordoi Base race, Italy’s Ansa…
The US’s Republican-controlled House of Representatives passed president Donald Trump’s $9bn funding cut to public media and foreign aid early on Friday, sending it to the White House to be signed into law. The chamber voted 216 to 213 in favor of the funding cut package, altered by the Senate this week to exclude cuts…
Lachlan Young has pleaded guilty to the murder of his ex-partner Hannah McGuire eight days into his trial. The 23-year-old had admitted he killed his former girlfriend, pleading guilty to manslaughter at the start of the trial. He admitted he burnt her body in her own car on 5 April 2024. However, the matter went…
New South Wales police say a pilot couldn’t have survived after his light plane crashed into a remote region of the Snowy Mountains earlier this week. The pilot, 74-year-old Bega man David Stephens, had been missing since Tuesday afternoon. Stephens was last seen at Wangaratta in Victoria when his plane was inspected before takeoff. NSW…
