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Nov 1, 2025 - World

The Coral Adventurer will return to Cairns, as investigations into Suzanne Rees’ death continueHow luxury cruise ship passenger Suzanne Rees was left to die alone on Lizard islandGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe luxury Coral Adventurer cruise has been cancelled in the wake of the death of passenger Suzanne Rees, who was left on the Great Barrier Reef’s Lizard Island and wasn’t found until the next day.It will now return to Cairns, as investigations into Rees’ death continue. Continue reading...

Nov 1, 2025 - World

Egypt on Saturday is inaugurating the Grand Egyptian Museum, aiming to boost tourism and revitalize the economy

Nov 1, 2025 - World

Pakistan has partially reopened the Torkham border crossing with Afghanistan, allowing thousands of stranded Afghan refugees to return home

Nov 1, 2025 - World

Bureau of Meteorology says band of severe thunderstorms bearing down on Australia’s east coastGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastDestructive winds, giant hail, flash floods and tornadoes could wreak havoc on southern Queensland and northern New South Wales, the Bureau of Meteorology has warned.A major band of severe thunderstorms was bearing down on Australia’s east coast on Saturday, senior BoM forecaster Angus Hines said. Continue reading...

Nov 1, 2025 - World

The threatened Jillaga Ash (Eucalyptus stenostoma) was spotted 90m down a cliff in Wadbilliga national park, in southern New South WalesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastTwo horticulturalists have undertaken a daring abseiling mission to rescue gumnuts from an endangered tree on a 300m cliff face.Stan Wawrzyczek, a threatened flora ecologist at the Threatened Species Conservancy, spotted an endangered tree, Eucalyptus stenostoma (Jillaga Ash), 90m down the cliff in Wadbilliga national park in southern New South Wales. Continue reading...