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Jul 10, 2026 - World

Eleven reported dead as flooding also brings danger of snakes, while buildings collapse in Mumbai amid heavy rain As the first typhoon to make landfall in China for the 2026 season, Maysak has caused devastating damage in southern and central regions. The Guangxi region received intense downpours of up to 280mm in 12 hours, causing rivers to swell and dam walls to break. By Monday morning, flooding across the city of Nanning and surrounding areas had resulted in many people being stranded on rooftops.Flood waters pose additional threats in China because of the presence of wild and farmed snakes. On Thursday local media reported that hundreds of snakes, including cobras, had escaped from flooded breeding farms. Typhoon Maysak also aided the development of two destructive tornados that swept across central China later on Monday evening. This occurred when warm air from the south, brought up by Typhoon Maysak, collided with cold air in the north. Continue reading...

Jul 10, 2026 - World

Wildfires raging across Europe have killed hundreds of people over the last decade, and climate change is set to push the death toll even higher in the coming years

Jul 10, 2026 - World

The U.N. women's agency says at least 1 million have lost access to access to humanitarian aid and other critical support as a result of budget cuts over the last 18 months

Jul 10, 2026 - World

A series of unclaimed airstrikes that hit Iran after the U.S. said it finished its attacks has again raised questions of who else may be targeting Tehran.

Jul 10, 2026 - World

This blog is now closedGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastTelstra aware of investigation into death in South Australia during triple zero issuesTelstra said it is aware South Australia police are investigating the death of a person during the company’s network issues. SA police said yesterday they were investigating the death, which occurred at a regional hospital on Wednesday.Our thoughts are with the person’s family and loved ones at this difficult time.We are working closely with South Australia Police to support their investigation and to establish whether there is any connection between this matter and yesterday’s network outage.We are working to get rid of the Labor government, that’s our focus. Our focus isn’t on some kind of coalition or alliance. Our focus is on getting rid of a rotten Labor government. I want us to be in government in our own right.That is not our plan. Our plan is to get rid of the government. Continue reading...