One of South Australia’s most persistent and insidious paedophiles has been handed a landmark jail sentence for the depraved sexual exploitation of dozens of boys. Jadd William Brooker, 41, was on Wednesday sentenced to 36 years in prison, including 29 years non-parole — the second-longest jail term for a crime of that nature in the … Read more
A sign hangs outside the Shein warehouse in Whitestown, Indiana, on Nov. 29, 2023. Scott Olson | Getty Images The chair of a powerful House committee is drilling down on Shein’s data privacy practices and its relationship with the Chinese Communist Party as the fast-fashion giant moves closer to a U.S. initial public offering. Reps. … Read more
The Apple Watch Ultra 2 is seen as people lined up to buy the newly launched iPhone 15 and other Apple products at an Apple store in Palo Alto, California, on Sept. 22, 2023. Tayfun Coskun | Anadolu Agency | Getty Images Apple has lost a bid to delay an impending Apple Watch import ban, … Read more
A woman has been charged after stealing a doughnut truck in Sydney last month. The Krispy Kreme delivery van was filled with 10,000 doughnuts and reportedly on the way to sites in Newcastle, when it was stolen from a Carlingford service station, in Sydney’s northwest on November 29. “Our Krispy Kreme team is working to … Read more
Warner Bros. Discovery and rival Paramount Global are in early merger talks, a source familiar with the matter told CNBC. Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav and Paramount CEO Bob Bakish met Tuesday to discuss the contours of a possible deal, said the source, who declined to be named since the talks are private. Warner … Read more
Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump attends a campaign event in Waterloo, Iowa, U.S. December 19, 2023. Scott Morgan | Reuters Lawyers for Donald Trump on Wednesday urged the Supreme Court not to consider — yet — the question of whether he has presidential immunity from prosecution for federal crimes related to … Read more
NSW Police have released CCTV footage as part of an investigation into the brazen daylight shooting of a father and son in Sydney’s west. In one of several suspected gangland shootings, Toufik and Salim Hamze were gunned down as they sat in a red ute at Guildford early on October 20 in 2021. WATCH THE … Read more
A shopper carries several bags in the Magnificent Mile shopping district of Chicago on Dec. 2, 2023. Taylor Glascock | Bloomberg | Getty Images The U.S. economy has remained remarkably strong but affordability is worse than it has ever been, some social media users say, even when compared to The Great Depression. One of TikTok’s … Read more
This year will certainly be known for tech reasserting its dominance on Wall Street. However, the powerful snapback rally of 2023 has broadened out over the past seven weeks or so to include companies whose fortunes are more closely tied to the U.S. economy. With the Federal Reserve’s interest rate hikes on pause and three … Read more
A woman has been seriously injured after a driver crashed into her while she was picking up her granddaughter from a McDonald’s shift in Western Sydney. About 9.55pm on Wednesday, emergency services were called to the Great Western Highway at Werrington following reports of a two-car crash. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Sydney crash chaos. Watch … Read more
