Twenty NSW schools were closed on Friday with intense hot weather sweeping the state. The Bureau of Meteorology has issued a heatwave warning for NSW, urging residents to stay cool. Some schools were closed due to adverse weather, bushfire-related events, emergencies or other incidents, the NSW Department of Education confirmed on Friday. Watch the latest … Read more
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Fourteen Israeli soldiers were killed in combat in the Gaza Strip over the weekend, the Israeli military said Sunday, in some of the bloodiest days of battle since the start of the ground offensive and a sign that Hamas is still putting up a fight despite weeks of brutal war. … Read more
For more than 40 years, Adelaide man Mustapha Chahine has yearned for answers over the disappearance of his son Khaled from a Lebanese street. The family suspects he was taken when he was just 16 by Israeli soldiers as the first Lebanon war was about to erupt. It came after Mustapha had already experienced immense … Read more
RAFAH, Gaza Strip – More than 90 Palestinians, including dozens from an extended family, were killed in Israeli airstrikes on two homes in Gaza, rescuers and hospital officials said Saturday, a day after the UN chief warned that nowhere is safe in the territory and that Israel’s offensive creates “massive obstacles” to distribution of … Read more
Ms Ivanova plans to “enhance” her face with more fillers next year. Social media star Andrea Ivanova, the woman with the world’s biggest lips, recently got more lip fillers as a Christmas present to herself, as per a report in The Mirror. She has been “auctioning off mistletoe kisses for cash this festive season” and … Read more
Biden says he didn’t request a ceasefire in Netanyahu call Joe Biden spoke with Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday, calling it a long and private conversation a day after the Biden administration again shielded Israel in the diplomatic arena, news agencies report. On Friday, the UN security council adopted a watered-down resolution that calls for immediately … Read more
Russian attacks in Kherson kill four civilians and injure nine others Waves of Russian shelling and drone attacks on the southern Ukrainian region of Kherson have now claimed the lives of four people. Kherson governor Oleksandr Prokudin reported on Saturday that a drone attack had killed a man in the town of Stanislav, southeast of … Read more
Article content Christmas weekend began with a bang as gunshots rang out leaving two men dead and another injured in two separate shootings in the city. Article content Toronto Police say gunfire first erupted in the area of Danforth Ave. and Woodbine Ave. around 11:40 p.m. on Friday. Article content One man was found suffering … Read more
Nearly 20% of college students say they look to social media most often for financial advice, a recent poll from Generation Lab and Morning Brew finds. TikTok has emerged as one of the leading platforms for financial advice, with 34% of Gen Z saying they get their financial advice there, according to SmartAsset. The hashtag … Read more
Several packages that are suspected to contain cocaine have washed up on NSW beaches, prompting a warning from police. Seven packages have been found on beaches between Newcastle and Sydney since Friday night. The first package was found at Magenta Beach, on the Central Coast, around 8pm on December 22 by a member of the … Read more
