Picture: stock US officials are busy trying to recapture 43 rhesus monkeys who escaped from a primate research facility South Carolina on Thursday (local time). They escaped from an Alpha Genesis facility in Yemassee, a small town about 26 miles from Beaufort, Yemassee Police Department said in a post on Facebook. The company’s website says it conducts research projects…
Photo: NRL.com.au Kangaroos coach Mal Meninga has named Panthers prop Lindsay Smith in his squad to take on Tonga in the Pacific Cup RL final in Sydney this Sunday (November 10). Smith, a prop, will come off the bench as Raiders backrower Hudson Young moves into the starting team for the injured Cameron Murray. Tonga…
A screen capture of a Hezbollah bunker discovered by IDF troops. Picture: Twitter/X Protests have erupted in Tel Aviv after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu dismissed Defence Minister Yoav Gallant and replaced him with current Foreign Affairs Minister Yisrael Katz. The prime minister and defence minister must have “complete trust” during war, and “over the…
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte arrives in Germany on Monday, November 4. Picture: NATO NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte has visited Italy and Germany earlier this week to rally support for the alliance – and for Ukraine. His first official visit was to Berlin on Monday (November 4) to thank Chancellor Olaf Scholz for Germany’s…
Picture: stock Environmental group Rising Tide is vowing to go ahead with plans for a 50-hour land and sea protest at Newcastle Port despite police orders not to. The organisers describe their event as a ‘protestival’ with thousands expected to use kayaks and watercraft to deny ships entry to the port from November 22-25. On…
The Riverwood man is taken into custody. Picture: AFP Australian Federal Police have charged a second person in Sydney over an international plot to import 100kg of methamphetamine into Australia, worth $92 million. The man, 31, appeared in Downing Centre Local Court on Wednesday (November 6) and was formally refused bail. Australian Federal Police say…
Picture: supplied One of Australia’s longest rivers, the Murrumbidgee is drying up due largely to irrigation and dam-building, according to new research from UNSW Sydney. A study from the university’s Centre for Ecosystem Science has revealed the extent of falling flows in the river. A UNSW statement says that over 30 years, the river lost…
Picture: stock Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has congratulated US President-elect Donald Trump on his election victory. “The election of the President of the United States is always an important moment for the world, for our region and for Australia,” Mr Albanese says. “Our government will work closely with the new Trump Administration to realise…
Picture: stock The Republican Party has reportedly reclaimed control of the US Senate after picking up seats in Ohio and West Virginia, and fending off challenges to their candidates in Texas and Nebraska. The Guardian website reports that the Republicans (GOP) will control Congress’s upper chamber for the first time in four years as counting…
Picture: stock Google Maps images revealing the sites of Ukrainian weapons were over a year old and came from public sources, the US tech giant says. The comment followed accusations that Google Maps revealed the locations of Ukrainian weapons systems in recently updated images. The accusations were made by Andrii Kovalenko, the head of the counter-disinformation…