The Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant, Ukraine, as seen on September 4, 2024. Photo: Fredrik Dahl / IAEA Ukrainian company Energoatom is condemning any attempt to legitimise Russian occupation of its Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant (NPP). The comment follows remarks by International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) director-general Rafael Grossi recently that the plant could return to…
The dig site at Anubis Mountain, near the ancient city of Abydos in upper Egypt. All photos: Dr Josef Wegner/Penn Museum A mission to uncover known tombs from a little understood time of Egypt’s past yielded a surprise discovery of its own – an unknown large tomb. In January, American and Egyptian archaeologists found the…
The new service will be seasonal but that may change, says government. Photo: United Airlines United Airlines is to start flying direct between Adelaide and San Francisco from December. The SA Government says the seasonal service will be the state’s first direct air route with the US and means SA residents no longer have to…
Australia’s women will take on India in T20, ODI and Test matches early next year. Photo: Cricket Australia The Australian women’s cricket teams will take on India in an all-format series around the country which finishes with a Test at the WACA in Perth early next year. Australia will meet India in a three-game T20…
Photo: stock / freepik A record death toll for motorcycle riders on NSW roads is prompting the state government to call a safety roundtable in Sydney. The government says deaths are at a 10-year high; last year, there were 16 more deaths involving riders and passengers (68 in total) compared to 2023. Already this year…
Test cricket is returning to Darwin next year as part of busy period. Photo: PDPics/pixabay.com The men’s cricket Test team is likely to return to the Top End in mid-2026 for the start of a 14-month stretch involving up to 21 Tests in the lead-up to an ODI World Cup. This follows two T20 Tests…
US President Donald Trump has unveiled his list of reciprocal tariffs. Photo: Twitter / X The Business Council of Australia says it is disappointed by confirmation that the US will slap a 10 per cent tariff on all Aussie imports. US President Donald Trump unveiled the full list of reciprocal tariffs at the White House…
Satellite navigation systems are increasingly under attack, say three UN agencies. Image: IMO Aircraft, shipping and telecommunication satellite navigation systems are increasingly being jammed by faked sources (spoofing) and it is a worry to three United Nations agencies. A joint statement by the UN’s International Telecommunication Union (ITU), International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) and International Maritime…
Feet on seats were the third-most common complaints received by Qld Rail in 2024. Photo: Qld Rail/Twitter (X) There was literally something fishy about one passenger on a suburban Brisbane rail service last year as Queensland Rail passengers named and shamed bad habits. Qld Rail says that of 50 million train trips last year and…
A small freshwater crocodile found on a street is in good health. Photo: Qld Environment. A young freshwater crocodile found on a suburban street near Mudgeeraba on the Gold Coast is in good health. And in northern Qld at Lucinda, near Ingham, a 3.8m crocodile had to be removed after it attracted to a boat…