An 18-year-old gunman killed at least 21 people at a Texas elementary school before being shot dead by law enforcement. Source: Dario Lopez-Mills (AP) Nineteen students and two adults have been killed in a horrific Texas elementary school shooting. Robb Elementary School is located west of San Antonio and has around 600 students between the…
Residents transported the bodies of several gang members to hospital after the shooting, with many already dead by the time they got there. Source: Shutterstock. Multiple causalities have been reported after a military police raid on the Vila Cruzeiro favela in Rio de Janeiro where authorities and gang leaders clashed. Police conducted the raid in…
The Captain James Cook statue was erected in Cairns in 1972, and has been a visible reminder of the British explorer’s presence ever since. Source: Big Things Australia A controversial statue of British explorer Captain James Cook has stood nearly 10 metres tall in Far North Queensland for the best part of 50 years, until…
The percentage of spyware installed on business computers to track productivity has increased by around 90 per cent in Australia. Source: Health Essentials It became somewhat of the norm when the COVID-19 pandemic forced the bulk of Australian businesses to make their employees work from home. People operating away from their workplace are more than…
Relief depiction of the tomb’s owner on the tomb façade. Source: Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology, University of Warsaw. Archaeologists made the discovery in the ancient city of Saqqara with this latest find revealing more about the lives of ancient Egyptians. In 2021, researchers from the University of Warsaw were working on the excavation of…
According to the Australian government every year in Australia approximately 130,000 tonnes of plastic leaks into the marine environment. Source: Freepik. The move will see NSW be the latest and last Australian state to prohibit lightweight plastic bags with the ban to come into effect June 1. According to the state government, 60 per cent…
A wave of emotion rolled through social media over this morning’s announcement. Source: Alvey Reels Well-renowned Australian fishing brand Alvey Reels has sadly announced it will cease operations after 102 years in business, citing increased cost pressures. The family-owned, Queensland based company has been in Carole Park since 1978 and is highly respected amongst the…
The Queensland government is expecting that cases will continue to increase as we head into winter. Source: Freepik. The state government has announced that Queenslanders aged older than six months will be eligible for a free flu shot amidst cases continuing to rise. Queenslanders will be able to get their free flu jab from today…
Some of the media reports around Kyle Chalmers, and his original decision to not compete at next month’s World Championships, could only be described as clickbait. Source: Jack Spitser (Jack Spitser Photography) Australian swimmer Kyle Chalmers has rightfully slammed sections of the media over “pathetic” reporting at the Australian Swimming Championships. Chalmers, 23, was made…
Air pollution kills roughly 75 per cent of the global pollution death toll, according to a new study published this week. Source: Earth.org A new study is suggesting that a variety of pollutants kill around nine million people globally each year. Led by New York’s Global Alliance on Health and Pollution, research showed that approximately…