The NFL is holding games around the world this year. The MCG is its first confirmed game for next season. Photo: stock Melbourne is to play ‘home’ to the Los Angeles Rams in a multi-year deal to host regular NFL season games from next year. Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan was joined by Visit Victoria chairman…
Delta plans to add flights once more long-haul Airbus A350 aircraft join its fleet. Photo: Delta Air Lines Delta Air Lines is to launch direct flights between Melbourne and Los Angeles late this year in a move welcomed by the state government. The new service will initially operate three times per week from early December…
The photo of this Spanish cottage was taken by its owner, actress Denise Crosby. Photo: Denise Crosby/Twitter (X) At least five people are dead and many more injured as fires broke out across southern California amid historically dry and windy conditions. US media are reporting that tens of thousands of people were evacuated as more…
The US Congress building in Washington DC. Photo: stock The White House has criticised Republican politicians and president-elect Donald Trump as they push to shut down the US government this weekend. White House spokeswoman Karine Jean-Pierre says the Republican party needs “to stop playing politics” with a bipartisan bill to fund government to March 2025.…
An F-18 Hornet ready for launch from the USS Harry S. Truman on December 12, 2024. Photo: US Department of Defence American airstrikes have targeted Islamic State (IS) camps and reportedly killed 12 fighters in Syria, the US Defence Department says. “Battle damage assessments are ongoing (and there are) no indications of civilian casualties,” Pentagon…
The US Picatinny Arsenal base, one of two US military bases in New Jersey targeted by drones. Photo: US Department of Defence. Mysterious drones operating over New Jersey military installations recently are continuing to frustrate the US military and politicians alike. The US Department of Defence (DoD)’s Joint Staff addressed the US media on the…
Photo: stock A five-day manhunt in the US for a suspect in the fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson has ended with an arrest and multiple felony and misdemeanour charges filed in court. US media report that Luigi Mangione, 26, a graduate from Maryland, was arrested at a McDonald’s in Altoona, Pennsylvania, after an…
A night view of the South Korean capital, Seoul. Picture: stock South Korea was plunged into political chaos after President Yoon Suk Yeol tried and fail to declare martial law overnight. The president shocked the country by imposing martial law which led to soldiers and protests in the streets before a late night vote in…
Lebanese and Syrians at the Jdeidat Yabous crossing. They were fleeing into Syria to escape the fighting in Lebanon. Photo: WFP/Hussam Al Saleh THE US remains poised to reinforce its troops in Syria as it continues to monitor heavy fighting around Aleppo. A US Pentagon spokesman says the US is not involved in the fighting…
A file image of a resident driving past cars and buildings in northwest Syria. Photo: UNOCHA / Ali Haj Suleiman An explosion in fighting in Syria is creating a growing humanitarian crisis and a threat to regional stability, the UN warns. And the US, France, Germany, and UK are keeping a close eye. The UN…