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By Karen Lema and Adrian Portugal, Reuters A resident standing past an uprooted electric post in Panganiban town, Catanduanes province, after Super Typhoon Man-yi hit the province. Photo: Handout/AFP Super typhoon Man-Yi swept across the Philippines' main island of Luzon on Sunday, threatening heavy rain in the capital region Metro Manila, after triggering more than a million evacuations and damaging buildings in several areas. Packing winds of 185 kph (115 mph), it weakened slightly after hitting land in the town of Panganiban in Catanduanes province on Saturday night to arrive over the coastal waters of Camarines Norte province by eight the following morning, weather officials said. "We evacuated because every time there is a typhoon, the water rises in the nearby river," said Amal...

File photo. Alan Jones pictured in 2017. Photo: AFP NSW Police have arrested veteran broadcaster Alan Jones following an investigation into alleged indecent assault and sexual touching offences spanning two decades. Child Abuse Squad detectives executed a warrant at the 83-year-old's luxury Sydney apartment at Circular Quay about 7:45am (local time) on Monday. NSW Police said in a statement the State Crime Command's Child Abuse Squad established Strike Force Bonnefin in March to investigate a number of alleged indecent assaults and sexual touching incidents between 2001 and 2019. A search warrant is continuing. More to come. - ABC Source link

File photo. President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky and US President Joe Biden at the White House in September 2023. Photo: AFP / Getty Images North America / Drew Angerer By Kevin Liptak, CNN President Joe Biden has authorised Ukraine to use powerful long-range American weapons inside Russia, according to a senior US official familiar with the decision, as North Korean troops deploy in support of Moscow's effort. The decision comes as Russia has deployed nearly 50,000 troops to Kursk, the southern Russian region where Kyiv launched its surprise counteroffensive in the summer, to prepare to take back territory. Thousands of North Korean troops have deployed to Kursk as part of the offensive, sparking concern from Biden and his advisers that their entry could lead to a dangerous new phas...

By Mark Gleeson, Reuters Tom Wright scores for the Wallabies against Australia, 2024. Photo: PHOTOSPORT Australia hooker Matt Faessler and fullback Tom Wright both scored a hat-trick of tries as the Wallabies thrashed a tired-looking Wales 52-20 to condemn the home side to their worst run of results. It was an unprecedented 11th successive defeat for Wales, who last won at the World Cup 13 months ago, and the result would add significant pressure onto veteran coach Warren Gatland, whose tenure had already been under scrutiny. Australia, who had a poor run of results themselves this year, continued their upturn in fortunes as they won a second successive test after last weekend's 42-37 victory over England, with lock Nick Frost and centre Len Ikitau also scoring tries and Noah Lolesio...

By Maani Truu, ABC political reporter Amid the uncertainty, some universities have proceeded with 2025 enrolments, while others have paused international student applications and opened up waitlists. Photo: ABC / Lucas Hill The fate of government plans to cap international student enrolments from the start of next year hangs in the balance, with the Coalition yet to announce whether it will support the contentious changes with only two parliament sitting weeks left before the deadline. Amid the uncertainty, some universities have proceeded with 2025 enrolments, while others have paused international student applications and opened up waitlists under the possibility that the legislation to allow the education minister to set the limits will be passed into law. University peak bodies s...

By Beirut bureau, Reuters Rescuers sifting through the rubble at the scene of an Israeli strike that targeted Beirut's southern suburbs. Photo: AFP An Israeli strike on a building in central Beirut on Sunday killed Hezbollah's media relations chief Mohammad Afif, two Lebanese security sources told Reuters, though there was no immediate confirmation from Hezbollah. Israel had rarely hit senior Hezbollah personnel who do not have clear military roles, and its air strikes had mostly targeted Beirut's southern suburbs where Hezbollah had its heaviest presence. The Israeli military declined to comment in response to questions from Reuters. An Israeli military spokesperson's account on the social media platform X that often published evacuation orders for areas about to be bombed showed no...

Republican presidential nominee, former US President Donald Trump arrives to speak during an election night event at the Palm Beach Convention Center on 6 November 2024 in West Palm Beach, Florida. Photo: CHIP SOMODEVILLA / Getty Images via AFP The evidence, analysis and logic doesn't matter. President-elect Trump is determined that the world will feel the wrath of his tariffs, even if they will fuel global inflation. Donald Trump claimed victory in a fair election, voted in by Americans worried about the cost of living and lifted up by his promises to punish countries that are punishing America - by slapping tariffs on the world. "I guess it's called democracy," says trade specialist John Ballingall from Sense Partners, who joins The Detail to talk through the global repercussions of d...

By Tom Balmforth and Dan Peleschuk, Reuters A car and buildings destroyed as the result of a drone attack in Mykolaiv, Ukraine. Photo: Supplied / Ukrainian Emergency Service Russia stages first big missile attack since August Severe damage to power system reported as winter sets in Attack piles pressure on Ukraine at critical juncture Attack prompted Poland to scramble its air force Russia unleashed its largest wave of airstrikes on Ukraine in almost three months on Sunday, firing 120 missiles and 90 drones in a sweeping attack that killed at least seven people and caused "severe damage" to the power system, officials said. Ukrainians have been bracing for weeks for an attack on the hobbled energy system, fearing crippling damage that would cause long blackouts as winter sets in...

NZ Prime Minister Christopher Luxon meets with China's President, Xi Jinping in Lima. Photo: Pool / Chris Skelton Analysis - Consider China an 'opportunity and partner rather than a challenge or threat' - that was the message Xi Jinping delivered to Christopher Luxon at their face-to-face meeting, according to Chinese state-run media. It's an insight into how China is pitching itself to the Asia-Pacific region and beyond as threats of worldwide tariffs from the incoming Donald Trump Administration put small trade-dependent economies on edge. While the prime minister said Trump's promised tariffs weren't specifically raised with him in any of his roughly a dozen bilaterals and pull-asides on the margins of the APEC Summit in Peru, he did say increasing protectionism and the breakdown of ...

Podcaster Joe Rogan and President-elect Donald Trump pose for a photo during the UFC 309 event at Madison Square Garden on 16 November 2024 in New York City. Photo: SARAH STIER Dominant left-wing cultural values are ceding ground online to right wing ideologies, Times columnist James Marriott says. Speaking to Sunday Morning Marriott - who is also a book reviewer - said the rise of podcasters such as Joe Rogan and Theo Von was a sign of a potential shift away from the ostensibly dominant "overwhelmingly liberal" arts and cultural sphere. "This new popular culture that is more right wing... has become apparent to us in the aftermath of the election of Donald Trump, who, as part of his election campaign, went on an awful lot of right-wing podcasts," he said. "I think this was pretty impor...