Elderly man killed on his walk home from supermarket in western Perth

An elderly man has died after he was was hit and killed as he walked home from his local supermarket in Perth‘s west last night. Police are tonight hunting for the driver of the car who fled the scene in Wembley. CCTV shows the man with a shopping bag in each hand as he heads to a pedestrian crossing. An elderly man has died after being More...

Trump and Zelenskyy among dignitaries converging on Rome for funeral of Pope Francis
Heads of state and royalty will start converging on Rome on Friday for the funeral of Pope Francis in the Vatican’s St. Peter’s Square, but the group of poor people who will meet his casket in a small crosstown More...

Gold Coast resident to fight massive water bill after tree busts pipe
A Gold Coast resident is disputing a massive water bill, alleging a council-owned tree caused a water leak on his property. Terry Gulliver, a swim coach, received a bill exceeding $5000, a figure almost eight More...

Common diabetes drug could spark knee-pain breakthrough, study finds
A new study has uncovered another benefit of one of the country’s most commonly prescribed medications for diabetes – joint pain relief. More than six million scripts for metformin are written More...

Donald Trump privately concedes ending Russia Ukraine is harder than he thought
Five days before his 100th day in office – and 93 days since his own deadline passed for resolving the conflict in Ukraine – President Donald Trump is frustrated his efforts to broker a peace deal between More...

China denies any suggestion it is currently in talks with the US over tariffs
China has denied any suggestion that it was in active negotiations with the administration of US President Donald Trump over tariffs, saying that any notion of progress in the matter was as groundless as “trying More...

China quietly rolls back retaliatory tariffs on some US-made semiconductors, import agencies say
China appears to have quietly rolled back retaliatory tariffs of 125 per cent on some semiconductors made in the US, according to details provided to CNN on Friday by three import agencies in the southern technology More...

Luigi Mangione heads to court to face federal charges as prosecutors file notice they’ll seek death penalty
Luigi Mangione, the 26-year-old accused of killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, is expected to appear in federal court on Friday to enter a plea on charges of stalking and murder. The court appearance More...

National leaders condemn booing at Anzac Day dawn service
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has denounced the cowardly behaviour of hecklers who interrupted Welcome to Country acknowledgements at Anzac Day dawn services in Melbourne and Perth today. Victorian dignitaries, More...

Man arrested after teenager fatally shot at NSW beach carpark
A man has been arrested after the fatal shooting of an 18-year-old man in the NSW city of Newcastle. Ekam Sahni died after he was allegedly shot in the chest at the Bar Beach carpark about 11.40pm on Wednesday. About More...