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North Korea has confirmed for the first time that it has sent troops to Russia to support its war against Ukraine. US, South Korean and Ukraine intelligence officials said North Korea last year dispatched up to 12,000 troops to Russia. But North Korea had not confirmed or denied its reported troop deployments to Russia until Monday. North Korea has come out in solidarity with Russia after confirming it sent troops to the front lines of the Ukraine war. Pictured is Kim Jong Un meeting with his military members last year. (AP) In a statement provided to North Korea’s state media, ... Read more

The economic powerhouses and laggards of Australia have been revealed in a new report today. The CommSec State of the States report ranks every jurisdiction based on eight key economic indicators. The research by the broking arm of the Commonwealth Bank found the economic performance of states and territories is being supported by a strong job market, solid government spending and steady population growth at a time of higher cost-of-living pressures. Click on to find the winners and losers. Source link

Before he murdered six people in a busy metro shopping centre during a psychotic episode, a stabber was preoccupied with weapons, violence and mass killing, a coroner has heard. Joel Cauchi had fallen through the cracks of the mental health system when he armed himself with a knife and rampaged through Sydney’s Bondi Junction Westfield on April 13, 2024. Six people were killed and 10 others, including a nine-month-old girl, were injured before the 40-year-old was shot dead by police. Joel Cauchi had fallen through the cracks of the mental health system when he armed himself with a knife and ... Read more

A man has allegedly been assaulted and robbed of a Pokémon card worth more than $8000 during a late-night sale in a NSW car park. The 38-year-old man had arranged to sell rare collectable cards at the intersection of Lake Entrance Road and Shellharbour Road in NSW’s Illawarra region at 10.45pm on Friday, March 28. The seller told police a man purporting to be the buyer assaulted him before the card was stolen. Detectives are appealing for information after a valuable collectable ‘Pokemon’-brand card was stolen, and a man assaulted, at Warilla last month. (NSW Police) Police have set up ... Read more

Murder charges have been filed against a suspect in a weekend car ramming attack that killed 11 people between the ages of five and 65 and injured dozens at a Filipino heritage festival in the Canadian city of Vancouver. The British Columbia Prosecution Service charged Kai-Ji Adam Lo, 30, with eight counts of second-degree murder and said more charges were possible. Investigators ruled out terrorism and said Lo had a history of mental health issues. Lo, a Vancouver resident, appeared in court on Sunday (Monday AEST) and remains in custody, prosecutors said. A Vancouver police car at the crime scene ... Read more

Seven children in Australia and the Philippines have been rescued after a Queensland man was arrested and charged with 28 child exploitation and drug offences by police. Police raided the 31-year-old’s home at Moreton Bay, north of Brisbane, last December and arrested him after detectives from Redcliffe Child Protection Investigation Unit (CPIU) received a tip-off. Officers also seized several devices. Seven children have been rescued after a Queensland man was charged with 28 child exploitation offences. (Queensland Police) He was initially charged with possessing child exploitation material and using a carriage service to menace, harass or cause offence. Later he ... Read more

One of the world's most obscure "sports" held its annual championship at the weekend. Source link

In a development Peter Dutton will be hoping isn’t a sign of how this week is going to play out, the opposition leader’s media bus has got itself stuck in the Sydney CBD. The coach, which ferries the travelling media pack from event to event, got wedged on a bike lane divider, holding up traffic for more than half an hour before being released. “It’s been about 40 minutes of being stuck here waiting on the side of Pitt Street,” Nine federal politics reporter Claudio Vrdoljak, who was on the bus, told Today. “We’ve had the cameraman and the snappers ... Read more

Police are investigating the death of a man near the Brisbane central business district overnight. He was asked to leave a business on the corner of Ann and Morgan streets in Fortitude Valley about 12.20am before being restrained by security guards. Moments later, he became unresponsive and died at the scene, despite CPR being given. A crime scene has been declared, and investigations are ongoing today. Source link

Three people died and four were wounded overnight into Sunday (Sunday afternoon AEST) in airstrikes on Kostyantynivka in the Donetsk region, the regional prosecutor’s office said. Another person died and a 14-year-old girl was wounded in a drone attack on the city of Pavlohrad in the Dnipropetrovsk region, which was hit for the third consecutive night, local Governor Serhii Lysak said. A Russian Army 152mm howitzer Giatsint-B fires towards Ukrainian positions in Kherson, Ukraine. (Russian Defence Ministry Press Service via AP) The attacks came hours after Russia claimed to have regained control over the remaining parts of the Kursk region, ... Read more