Australia: Body found in floodwaters

Australian authorities say a body has been found in floodwaters and 36 military workers injured in a vehicle crash as wild weather from a tropical storm lashes the country’s eastern…

Canada: Serial killer’s victim found in landfill

The remains of an indigenous woman murdered by a serial killer have been found after a search of a landfill in the Canadian province of Manitoba, police say. Morgan Harris’…

USA: Actor Gene Hackman and wife Betsy Arakawa died of natural causes one week apart

Oscar-winning actor Gene Hackman died of natural causes about a week after his wife Betsy Arakawa, who died after contracting a rare virus, a New Mexico medical investigator has said.…

USA: Trump ‘strongly considering’ large-scale sanctions and tariffs on Russia

US President Donald Trump has said he is “strongly considering large-scale sanctions” and tariffs on Russia until a ceasefire and peace deal with Ukraine is reached. Trump said he was…

Ukraine: Russian strike kills 11 in town near Donetsk

At least 11 people were killed and 30 injured in a Russian strike on Dobropillya, a town in eastern Ukraine’s Donetsk region, Ukrainian authorities say. Eight residential buildings and an…

UK: Labour ministers yet to hold talks over Abramovich funds

Labour ministers have yet to hold talks with key figures involved in unlocking the £2.5bn promised for Ukraine after Roman Abramovich’s sale of Chelsea football club. Abramovich sold Chelsea in…

USA: Trump says Ukraine ‘more difficult’ to deal with than Russia

US President Donald Trump has said he is finding it “more difficult, frankly, to deal with Ukraine” than Russia in attempts to broker peace between the two nations. The US…

France: Paris trains halted and area evacuated after WW2 bomb found

Trains to and from Paris have been cancelled, an area evacuated and part of the main ring road temporarily closed after an unexploded World War Two bomb was found on…

Argentina: City left flooded after fierce storm

One of Argentina’s biggest cities has been hit by severe flooding after suffering the equivalent of more than four months’ rainfall in just four hours. Heavy rain began lashing Bahía…

South Korea: The ‘traitor’ at the heart of impeachment drama

Han Dong-Hoon was driving home from dinner in Seoul on December 3, scanning the radio, when he heard a breaking news update: President Yoon Suk-Yeol was preparing to deliver an…