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Volcano charges dropped against NZ White Island owners

Volcano charges dropped against NZ White Island owners

The owners of White Island will no longer face charges against them as individuals for failings leading up to the deadly volcano eruption in 2019.

Storm warning as east coast braces for fire season

Storm warning as east coast braces for fire season

Storm warning as east coast braces for fire season

Storm warning as east coast braces for fire season

While spring is expected to be drier than usual on Australia's east coast, residents have been told that flooding could still hit disaster-weary communities.

Witnesses sought after crash kills brother and sister

Witnesses sought after crash kills brother and sister

Witnesses sought after crash kills brother and sister

Witnesses sought after crash kills brother and sister

Anyone who saw a crash that killed a brother and sister are being asked to contact police with the alleged driver of the other vehicle to face court.

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Funding boost for disaster agency as bushfires loom

Funding boost for disaster agency as bushfires loom

The NSW Reconstruction Authority has been given a multimillion-dollar funding uplift ahead of a likely high-risk bushfire season.

Alleged driver refused bail following fatal crash

Alleged driver refused bail following fatal crash

Police have laid charges against a 20-year-old man after a horror crash in Sydney's southwest on Friday night that killed a brother and sister.

Crews battle harsh conditions to rescue four from peak

Crews battle harsh conditions to rescue four from peak

Four hikers have been rescued from a popular mountain in Western Australia's south after bad weather delayed crews' attempts to reach them.

Deadly fire 'a wake-up call': South African president

Deadly fire 'a wake-up call': South African president

A deadly apartment building fire in Johannesburg has highlighted a housing crisis in the South African city, where poverty and unemployment are widespread.

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Typhoon Saola hits Guangdong after slamming Hong Kong

Typhoon Saola hits Guangdong after slamming Hong Kong

Typhoon Saola hits Guangdong after slamming Hong Kong

Typhoon Saola hits Guangdong after slamming Hong Kong

Saola is among the strongest typhoons to menace the southern Chinese province of Guangdong since 1949.

Man arrested over crash that killed brother and sister

Man arrested over crash that killed brother and sister

Man arrested over crash that killed brother and sister

Man arrested over crash that killed brother and sister

A man has been arrested following the deaths of a 24-year-old woman and her 15-year-old brother in a high-speed crash in Sydney's southwest on Friday night.

Icebreaker heads to Antarctic station on rescue mission

Icebreaker heads to Antarctic station on rescue mission

Icebreaker heads to Antarctic station on rescue mission

Icebreaker heads to Antarctic station on rescue mission

Efforts are under way to evacuate an expeditioner from an Australian research station in Antarctica following a medical emergency.

South African apartment block fire kills 74: official

South African apartment block fire kills 74: official

South African apartment block fire kills 74: official

South African apartment block fire kills 74: official

A provincial official says 74 bodies have been retrieved after a fire surged through a five-storey apartment block in the South African city of Johannesburg.

Family hopes losing Lachlan brings safer rural driving

Family hopes losing Lachlan brings safer rural driving

Family hopes losing Lachlan brings safer rural driving

Family hopes losing Lachlan brings safer rural driving

The family of a teenager killed in a car crash want drivers to learn about risks and the long-lasting devastation during Rural Road Safety Month.

Dozens dead as fire guts South African apartment block

Dozens dead as fire guts South African apartment block

Dozens dead as fire guts South African apartment block

Dozens dead as fire guts South African apartment block

Fire has gutted a run-down apartment block in South Africa's capital, killing at least 73 people and injuring dozens more.

Volunteer firefighter charged with lighting bushfires

Volunteer firefighter charged with lighting bushfires

Volunteer firefighter charged with lighting bushfires

Volunteer firefighter charged with lighting bushfires

A volunteer firefighter in NSW's Hunter region is accused of deliberately lighting bushfires then joining his crew to help put them out.

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Victorians wait to feel bushfire threat before leaving

A Victorian fire agency has sounded alarm bells over residents' attitudes towards immediate bushfire risk, following the latest community survey.

Recovery mission continues for US chopper crash trio

Recovery crews remain on a remote Northern Territory island after a military Osprey aircraft crashed, killing three US marines and injuring 20 others.

At least three dead in US military aircraft crash in NT

Three US marines have been killed after a military aircraft carrying 23 people crashed in the NT, as rescue workers race to transfer the injured to hospital.

Aussie couple fighting for life after fall in Croatia

Two Australians have been seriously injured after falling from a medieval clifftop fortress near Dubrovnik.

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Putin orders Wagner fighters to sign oath of allegiance

Russian President Vladimir Putin has introduced an oath of loyalty for volunteer fighters from the Wagner Group after the death of their boss Yevgeny Prigozhin.

Shark victim stable but with 'life-changing' injuries

A Port Macquarie man attacked by a four-metre great white shark while surfing is in a serious but stable condition in hospital.

Kremlin calls claims it killed Prigozhin 'absolute lie'

The Kremlin has hit out at accusations it killed Wagner Group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin as the future of the Russian mercenary force remains uncertain.

Surfer in critical condition after shark attacks leg

A man in his 40s was rushed to hospital in a critical condition after he was attacked by a shark while surfing at a beach in northern NSW.

P-plate driver waits to learn fate for killing students

Tyrell Edwards will soon learn how long he spends in jail for the deaths of five high school students killed when his speeding ute crashed.

Evacuations as inner-city inferno engulfs homes

Two homes have collapsed and two others are badly damaged after a massive fire with heat so intense it melted bins across the road.

Wagner chief Prigozhin 'on board' jet in fatal crash

A business jet crash in Russia has killed 10 people and Wagner mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin was reportedly on the passenger list

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