Man charged with raping a woman on an Adelaide train in broad daylight
The man, 21, allegedly sexually assaulted the woman at 5pm on Thursday.
Business lobby unhappy about calls to boycott Woolworths over Australia Day ban
Large business groups have backed Woolworths’ decision not to sell Australia-themed products.
Nearly 4 in 5 Australian students ‘didn’t fully try’ on latest international tests – 20% feel like outsiders at school
77% admitted not doing their best in the latest PISA tests.
Male toddlers alleged gang-raped by seven men in Texas mall bathroom
Former Houston Galleria Mall employee Arthur Hector Fernandez has been charged.
WHO’s transgender health committee includes controversial Canadian activist who backs puberty blockers for kids
Florence Ashley is among the all-transgender members of the new panel.
Woolworths (88% foreign-owned) refuses to sell Australia Day products – after posting record profits during cost-of-living crisis
Woolworths is facing calls for a boycott for refusing to sell Australia Day merchandise.
Woman with Down’s syndrome wins parliament seat in Spain
Mar Galceran, 45, is Spain’s first parliamentarian with Down’s syndrome.
1 in 3 immigrants fail the Australian values citizenship test – but are allowed to stay anyway
More than 100,000 immigrants failed in a 14-month period.
‘Far-right’ Geert Wilders scraps mosque, burqa and Islamic school ban
Dutch election winner Geert Wilders has softened his anti-Islam stance.
‘Backyard Brisbane’ home prices overtake those in ‘Third World Melbourne’
Brisbane has become the third most expensive city in Australia to buy a home.
Openly gay 34-year-old Gabriel Attal becomes France’s youngest ever Prime Minister
Emmanuel Macron has appointed ally Gabriel Attal to be France’s new prime minister.
Police call Summernats attendees ‘sub-human’ after viral videos of Pacific Islander security guards attacking festivalgoers
Viral videos showed brawls between attendees and security.
Watch: Liberal senator says Australia’s harsh new ‘hate symbols’ laws need to be expanded
Liberal Senator Michaelia Cash said she feared the new laws don’t go far enough.
Bottled water contains 240,000 detectable plastic fragments per litre, study finds
There are 100 times more pieces of plastic in bottled water than previously estimated.
Who is New Zealand’s ‘haka’ MP?
Maori MP Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke is New Zealand’s youngest.