Coral Adventurer, being investigated for allegedly leaving behind passenger who died, ran aground with 124 people on board on Saturday Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast An Australian cruise ship has been refloated after becoming stuck on a reef off Papua New Guinea despite efforts to free the vessel. The Coral Adventurer, which ran aground on Saturday morning , was freed on Tuesday afternoon and was anchored nearby awaiting inspections. Passengers will be flown home early. Continue reading...
Yemen's Saudi-backed presidential council canceled a defense pact with the UAE and asked its forces to leave the country within 24 hours.
CEO of Britain’s biggest household energy supplier says technology arm could float in the medium term Business live – latest updates Octopus Energy has agreed to sell a stake in its Kraken software arm, in a move that would value the division at $8.65bn (£6.4bn) and could open the way for a stock market flotation. The technology, which it already licenses to some rival suppliers, has been vital to the energy company’s success, making it easier to manage customer billing, smart meters, electric vehicle charging and home batteries to make using renewable power cheaper. Continue reading...
Police allege a 16-year-old and 20-year-old were in the car with firearms and a dedicated encrypted phone Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Four men and two teenage boys have been charged after police allegedly caught two members of the group travelling in a taxi with loaded guns. The arrests are part of an ongoing investigation into a shooting in Sydney’s north-west in November where police allege two men fired shots and a stun grenade into a Tallawong home, in north-west Sydney. Continue reading...
The British heavyweight boxer suffered minor injuries in the crash, which killed two team members and close friends.
China's military exercises come less than two weeks after the US announced a record $11.1 billion arms package to Taiwan. Taipei condemned the drills as irresponsible but said it would not escalate tensions.
Archives reveal options considered by Tony Blair’s government for dealing with Zimbabwean dictator in 2004 The Foreign Office cautioned against UK military intervention to overthrow the former Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe in 2004, advising it was not a “serious option”, recently released documents show. Policy papers show Tony Blair’s government weighed up options on how best to handle the “depressingly healthy” 80-year-old dictator, who refused to step down while the country descended into violence and economic chaos. Continue reading...
Exclusive: CST highlights volume of IS-supporting accounts and says social media firms ‘putting all of us in danger’ Facebook hosted terrorist propaganda that celebrated the murder of Jews and praised Islamic State, a leading anti-hate group has alleged. The posts included celebrations of the Bondi beach massacre that the Community Security Trust says Facebook has been too slow to take down. The posts were still on Facebook on 16 December, two days after the attack, and received shares and likes. Continue reading...
Iran's president Masoud Pezeshkian said he had asked the Interior Ministry to "listen to the legitimate demands" of the protesters after several days of demonstrations by shopkeepers in Tehran as Iran's embattled currency hit new lows on the unofficial market, state media reported Tuesday.