Venezuela’s Edmundo González Urrutia, who the opposition says won a July presidential election against incumbent Nicolás Maduro, has said that his son-in-law was seized by “hooded men” in Caracas. “This morning my son-in-law Rafael Tudares was kidnapped,” González posted on X on Tuesday. “Rafael was on his way to my grandchildren’s school to drop them…
The father of the world’s richest man, Elon Musk, claims his son would be interested in buying Liverpool. Fenway Sports Group, which added the Reds to their sporting portfolio in 2010, has looked for external investment in the past but at no point has a full sale been seriously considered. Nevertheless, Errol Musk was asked…
A man accused of raping an Australian flight attendant in the early hours of New Year’s Day has been refused bail before a hearing in Fiji’s high court. Ilaisa Tanoa Degei, 24, a farmer from Navosa, on Fiji’s largest island, Viti Levu, appeared before a magistrate, Mareta Tikoisuva, charged with one count of sexual assault…
In the first major promise of the election year, Anthony Albanese has announced $7.2bn in funding for Queensland’s Bruce Highway. The federal government will fund 80% of the upgrades, with the state funding 20%. In 2023 the infrastructure minister, Catherine King, sparked a war of words with the then Labor-led sunshine state by defunding $449.5m…
Ukrainian armed forces have begun a surprise offensive in Russia’s Kursk region, according to Ukrainian officials and Russian military bloggers. Video showed Ukrainian armoured columns advancing across snowy fields towards the village of Bolshoe Soldatskoe, north-east of the Ukrainian-held Russian town of Sudzha. The scale of the Sunday morning operation was not immediately clear. There…
Manufacturers in the UK cut back output last month at the fastest rate since February, compounding the gloomy picture for the British economy, according to a closely watched survey. The purchasing managers’ index for manufacturing fell to 47, down from 48 in November – the weakest for 11 months. Any reading below 50 signals a…
Some Australians will welcome the new year with showers and storms while others will continue sweltering through heatwave conditions. The Bureau of Meteorology has said the risk of storms will continue along the east coast on New Year’s Day. The risk of severe thunderstorms will continue for parts of Queensland, with showers becoming more extensive…
The hedge fund manager Crispin Odey is seeking at least £79m in damages from the Financial Times after suing the publication for libel, documents filed at the high court show. Odey began legal action against the FT in May over four articles published in 2023 which contained allegations that he had sexually assaulted or harassed…
A major search for a 23-year-old hiker missing in Kosciuszko national park since Boxing Day resumed on Monday. The man – who police said was an experienced hiker – was last seen by friends about 2.30pm last Thursday. He was descending the Hannels Spur trail, Geehi, between Khancoban and Thredbo, in the park. The friends…
Rebel Wilson has married wife, Ramona Agruma, for the second time in Sydney and this time it was legal. Wilson, the Australian actor and director, revealed the “legal wedding” was officiated by her sister on Sunday via Instagram, in a post accompanied by photos of the couple standing in front of the Sydney Opera House…
