Donald Trump has appointed Justin Caporale, the man credited with some of his most eye-catching campaign gambits on the path to his second presidential election victory, to a White House role, signalling that high-profile publicity stunts are likely to be a key feature of his second presidential term. Posting on his Truth Social platform, the…
Twenty people are missing after falling into the sea from a tilting boat after it started to take in water in rough seas about 20 miles off the coast of Libya, according to survivors. Carrying 27 passengers, the six-metre boat had left Zuwara in Libya at 10pm on Monday. Despite the waves, seven people managed…
Australia’s property market has finally come off the boil after a resilient run of growth at a time of high interest rates and inflationary pain. For the first time in nearly two years, CoreLogic recorded a monthly decline in national home values. The 0.1% fall in December followed a flat result in November and a…
A New Year’s Eve fireworks explosion in a Honolulu-area neighborhood killed two people and injured 20 others, authorities say. The accident occurred just before midnight outside a home, the Honolulu fire department said in a statement. The neighborhood is near Honolulu’s international airport and a joint US air force and Navy base and a little…
Ukraine has halted Russian gas supplies to European customers through its pipeline network, almost three years into Moscow’s all-out invasion. The move comes after a prewar transit deal expired during the final hours of 2024 and as the continent braces itself for a plunge in temperatures that could hasten the drain on gas reserves. Ukraine’s…
Israeli strikes killed at least 12 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip on New Year’s Day, mostly women and children, officials said, as the nearly 15-month war ground on into the new year. One strike hit a home in the Jabaliya area of northern Gaza, the most isolated and heavily destroyed part of the territory, where…
Donald Trump said Tuesday that he’s planning to attend the funeral of former president Jimmy Carter. Asked about it as he walked into a New Year’s Eve party at his Mar-a-Lago club in Florida, the president-elect responded: “I’ll be there.” Pressed on whether he’d spoken to members of Carter’s family, Trump said he’d rather not…
Thousands of people gathered in the centre of Birmingham on New Year’s Eve despite a police warning that the announcement of a fireworks display was a hoax. Police and the city council had urged revellers not to travel after false reports there would be a spectacular show in Centenary Square. Images from the scene indicated…
The father of Stephen Lawrence has said he would accept one of the teenager’s killers being released if he can show remorse. A parole hearing could take place this year in the case of David Norris, one of only two of the killers of the 18-year-old to have been brought to justice. Stephen’s father, Neville…
An Australian man has been sanctioned by the US treasury department over his alleged involvement in the global narcotics trade. Australian David Jonathan Thackray and New Zealand national Ho Kai Leung were among 12 individuals and eight entities sanctioned by the department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (Ofac) in an action it said was being…
