• South Australia rings in 2026; fatal crash claims two lives
    Dec 31 2025
    South Australia prepares for New Year's Eve 2025 celebrations with major events planned across the state, including fireworks at Elder Park and Glenelg, a Big Bash cricket match at Adelaide Oval between the Strikers and Heat, and festivities at Victor Harbour. A fatal crash at Tali in the lower mid-north claims two lives and injures six others when a Toyota Tarago rolls on the Horrocks Highway early on New Year's Eve morning.

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  • Denmark becomes first country to end postal letters
    Dec 31 2025
    Denmark's postal service has officially ended letter deliveries after 400 years of operation, becoming the first country in the world to stop postal mail services.

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    2 mins
  • German bank vault robbed of $52 million
    Dec 31 2025
    Thieves in Germany drilled through a concrete wall during the holiday shutdown to access a local bank vault, stealing more than $52 million in cash and valuables.

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    1 min
  • Coral Adventurer passengers stranded after PNG reef grounding
    Dec 31 2025
    The Coral Adventurer cruise ship ran aground on a reef off Papua New Guinea on Saturday morning, stranding all 80 passengers for four days before they were evacuated to Cairns via chartered flight.

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    2 mins
  • Stolen car crashes at 100km/h in suspected firebombing plot
    Dec 31 2025
    Two 22-year-old men are under police guard in hospital after a stolen Toyota Corolla crashed at over 100 kilometres per hour in Hadfield, Melbourne.

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    1 min
  • Min River wins Sydney to Hobart
    Dec 31 2025
    Min River has been declared the overall champion of the Sydney to Hobart yacht race after a protest against first-placed BNC My Net was upheld for inappropriate use of its spinnaker.

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    1 min
  • Bondi gunmen acted alone, found no evidence of terrorist training
    Dec 30 2025
    The Australian Federal Police have concluded that the Bondi gunman and his father acted alone in the attack that resulted in 15 murder charges. Investigators determined the pair spent a month in a hotel in the southern Philippines before the massacre, but found no evidence of terrorist training or wider conspiracy. NSW authorities have condemned a reported increase in Islamophobic attacks targeting Muslims following the Bondi massacre, including incidents of dead pigs being thrown at mosques and women being spat on for wearing traditional face coverings.

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    2 mins
  • Times Square gets double ball drop for New Year's Eve
    Dec 30 2025
    Times Square will feature two ball drops this New Year's Eve instead of the traditional single drop. The iconic Constellation Ball will drop at midnight, then drop again at four minutes past twelve in a red, blue and white design to commemorate 250 years since the signing of the Declaration of Independence, accompanied by 900 kilograms of confetti. Around one million people are expected to attend the celebration with thousands of police providing security, and snow is forecast for the evening.

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    1 min