Sunday, January 31, 2016

‘World’s best chef’ found dead

CHEF Benoit Violier has tragically died at the age of 44, just months after his Michelin-starred restaurant was named the best in the world.

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Spy agency’s puzzle still unsolved

HUNDREDS of thousands of people have tried to crack this puzzle from a British spy agency, but no one has got it yet as the deadline looms.

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Cabin attendants in-flight dust-up

A PASSENGER plane was forced to make an emergency landing after two female flight attendants started a shocking midair punch-up.

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US politician’s $1 million porn offer

A FORMER US Congressman who has been hit with mounting legal debts as he fights corruption charges has been offered a money lifeline — but at quite a cost.

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Boko Haram kills 86 in horrific attack

A SURVIVOR says he watched Boko Haram firebomb huts and heard the death screams of children in the latest attack by Nigeria’s homegrown Islamic extremists.

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Abbott meets Obama on controversial visit

THE former PM shows no sign of giving up his powerful connections, meeting with the US President and his spy chief on a trip already fraught with controversy.

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ISIS threatens Britain with savage attack

ISIS militants have threatened to go after the UK and unleash a terror attack so violent ‘the hair of young babies will turn gray’.

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Abbott meets Obama on controversial US visit

THE former PM shows no sign of giving up his powerful connections, meeting with the US President and his spy chief on a trip already fraught with controversy.

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‘My life has been taken from me’

BREKKIE WRAP: ‘Lotto gran’ was caught trying to claim a $67m jackpot with a dodgy ticket. She says the experience has destroyed her life.

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‘It’s most devastating thing you can do’

A YOUNG girl sparked a massive search after disappearing from her home with just a blanket. Now a star athlete has been charged with her murder.

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‘Lotto gran’: ‘I wanted to kill myself’

THE granny who tried to claim a $67m jackpot with a dodgy ticket claims in a tragic interview that her life will never be the same.

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Zika virus on Australia’s doorstep

THE mosquito-borne virus is “spreading explosively” in the Americas. Now researchers say cases of Zika have been documented closer to our shores.

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Yahoo boss ‘accidentally sacks dozens’

EMBATTLED Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer reportedly fired 30 staff after their names were mistakenly put on the lay-offs list.

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Wogan dead after cancer battle

BRITISH “national treasure” Sir Terry Wogan has died at the age of 77 after a “brave battle” with cancer.

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Masked gangs attack child migrants in Sweden

A GANG in Stockholm’s main train wore masks and handed out leaflets calling for attacks against child migrants before bashing foreigners with bats.

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Saturday, January 30, 2016

Passengers live tweet emergency

WHEN A British Airways plane ran into trouble mid-flight, passengers grabbed their phone and documented the terror.

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Friend ‘poisoned study partner’s iced coffee’

THEY were two young girls who studied together in Australia. But one is now dead and the other has been arrested over her suspected murder.

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One dead in Denver shooting, stabbing

AT least one person has died and several others are injured after a shooting at a motorbike show in Denver.

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‘Lotto gran’ owes $12k to loan shark

SUSANNE Hinte partied for a week on borrowed cash, promising she’d soon be “stinking rich” thanks to a $67 million lottery jackpot. But the real winner has been found.

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Disneyland gunman faces trial

A MAN who entered the Paris theme park last week carrying guns and ammunition will face criminal charges.

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‘Nazis’ clash with protesters at rally

FASCISTS and anti-fascist protesters from across Britain clashed overnight, as the groups hold opposing demonstrations over immigration.

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Merkel: refugees will go home

GERMAN Chancellor Angela Merkel has promised that asylum seekers from Syria and Iraq will be sent home once the conflicts end there.

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US warship sails near disputed island

A US Navy warship has conducted a patrol near a disputed island in the South China Sea, directly challenging Beijing’s territorial claims.

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Sexual predator preys on uni town

AUTHORITIES are looking for a serial predator that has been linked to sexual assaults on three women since 2006.

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Moon born out of planet collision

A HEAD-ON collision between a young Earth and a “planetary embryo” spawned our moon about 4.5 billion years ago.

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Prince Charles’ Aussie rules roots

THE AFL is set to announce a major re-signing with Prince Charles to remain patron of the game in Europe as the code looks to expand its influence in British schools.

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Aussies leave Croatia after gang rape payout

THREE men are expected to arrive back home in Australia today after pleading guilty to gang raping a teenage backpacker in Croatia. But freedom came at a cost.

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Friday, January 29, 2016

Couple dead and teenage girls missing

AN INNOCENT sleepover turned deadly after a couple were shot and burned in their home. Their daughter and her best friend have never been found.

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Surf champ rescues Perth mum, toddler

SURFING superstar Kelly Slater is a master of the waves but he turned into a real-life hero after helping rescue a Perth mother and her toddler in Hawaii.

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Miners rescued after 36 days under

IN scenes reminiscent of the Beaconsfield Mine collapse in 2006, four miners trapped in a collapsed mine in China for 36 days have been rescued.

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UN: 69 peacekeeping abuse cases in 2015

THE United Nations has said 69 confirmed allegations of sexual abuse or exploitation occurred in its peacekeeping missions in 2015.

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Only hope to stop spread of horror virus

SCIENTISTS have developed a radical new solution to defeating one of the biggest health threats since Ebola.

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Flight aborted over mystery illness

ANOTHER plane has made an emergency landing after passengers and crew mysteriously fell ill for the second time this week.

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Jihadi Sid not the poster boy ISIS claim

A SECRET disability has revealed that the new “Jihadi John” is not the terrifying frontline-fighting poster-boy ISIS has portrayed to the world.

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Dutch joins US-led air strikes in Syria

HOLLAND has joined the fight against ISIS in Syria, taking part in air strikes over the region in a bid to stabilise the area from the terror network.

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Last moments of Oregon shooter

THE FBI has released video of the fatal traffic stop shooting of an armed occupier of a national wildlife refuge in Oregon.

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The states that pick the president

POLITICAL stunts, baby kissing, meet and greets, media blitzes — it’s game on, as the race for US president kicks off deep in the Midwest.

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Lifeguard’s heartbreaking decision

THIS Aussie lifeguard went to the other side of the world to save lives. But when a desperate mum held out her baby, he was forced to leave them adrift at sea.

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The test freed ISIS sex slaves face

THEY were sold as sex slaves and subjected to months of brutal rapes by ISIS fighters. But they faced one final act of humiliation once free.

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What Aussie troops face in war on ISIL

AUSTRALIAN soldiers continue the fight against ISIL and terrorism in the Middle East. This is what the next year holds on the battlefield.

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Japan’s surprise move to fix slump

IN a move to boost the country’s stumbling economy, the Bank of Japan has implemented a negative interest rate policy for the first time.

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Country will expel 80,000 of world’s neediest

CRIPPLED by a wave of the world’s most desperate people, one country put into words an uncomfortable reality for Europe.

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Thursday, January 28, 2016

How Snowzilla brought these drug dealers undone

THE snow covered streets of New York helped police catch two drug dealers with almost $20 million worth of heroin in one of the city’s biggest drug busts.

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The fate of Tiger Mum’s girls

THEY were banned from sleepovers, sent outside in the cold and barred from getting less than an A. So how are they now?

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Mississippi wants death by firing squad

MISSISSIPPI could bring back the electric chair, firing squad and gas chamber as execution methods if the state is prevented from giving lethal injections.

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Man falls to death after forgetting keys

THIS is the horrific moment a man plunges 10 metres to his death after scaling his apartment building to try to access his third-storey home.

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Uniquely US problem turns deadly

IT’S one of the weirdest political stand-offs in American politics, and the FBI just pulled the trigger against a growing enemy.

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Accused serial killer seen with ‘kill kit’ before murder

AN ACCUSED triple murderer was caught on camera with a John Doe-style duffel bag — dubbed a “kill kit” — minutes before his killing spree.

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Unabomber’s jailhouse love

HE was a bomb-making serial killer but he received reams of letters in his jail cell. One missive led to a bizarre love story.

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‘Get him toe shoes, f*****g prima donna’

SINGER Cher has annihilated Donald Trump after the presidential hopeful pulled out of a Republican debate because of the female moderator.

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