Wed 15 July 2026: A Sydney childcare worker who was charged with 329 offences over his alleged abuse of 136 children at multiple daycare centres across a 16-year period can now be named. Hamish Tait, 35, faces 329 charges of child abuse between 2009 and 2025 while working across 62 centres. An investigation into an […]
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Wed 15 July 2026: Satluj, based on the life and murder of human rights activist Jaswant Singh Khalra, is still finding its audience despite the government ban. Indian authorities are investigating whether a film based on a separatist insurgency in Indiaâs Punjab state in the 1980s and early 1990s is fit for viewers. Satluj, as […]
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Wed 15 July 2026: One of the largest fossilized Tyrannosaurus rex skeletons ever found sold for a record $50.1 million, including fees, at Sothebyâs in New York on Tuesday. Nicknamed âGusâ after the owner of the land where it was found in the Hell Creek Formation in Harding County, South Dakota, the fossil measures approximately […]
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Wed 15 July 2026: Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said Wednesday that any Israeli national found in the country would be deported immediately as authorities investigate claims that an Israeli was involved in the operations of a private residential community in the southern state of Johor. Anwar said the relevant agencies were investigating the allegations […]
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Wed 15 July 2026: Russia says it is working to reroute â grain shipments from the Sea of Azov after its vessels came under Ukrainian attacks in the sea, as Kyiv claimed it hit 11 more Russian vessels in overnight strikes. Russia was preparing to use âalternative shipping routesâ and may redirect cargo âto other modes […]
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Wed 15 July 2026: Sudan risks facing a deepening hunger crisis due to ongoing conflict, aid â funding cuts, and rising agricultural costs driven by the global disruption caused by the Iran war, a senior World Food Programme (WFP) official has said. âItâs a massive crisis, both in terms of numbers, but also due to the […]
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Wed 15 July 2026: Here’s what’s happening in South Africa today:đđź âźď¸ SAâs cost-of-living crisis: Cost-of-living pressures are forcing many households to cut back on discretionary spending, cancel subscriptions, reduce medical spending, and even move into smaller homes to better manage their finances. Inflation remains the dominant concern for consumers, with 79% of respondents ranking […]
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Wed 15 July 2026: Cubaâs national power grid has collapsed, plunging the island into its third nationwide blackout in less than 10 days and leaving approximately 10 million people without electricity. The outage began around 11am local time (15:00 GMT) on Tuesday, when the countryâs entire power grid went offline, according to the state-run electricity company, UNE. […]
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Tue 14 July 2026: US President Donald Trump said on Monday that Iran’s top military commanders have been killed and claimed that Mojtaba Khamenei, son of late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and his successor, was “90% gone.” Speaking in an interview with Fox News, Trump said Iran’s military capabilities had been severely degraded. “They have no navy. They have no […]
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Tue 14 July 2026: The British government is pressing to use new powers allowing it to criminalise state proxies in order to designate Iranâs Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a threat to national security. In a statement issued on Monday, the government announced that it was submitting draft regulations to the UK Parliament that […]
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