Standing five and a half meters tall, sprinting at up to 31 miles per hour and leaping up to seven feet off the ground, the lodgers are the stuff of legend. They are the third largest bird in the world, weighing up to 175 pounds, with sharp claws that grow up to five inches long. … Read more
In the heart of Algeria’s Sahara desert, Chinese state-owned giant China Railway Construction Corporation (CRCC) has completed track laying on the PK330 bridge, a final and critical link in a new railway designed to unlock the nation’s mineral wealth. The 6 km (3.7 mi) bridge is part of the 950 km railway linking the Gara … Read more
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Like many Australians who walk Bondi Beach on long, hot summer evenings, Ahmed al Ahmed just wanted a cup of coffee with a friend. Around him, a bloody massacre erupted as two gunmen targeted Jews during Hanukkah festivities in a waterfront park. Soon, al Ahmed had crawled, bent over, between … Read more
A hero who disarmed one of two gunmen on Bondi Beach has told his cousin he thinks he will die before defeating the attacker. Ahmed al-Ahmed, a Syrian national who worked in the police, said: “I’m going to die… tell my family I saved people’s lives,” before attacking one of the gunmen and fighting for … Read more
Naveed Akram. one of the alleged shooters One of the gunmen who opened fire at a Hanukkah celebration on Bondi Beach has been named as Naveed Akram. A driver’s license found at the scene shows Bonnyrigg’s address in Sydney’s south-west, where police raided on Sunday night. The 24-year-old suspect, who was shot by police, was … Read more
The Sydney terror attack may have been carried out by a foreign terrorist cell backed by Iran, Israeli authorities believe. Officials cited Iran as the main suspect and said possible links to groups such as Hezbollah, Hamas and Pakistan’s Lashkar-e-Taiba were also being investigated, according to Israeli media reports. Australian officials have not publicly confirmed … Read more
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Riley Allen, a 15-year-old schoolboy living on an Outback sheep farm, doesn’t know how he’ll keep in touch with his far-flung circle of friends once Australia’s world-first social media ban goes into effect Wednesday. Riley’s family lives 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Wudinna, a community of just over 1,000 in the … Read more
By Byron Kaye and Cordelia Hsu SYDNEY, Dec 8 (Reuters) – Sydney teenager Ayris Tolson thinks the start of her first summer holiday under Australia’s youth social media ban will be relatively easy as she spends time with her family, but as the weeks pass, she fears she will be lonely and isolated. From December … Read more
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndicate partners may earn a commission. A map of the Sunda, Sahul and Western Pacific, with arrows showing potential north and south migration routes suggested by genetic analysis. | Credit: Helen Farr and Erich Fisher A new study of nearly 2,500 genomes may have … Read more