CAVIAR is known at the food of uber rich and is renowned for its unique taste and price. Several breeds of fish produce the delicacy but only one is coveted. What is caviar? Put simply, caviar is just fish eggs. You can get caviar from most types of fish without it burning a hole in […]
The news last week that 12 people, some young children, were trapped in a lift during a visit to the Melbourne Aquarium was the stuff of nightmares. One child vomited as a result of the stress and rising temperatures in the confined space. Luckily the group were rescued, but this unfortunate experience highlights the design […]
Passengers on multiple flights to Perth were left stranded at different regional airports on Tuesday night after a heavy fog descended and made it impossible for the planes to land safety at the state’s main airport. Three flights, one from Broome, one from Port Hedland and one from Newman, were diverted to Geraldton, a flight […]
Key points New Zealand government has introduced legislation designed to make tobacco products non-addictive and prohibit the sale of cigarettes to future generations. Research team concluded that the legislation would reduce smoking rates to below 5 per cent within three years of coming into effect The so-called tobacco endgame is a radical departure from the […]
RECORD breaking rainfall caused widespread flash flooding across St. Louis on Tuesday. Multiple roads were closed, vehicles were left stranded and homes were submerged by "life-threatening" high waters, authorities said. There were no immediate reports of injuries. But St. Louis fire Capt. Garon Mosby said: "We're being overrun here." Rainfall of between six to 10 […]
A MUM-of-three was killed in a horror hit-and-run smash as she crossed the road. Keita Mullen, 30, was walking with another pedestrian in Bawtry, South Yorks., when a car ploughed into them. Paramedics frantically battled to save the mum but sadly she was declared dead at the scene. The second pedestrian, a 33-year-old woman, was […]
Ryanair passenger, 39, is spared jail after blaming her ‘fear of flying’ on drunken row with air crew that ended with her being escorted off flight and ‘stumbling’ into waiting police van Lyndsey Fitzsimmons swore and argued with people on her flight from Lanzarote The Ryanair pilot was forced to call the police before it […]
Union barons threaten to drag Britain back to the general strike of 1926: RMT vows to rival infamous nine-day walkout in response to Liz Truss’s proposed curbs on industrial action Rail union barons today threatened ‘the biggest resistance mounted by the entire trade union movement’ Warning over proposals put forward by Liz Truss to stop […]
BEIJING (AP) — China is warning it will respond forcefully if U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi proceeds with a visit to Taiwan, the self-governing island democracy it claims as its own territory. Pelosi is second in line to the presidency and would be the highest ranking U.S. politician to visit Taiwan since 1997. China has […]
The boyfriend of a German backpacker found dead in Lismore 17 years ago has been arrested in Perth, and will be extradited to NSW to face charges relating to the homicide. Simone Strobel, 25, had been travelling with her boyfriend, then named Tobias Suckfuell, his sister and another friend, all from Germany, when she disappeared […]
