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A 36-year-old man who was charged with murder in Queensland, Australia claims he sawed off a 66-year-old’s leg as part of an “arrangement.” The two men allegedly drove to a park in Queensland together, where the amputation took place, per the Independent. The accused murderer and victim sat under a tree, and around 4 a.m. […]
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison sent a stern message to Kanye West: get fully vaccinated or be banned from entering the country. The lawmaker’s warning came after several sources claimed West intended to tour Australia sometime in March, ahead of the Grammys and his headlining Coachella gig in April. The 44-year-old entertainer and his team have […]
Naomi Osaka has pulled out of her semifinal matchup at the Melbourne Summer Set, an Australian Open warm-up tournament, due to an abdominal injury. The four-time Grand Slam singles champion, who beat Germany’s Andrea Petkovic 6-1, 7-5 in the quarterfinal on Friday, was set to play Russian Veronika Kudermetova Saturday night in the semifinal of the WTA […]
An Australian man set himself on fire on New Year’s Day after going on a rant about the country’s Covid-19 vaccine mandate, The Hill reports. Eyewitnesses said they overheard the unidentified man shouting expletives while inside his car regarding a newly implemented vaccine mandate in the state of Victoria. “He was screaming about mandates,” Lydia O’Connor told the […]
A school event in Australia turned tragic this week when strong winds lifted a bouncy castle filled with children 32 feet in the air, killing five and leaving four in the hospital with serious injuries, CNN reports. The tragedy occurred on the north coast of Tasmania at the Hillcrest Primary School in Devonport, where the children were celebrating […]
An Australian reporter who interviewed Adele about her new album has been catching heat after he went into the conversation with the star without having listened to her highly-anticipated 30 project. According to the Guardian, Matthew Doran, host of Australia’s Weekend Surprise, was given the opportunity to fly over 10,000 miles from Sydney to London to speak to the Grammy […]
Australia’s Queensland government has announced that it signed an agreement to return ownership of the Daintree rainforest to its indigenous owners, the New York Times reports. Daintree, which is a beloved tourist destination and is one of the world’s oldest forests, was returned to the Eastern Kuku Yalanji people. The national park sits at 160,108 […]
Now that’s staying power. Thanks to the success of his latest No. 3 charting single “Stay” with Justin Bieber, a handful of public appearances and a project that just keeps getting bigger and bigger, The Kid LAROI has topped the Billboard 200 chart for the first time this week, with his 2020-released Fuck Love rising from […]
An Australian girl known for making TikToks about her family’s farm has died by suicide. The New York Post reported the death of Caitlyn Loane, who was a fourth-generation farmer in Tasmania, Australia. She worked as a livestock manager at her parent’s cattle farm, which encompassed 1,400 acres, or 2.3 square-miles. The 19-year-old wanted to manage the […]
A woman in Australia was taken to the hospital last week after waking up to the horrifying sight of a mouse chewing on her eyeball, The Sun reports. This is just another incident for a country that has been overrun by mice for more than half a year, an occurrence that the state government has described as “absolutely […]
