For the fourth day in a row, Earth has broken or equalled its hottest average temperature record (www.abc.net.au)
The planet’s average temperature hit 17.23 degrees Celsius on Thursday, surpassing the 17.18C record set on Tuesday and equalled on Wednesday.
Women-only social media app Giggle for Girls taken to court by transgender woman Roxanne Tickle after her account was restricted (www.abc.net.au)
In short: Transgender woman Roxanne Tickle is suing social media platform Giggle for Girls after she was excluded from the women-only app....
The price of rice is skyrocketing, and it's pushing millions more people towards starvation (www.abc.net.au)
The Indian rice export ban, the war in Ukraine and El Niño are combining to create a "doom loop" for the world's poorest people, as staple food prices soar.
Donald Trump warns of threat of World War II, mixes up names of Joe Biden and Barack Obama in Washington speech (www.abc.net.au)
Mr Trump made the gaffe about the threat of World War II — which finished in 1945 — during the part of his address in which he was questioning the mental acuity of 80-year-old Mr Biden.
Chinese police were allowed into Australia to speak with a woman. They breached protocol and escorted her back to China (www.abc.net.au)
Chinese police hunting international corruption targets were allowed into Australia by the federal police and subsequently escorted a woman back to China for trial, in a major breach of Chinese-Australian police protocols....
X is becoming a 'ghost town' of bots as AI-generated spam content floods the internet — A sign of the scale is the thriving industry in bot-making (www.abc.net.au)
X is becoming a ‘ghost town’ of bots as AI-generated spam content floods the internet — A sign of the scale is the thriving industry in bot-making::The internet is filling up with machine-generated “zombie content” designed to game algorithms and scam humans. Experts call it the “great AI flood”.
Shoplifting up driven by rising cost of living - Coles responding with employee body cams (www.abc.net.au)
Israeli soldiers who drove with wounded Palestinian tied to their vehicle 'violated orders', military says (www.abc.net.au)
When the crowd chants 'ceasefire now', this is why some governments remain 'deaf' (www.abc.net.au)
Neo-Nazis walk free from court, spared further jail time over attack on Victorian hikers (www.abc.net.au)
"Good luck with the future, gentlemen," County Court Judge Kellie Blair said to the pair, as she stepped off the bench at the end of hearing.
Australian helicopter forced to take evasive action after Chinese fighter detonates flares (www.abc.net.au)
An Australian pilot was forced to take evasive action after a Chinese military jet detonated flares close to a Navy helicopter that was operating in international waters near South Korea....
Russia and China vote against ceasefire in Gaza in latest UN Security Council resolution (www.abc.net.au)
Nuclear energy is more expensive than renewables, CSIRO report finds (www.abc.net.au)
Nuclear energy is more expensive than renewables, CSIRO report finds::Renewable energy provides the cheapest source of new energy for Australia, a new draft report from the CSIRO and energy market operator has found.
While the US and EU are putting up barriers to Chinese cars, Australians are buying them at record levels (www.abc.net.au)
China tells WHO it has no 'unusual or novel diseases' amid spike in illness among children (www.abc.net.au)
The data showed an increase in hospital admissions of children due to diseases including bacterial infection, RSV, influenza and common cold viruses since October....
Shoplifting up driven by rising cost of living - Coles responding with employee body cams (www.abc.net.au)
Donald Trump accused of sharing nuclear submarine details with Australian billionaire Anthony Pratt (www.abc.net.au)
Visitor to Taiwan hit with $9,000 fine over 'roast chicken and pork combo' lunch box (www.abc.net.au)
Taiwan’s customs officials have issued a fine of NT$200,000 ($9,369) to a traveller for attempting to bring a lunch box containing pork into the country....