SOUTHAMPTON, England (AP) – Australia earned a third convincing win at the Women’s Twenty20 World Cup when it beat the Netherlands by 98 runs Saturday. Australia reached 200 in the World Cup for the first time and equaled the highest-ever tournament total, 219-6. The Netherlands was kept to 121-3 at the Rose Bowl.
The Gold Coast’s iconic beachfront will once again become a stage for one of Australia’s most spectacular fireworks events, with SeaFire 2026 returning to Surfers Paradise this Saturday, June 20. Now celebrating its 13th year, the internationally acclaimed fireworks competition is expected to attract around 40,000 spectators.
For months, a flood of mice has engulfed Western Australia's agricultural regions. For people living through it, this latest mouse plague is all-consuming. Houses, sheds, paddocks and roads are blanketed with mice. And the smell of mice, both dead and alive, is impossible to escape.
Pauline Hanson's first-ever - and perhaps only-ever - appearance at the National Press Club was always destined to be one of those political "moments". As theatre, the 90-minute performance (including the question-and-answer session) didn't disappoint, although it will have shocked, indeed appalled, many.
OBBUERGEN, Switzerland (AP) – U.S. Vice President JD Vance said Sunday there was an opportunity to “turn over a new leaf” with Iran as the sides held talks aimed at building out the interim deal to end the war in Iran reached by the two sides last week.
After months of anticipation, the Bureau of Meteorology officially declared an El Niño on June 16. El Niño is a naturally occurring variation in temperature and winds across the Pacific Ocean that can influence weather around the globe. During El Niño, sea surface temperatures in the central and eastern Pacific warm up.
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) – Police charged a third suspect on Friday with an arson attack on a Melbourne synagogue that was allegedly directed by Iran. The 20-year-old man was one of three masked offenders who broke into the Adass Israel Synagogue, doused the interior with flammable liquid then set it alight.
Since the May 12 federal budget, every poll has had One Nation gaining when measured against the last issue of that poll. While they're still leading on primary votes in the YouGov and Morgan polls, One Nation was down one point in YouGov and steady in Morgan.
CHATTOGRAM, Bangladesh (AP) – Slow bowlers Adam Zampa and Joel Davies claimed three wickets apiece to lead Australia to a four-wicket victory over Bangladesh on Wednesday in the opening game of their three-match T20 series.
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