WARNING: Graphic content A Melbourne man raped and violently beat a woman he held captive for days and took pictures of the horrific ordeal. Robert Wilson raped the woman 18 times at his home in Darley, northwest of Melbourne, between 25 and 29 March 2019. The 35-year-old met his victim on the dating app Badoo […]
India has sent a technical team to Kabul to coordinate the delivery of humanitarian aid after a powerful earthquake in eastern Afghanistan that killed 1,000 people. India’s foreign ministry said the team has been deployed to its embassy in the Afghan capital. The embassy has been vacant since the Taliban recaptured control of Afghanistan in […]
The World Health Organization plans to decide whether monkeypox will be declared a global health emergency, sparking criticism from leading African scientists who say it has been a crisis in their region for years. The deliberations and scrutiny of the WHO’s response to the outbreak follow concerns about how the United Nations agency and governments […]
Ukrainian troops may have to withdraw from the main frontline city of Lysychansk to avoid being surrounded after Russian forces captured two villages in the south, regional governor Serhiy Gaidai said. The withdrawal of Ukrainian troops from Lysychansk and Sievierodonetsk, the last two cities in Luhansk to be occupied by Ukraine, would bring Russia closer […]
The death toll from an earthquake in Afghanistan has reached 1,000, disaster management officials say, with more than 600 injured. The toll is expected to rise as information seeps in from remote mountain villages. Homes were reduced to rubble, and bodies wrapped in blankets lay on the ground after the 6.1 earthquakes on the Richter […]
James Balcombe was obsessed with taking out his rivals and leaping to the top of the bouncy castle industry when he devised a plan to burn down the competition. The 57-year-old has pleaded guilty to 11 charges of conspiracy to commit arson at several Victorian bouncy castles in 2016 and 2017. The Victorian County Court […]
Hub puts Sydney at the heart of ‘Industry 5.0.’ A $25 million facility launched today to fuel innovation and boost industrial output in the heart of Sydney’s Tech Central. The facility is a real hub for additional facilities supporting the NSW Government’s projects at Western Sydney Aerotropolis and Western Sydney Parks. Located in the Engineering […]
Australian company Hickory Data Centers has just pioneered its site in Truganina, Melbourne, which will house a 72 MW hyperscale facility consisting of two separate 36 MW buildings and 18 data halls. The turnaround came when Hickory Data Centers announced the expansion of its portfolio in Australia, with sites now acquired to bring more than […]
DXC Technology, a leading Fortune 500 global technology services company, announced it has been selected as a Master Systems Integrator for Western Sydney International (Nancy-Bird Walton) Airport. DXC will be responsible for building the airport’s fundamental technology platforms in preparation for opening in 2026 and ongoing operations. DXC and its strategic Asia Pacific Airport partner, […]
Council Goes IoT for wealth management. Brimbank City Council’s garbage trucks will take on a new role over the next six months to a year, automatically mapping damage to roads and other assets. The trucks will carry GPS sensors and high-resolution depth video cameras and will use 5G to transmit images to an AWS-based system, […]