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Aug 7, 2026 - World

Police say body of 23-year-old found at Eschol Park property with significant injuries, indicating he may have been attacked before deathFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA group of dogs has been taken to a shelter to be euthanised after a young man died following a suspected dog attack at a rural Sydney property.Authorities were alerted to the discovery of the 23-year-old’s body at a rural property in Sydney’s south-west on Wednesday. Police found the body with what they described as significant injuries and established a crime scene. Continue reading...

Aug 7, 2026 - World

Barrister alleges ‘account of penis wiggling is an attempt to humiliate’ broadcaster who has pleaded not guilty to 22 charges of indecent assault and sexual touchingFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAlan Jones’s defence barrister has told a Sydney court one of the broadcaster’s alleged victims invented details of alleged indecent assaults at a Fitzroy Falls farm to “humiliate” and “smear” the former media titan.Complainant J told the court during evidence-in-chief earlier this week that during one alleged incident in the property’s bedroom, Jones’s penis was not fully erect and “not very big”. Continue reading...

Aug 7, 2026 - World

Problems after power failure at regional signalling centre likely to continue until noon with many crews and trains in wrong locationsBusiness live – latest updatesRail passengers are facing a second day of travel disruption across parts of north-west England, after a power failure hit the signalling centre controlling the railway in the region.The power failure, which occurred shortly before 2pm on Thursday, triggered widespread cancellations and delays to services including CrossCountry and London Northwestern Railway. Continue reading...

Aug 7, 2026 - World

NASA astronauts Menon and Meir complete spacewalk to install hardware for ISS solar arrays.

Aug 7, 2026 - World

Teenager killed his grandparents ⁠before opening fire at school near Bangkok, where 23 others were woundedThailand school shooting – latest updatesA Thai teenager killed his grandparents before opening fire at his school, where he shot five people dead and took his own life, police have said, in an attack that has shaken a country struggling to deal with gun violence.Police said the 14-year-old pupil wounded another 23 people in the school ⁠shooting on the outskirts of Bangkok on Friday morning. Continue reading...