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Yahoo News AustraliaBali tourist wakes up blind and 'gasping for air' after innocent decision
The young woman believes there is one crucial reason she is still alive.
- The Independent
‘I knew she was going to die,’ says mother of lawyer killed in Laos poisoning after call from daughter’s friend
Simone White had brain surgery and blood transfusions but died nine days after falling ill
- USA TODAY
Costco to end book sales in hundreds of stores starting next year: Reports
The wholesaler's book sales will reportedly end in 500 of its 600 stores starting next year.
- BuzzFeed
19 Book-To-Screen Adaptations Hollywood Got Really, Really Wrong
" The books are so amazing. How anyone thought a two/three-hour movie would be enough to cover the details in the books flabbergasted me."
- HuffPost
John Dean Reveals 1 Biden Move That Could Doom Trump's 'Revenge' Plot
The Watergate figure said the president could "take the wind" out of Trump's plans for revenge and retribution with a stroke of his pen.
- Deadline
Margot Robbie Reveals ‘Wolf of Wall Street’ Full-Frontal Nude Scene Was Her Idea
More than 10 years after her breakout performance in The Wolf of Wall Street, Margot Robbie is taking credit for her full-frontal debut. Although director Martin Scorsese said she could wear a robe if it made her more comfortable, the 3x Oscar nominee revealed it was her idea to strip down completely nude for one …
- Hello!
Elizabeth Hurley sets pulses racing as she straddles chair
Austin Powers actress Elizabeth Hurley posted a sultry throwback picture to celebrate her makeup artist's birthday
- The Independent
A woman was found murdered and left nude along the riverbed in 1988. Police just named her killer
Tracy Whitney was 18 years old when she was killed in August 1988
- The Daily Beast
Joe Biden Sends Parting Shot at GOP in Bombshell Pardon for Son Hunter
President Joe Biden pardoned his son, Hunter, on Sunday just days before he was scheduled to be sentenced in separate federal gun and tax cases—marking an about face for the lame-duck president. “From the day I took office, I said I would not interfere with the Justice Department’s decision-making, and I kept my word even as I have watched my son being selectively, and unfairly, prosecuted,” Biden said in a statement. The president accused his “political opponents in Congress” of pursuing the pr
- Yahoo News Australia
Common Aussie act inflicting 'strange' $30,000 fine in two states: 'Neighbours take photos often'
'It's definitely one of Australia's strangest laws,' a lawyer warns.
- NewsWire
Chilling footage emerges after parents killed
The footage comes after a couple was found dead in a Sydney takeaway shop.
- Associated Press Finance
Trump threatens 100% tariff on the BRIC bloc of nations if they act to undermine US dollar
President-elect Donald Trump on Saturday threatened 100% tariffs against a bloc of nine nations if they act to undermine the U.S. dollar. While the U.S. dollar is by far the most-used currency in global business and has survived past challenges to its preeminence, members of the alliance and other developing nations say they are fed up with America’s dominance of the global financial system. Trump, in a Truth Social post, said: “We require a commitment from these Countries that they will neither create a new BRICS Currency, nor back any other Currency to replace the mighty U.S. Dollar or, they will face 100% Tariffs, and should expect to say goodbye to selling into the wonderful U.S. Economy."
- NewsWire
Woman found dead in home identified
A woman found dead in her home alongside a 38-year-old man on Thursday has been identified, with friends remembering her “kind, beautiful soul”.
- BuzzFeed
This Woman Refused To Sleep In Her Boyfriend's "Dirty" Bed And Bailed On A Morning Outing With His Family — Now She Wants To Know If She's In The Wrong
"I told him there was no way I was sleeping in a bed like that."
- Yahoo Finance AU
Centrelink closures and payment changes for millions over Christmas
Centrelink recipients are being reminded of upcoming reporting and payment changes.
- Yahoo Finance AU
ATO urges Aussies to claim $1,000 superannuation payment boost
Aussies could get up to $1,000 paid into their superannuation fund from the government. Here's how.
- The Independent
Teen mom faces murder charge after ‘slicing newborns throat and cutting out his heart with a pocket knife’
Leticia Rodriguez, 17, was allegedly caught digging a hole in the backyard with the intention of burying her baby
- Yahoo News Australia
First driver fined $670 after new licence rule introduced in Aussie state
The Lamborghini driver was stopped by police just hours after the new road rule came into effect.
- BuzzFeed
"She Made It About Three Minutes Into Her First Shift.": These Stories About Coworkers Getting Fired Almost Immediately Will Have You Aghast
"He briefly lifted his leg up, farted, and walked away laughing. He got fired on the spot."
- The Independent
How TikTok led cops to alleged killers of 16-year-old boy who was found dead hanging out of a moving vehicle
Police harnessed the power of social media to help find Key’mydre Anderson’s alleged killers. Last week, Johnathan Pyle’s capital murder trial began, James Liddell writes