Navy personnel have explored the San Jose galleon which sunk in 1708 near Colombia's Caribbean port of Cartagena, along with two other wrecks. Source: Reuters
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A Hong Kong cargo ship stranded in waters off Sydney will be towed into Port Botany by the end of the day, following an order by the maritime authority.The 170-metre bulk carrier Portland Bay and its 21 crew members have been floating off the coast just south of the city since the ship's engines failed on Monday.
Critics of Queensland's shark control program are calling for the nets to be urgently removed as rescuers try to free the entangled whales.
Victoria's pandemic declaration has been extended for another three months as the state passes 4000 COVID-19 deaths.The declaration was due to expire before midnight on July 12 but has been extended until at least October 12.
Savvy Coles customers have managed to save hundreds of dollars at the checkout. Find out how they did it.
A Chinese community leader accused of planning foreign interference allegedly singled out former minister Alan Tudge because he believed he would one day be prime minister.Prosecutors allege Di Sanh Duong, 67, made a $37,000 donation to the Royal Melbourne Hospital in 2020 as a way to gain influence over the Australian government through Mr Tudge.
Senior Liberals have suggested quotas for female representation could be part of a suite of measures to make the party more competitive at the next election.Former defence minister Linda Reynolds and former home affairs minister Karen Andrews said greater gender parity would be a way of restoring voter confidence.
Flood-hit communities could be in for more bad weather with forecasters warning winter and spring could be wetter than average.The Bureau of Meteorology has issued a new update on two important drivers of Australia's climate.
A shopper has wowed fellow Aussies with footage of a spotless Woolies store. Find out why people are amazed.
Macau has reported 89 new COVID-19 cases, taking the total to more than 900 infections since mid-June as authorities in the world's biggest gambling hub race to contain its largest outbreak since the pandemic began.More than 13,000 people are under quarantine in the Chinese special administrative region, which has effectively shut down to limit the spread of the virus.
Screenshot/YouTubeThe war in Ukraine is as much a bloody conflict as it is a propaganda war. The doublespeak in Russian media is that there is no war, that the Bucha massacre was staged by Ukrainians and that Russians and Ukrainians are united in liberating Ukraine from NATO and nationalists. It is impossible to determine to what extent audiences are deceived. There are numerous individual protests on social media, but most Russian media consumers want to believe the authorities. While many were
A major breakthrough has been made in the understanding of Inflammatory Bowel Disease, which may lead to more treatments for sufferers.More than 100,000 Australians live with IBD, a chronic condition with two main subtypes, Crohn's Disease and ulcerative colitis.
ShutterstockAn unvaccinated toddler from the far north coast of New South Wales is in intensive care after catching respiratory diphtheria (diphtheria of the throat). A six-year-old close family contact is also infected. These are the first cases of respiratory diphtheria in children seen in Australia since 1992. What is diphtheria and how is it spread? Diphtheria is a potentially deadly infection caused by toxins produced by certain strains of Corynebacterium bacteria. Respiratory diphtheria ca
Three Queensland lobbyists will be barred from contacting cabinet ministers as Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk seeks to make her government "the most transparent" in the country.Ms Palaszczuk announced the move on Monday after the Coaldrake report last week raised serious concerns about lobbyists accessing and influencing her government.
R Kelly was put on suicide watch to keep him safe, despite the disgraced R&B; star's insistence in a lawsuit the move was done "as a form of punishment," federal prosecutors in Brooklyn say.In court filings, the prosecutors said Kelly was placed on a temporary suicide watch following his 30-year sentence for sex trafficking at the recommendation of a staff psychologist at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn.
Taxes on Ukrainian goods being imported into Australia have been scrapped following Anthony Albanese's tour of the war-torn nation.The prime minister visited the towns of Bucha, Irpin and Hostomel on Sunday, before meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy in the capital Kyiv.
Twelve people are set to front court after being charged with the murder of an eight-year-old girl who they allegedly denied medical treatment in southern Queensland.Police have charged seven women and five men, aged from 19 to 65, with killing Elizabeth Struhs at home at Rangeville near Toowoomba six months ago.
A cunning husband infatuated with his teenage lover and babysitter laid out a number of dominoes leading to the murder of Lynette Dawson in 1982, a judge has been told.In the NSW Supreme Court on Tuesday, crown prosecutor Craig Everson SC argued that Christopher Michael Dawson, now 73, had killed his wife on January 8 or 9, 1982 because he desired a relationship with his former high school student, known as JC.
Survivors of institutional child sexual abuse will have greater access to boosted support services after the federal government stumped up almost $40 million.The national redress scheme - established in response to the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse - will get an extra $39.
A couple parked outside their home for decades, until they received a $2100 fine for doing just that.
