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BuzzFeedThis Single Thing Is The Biggest Warning You're Being Scammed, And It's Information We All Need
U.S. consumers lost more than $10 billion to fraud in 2023.
- HuffPost
John Dean Reveals 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 …
- Yahoo News Australia
Bali tourist wakes up blind and 'gasping for air' after innocent decision
The young woman believes there is one crucial reason she is still alive.
- 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
- Yahoo Sport Australia
Andrew Voss highlights truth about Paul Vautin amid ugly claims about retiring NRL and TV icon
Paul Vautin has called it quits after a 33-year media career. Read more here.
- 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
- NewsWire
Chilling footage emerges after parents killed
The footage comes after a couple was found dead in a Sydney takeaway shop.
- 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”.
- 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
Man’s horror act on plane: cops
The 41-year-old was met by police and arrested when the plane landed, with the Australian Federal Police condemning the alleged behaviour.
- Yahoo News Australia
Beachgoer's encounter with deadly threat prompts warning to Aussies: 'Can kill'
The discovery at the city beach can kill humans within an hour, experts warn. Find out more.
- 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.
- Yahoo Sport Australia
Ben Hunt's Broncos contract yet to be registered by NRL as $350,000 detail sparks probe
The NRL is yet to rubber-stamp the veteran's eyebrow-raising deal. Details here.
- Yahoo Sport Australia
Sam Kerr and Mary Fowler issue exposed as Andy Harper calls out massive Matildas problem
Sam Kerr and Mary Fowler were both missing again. Read more here.
- BuzzFeed
I Was Fired With A 3-Year-Old Daughter At Home. 20 Years Later, My Boss Explained Why.
"I couldn’t wrap my brain around how she could be so heartless and cruel — and frankly, I never forgot it."
- 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
A teenage boy was seen hanging out of a car window before being found shot. TikTok led cops to the suspects
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
- PA Media: Sport
F1 drivers told to mind their own business and focus on racing by FIA president
Ben Sulayem has responded to criticism from a number of drivers.
- CNN
The illusion of Assad’s grip on Syria shatters, as Russia, Iran and Hezbollah let their guard down
Time and time again the Assad dynasty has survived internal and external challenges and lived to fight another day. But nothing lasts forever.