A shark has been filmed swimming in waters near a rock off Twilight Beach at Esperance.
Fiji is joining US President Joe Biden's Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF), the White House says, making it the first Pacific island country in the plan that is part of a US effort to push back on China's growing regional influence.The announcement came as China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi began a sweeping tour of Pacific island countries - including Fiji - a region that is becoming an increasingly tense front in the competition for influence between the US and China.
A first attempt by Democrats to respond to the back-to-back mass shootings in Buffalo, New York, and Uvalde, Texas, has failed in the US Senate.Republicans blocked a domestic terrorism bill that would have opened debate on hate crimes and gun safety.
Australian Jai Hindley is on the brink of an historic and glorious triumph in the Giro d'Italia after a blistering ride on the famed Marmolada climb on the penultimate stage.Hindley blasted away from the race leader and former winner Richard Carapaz on the last ascent of Saturday's 20th stage to storm into a handsome one minute 25 seconds overall lead with just one potentially career-defining time trial to go.
Iran's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard has seized two Greek oil tankers in the Persian Gulf, just after Greece assisted the US in seizing an Iranian oil tanker over alleged sanctions violations in the Mediterranean Sea.The Guard's announcement comes as tensions remain high between Iran and world powers over stalled negotiations regarding its nuclear program.
At least 35 people have died amid heavy rainfall in northeastern Brazil, as downpours lashed two major cities on the Atlantic coast, in what is the South American nation's fourth major flooding event in five months.In the state of Pernambuco, at least 33 people had died as of Saturday afternoon, as rains provoked landslides that wiped away hillside urban neighbourhoods, according to the state's official Twitter account.
Some prominent infectious disease experts are pushing for faster action from global health authorities to contain a growing monkeypox outbreak that has spread to at least 20 countries.They argue that governments and the World Health Organisation should not repeat the early missteps of the COVID-19 pandemic that delayed the detection of cases, helping the virus spread.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is confident Labor will take Parliament House with a 76-seat majority even as the Greens pick up a fourth lower house seat.Mr Albanese dubbed the election an "outstanding result" for Labor as he welcomed MP-elect for Bennelong, Jerome Laxale, to the party fold.
A plane operated by a private airline in Nepal has gone missing with 22 people on board, with cloudy weather preventing search helicopters from flying into the area of the flight's last known location.The Tara Air plane took off on Sunday from the tourist town of Pokhara, some 125km west of the capital Kathmandu, headed towards Jomsom, about 80km to the northwest, the officials said.
A horrifying intercepted phone call from a Russian soldier details atrocities some invaders are committing in Ukraine.
Gretel Bueta has inspired the Queensland Firebirds to one of their greatest wins in a 72-68 Super Netball upset of West Coast Fever at Perth's RAC Arena.Needing a victory to restore confidence after a four-game losing streak, the three-time champions did it in style by taking down the second-ranked Fever in a shock result that launched the Queenslanders from seventh to third.
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Anthony Albanese says he will respect Peter Dutton as the likely new Liberal leader, but the prime minister also believes his government's mandate following last weekend's election should equally be respected.Mr Dutton, with Sussan Ley as his deputy, is expected to be endorsed by the Liberals at a meeting on Monday as they pick up the pieces after losing power for the first time in nearly a decade.
Alexandra Manly is making the best of her big opportunity to leap from domestique to serial winner on the European roads as the Australian track star still leads the Thuringen Ladies Tour in Germany.The double world champion on the track finished second in Saturday's fifth stage, for a fourth podium finish in five days following her hat-trick of wins earlier in the race this week - her first triumphs on the European roads.
David Littleproud will run against Barnaby Joyce for leadership of the National Party.The high-profile deputy leader announced on Saturday he'd told Mr Joyce of his decision to nominate.
Olympic 100 and 200m champion Elaine Thompson-Herah is eager to gauge her speed ahead of the world championships in Saturday's Prefontaine Classic.The Jamaican, who has been dogged by a lingering Achilles injury, dropped out of the Birmingham Diamond League meet earlier this month citing discomfort in training.
On a balmy Sunday night, residents of an upscale Shanghai compound took to the streets to decry COVID-19 lockdown restrictions imposed by their community. By the following morning, they were free to leave.
Finance Minister Katy Gallagher would like to see a cap put on the amount of money funnelled into election campaigns after enormous sums were again splashed on the federal poll.When she was ACT's chief minister, Senator Gallagher imposed spending caps to curb distortions in election campaigns.
A stampede at a church charity event in southern Nigeria has left 31 people dead including a pregnant woman and several children.The stampede at the event on Saturday organised by the Kings Assembly Pentecostal church in Rivers state involved people who came to the church's annual "Shop for Free" charity program, according to Grace Iringe-Koko, a police spokeswoman.
Russian forces have stepped up their assault on the Ukrainian city of Sievierodonetsk after claiming to have captured the nearby rail hub of Lyman, as Kyiv intensified calls for longer-range weapons from the West.Slow, solid Russian gains in recent days in eastern Ukraine's Donbas, comprising the Luhansk and Donetsk regions, point to a subtle momentum shift in the war, now in its fourth month.
It is feared the most disadvantaged of Australia's aspiring homeowners will still struggle to secure loans despite the incoming federal government's promised equity contribution offer.Labor's centrepiece cost-of-living policy announced during the election, its Help to Buy scheme, aims to slash the cost of buying a new dwelling by 40 per cent and an existing one by 30 per cent.
