New vision from NEOM suggests The Line will be a desert oasis. Source: NEOM
[SIREN WAILING]
[MUSIC - "WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD"]
- (SINGING) I see trees of green. Red roses too. And I think to myself, what a wonderful world. What a wonderful world.
[WATER FLOWING]
What a wonderful world.
A wild experiment involving a light plane, the Swiss Alps and a sinister looking moth from a horror film has shed new light on one of nature's enduring mysteries.The death's-head hawkmoth had an unforgettable cameo role in the cult classic The Silence of the Lambs, providing the pivotal clue that exposed a serial killer.
The race to secure a World Surf League finals berth is about to get red hot, but small conditions at Teahupo'o means surfers will first have to cool their heels.The opening two days of the event window for the Tahiti Pro have been called as lay days, and it could taken even longer for competition to get underway with only a small increase in swell forecast on Saturday (Sunday AEST) and Sunday (Monday AEST).
Biodiversity experts have revealed several genetically distinct populations of one of Australia's most tasty and sought-after table fish, the pink snapper.Once abundant from the warmer waters off Western Australia's Pilbara region to the cooler realms of the Great Australian Bight, Chrysophrys auratus has more recently been a focus of catch reductions to preserve numbers.
South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol has pardoned Samsung Electronics vice-chairman Jay Y Lee, with the justice ministry saying the business leader was needed to help overcome a "national economic crisis".The pardon is largely symbolic, with Lee having being on parole since August 2021 after serving 18 months in jail for bribery in a scandal that led to massive protests and brought down then-president Park Geun-hye in 2017.
A union is taking fast food giant McDonald's to court again arguing that its young workforce have been denied paid breaks.The Shop, Distributive and Allied Employees Association has lodged a Federal Court Claim in South Australia against 323 McDonald's operators and the multinational firm itself over the alleged denial of paid rest breaks at nearly 1000 current and former McDonald's sites.
Courtney Clenney was recently charged with second degree murder, following her boyfriend's death. Video of the two in an elevator months before the murder allegedly shows Clenney attacking him. Source: Miami-Dade State Attorney’s Office via Miami Herald
The recall includes a range of models. Find out if you've been affected.
Political leaders have vowed to work together to fix a disturbing culture at NSW parliament which Premier Dominic Perrottet says has become "toxic".A long-awaited independent report has found sexual harassment and bullying is rife in the NSW parliament, while several people have reported incidents of sexual assault in the workplace.
Russia and Ukraine have accused each other of shelling Europe's biggest nuclear power plant as the United Nations chief proposed a demilitarised zone at the site amid fears of a catastrophe.Ukraine's Energoatom agency said the Zaporizhzhia complex was struck five times on Thursday, including near where radioactive materials are stored.
Legislation for a national anti-corruption commission could be introduced to the federal parliament as early as next month.Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus said he hoped the bill to establish the federal integrity body could be brought forward in the next sitting fortnight, due to take place during the first two weeks of September.
The FBI recovered documents that were labeled "top secret" from former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida, according to court papers released after a federal judge unsealed the warrant that authorised the unprecedented search this week.A property receipt unsealed by the court on Friday shows FBI agents took 11 sets of classified records from the estate during a search on Monday.
An unidentified highly toxic substance in the Oder River, which runs through Poland and Germany, appears to be the cause of a mass die-off of fish in the waterway, officials from both counties say.An analysis of river water taken this week showed evidence of "synthetic chemical substances, very probably also with toxic effects for vertebrates", the German state of Brandenburg's environment ministry said on Thursday, adding that it remained unclear how the substance entered the water.
Johnson & Johnson will stop selling talc-based baby powder globally in 2023, the drug maker says, more than two years after it ended US sales of a product that drew thousands of consumer safety lawsuits."As part of a worldwide portfolio assessment, we have made the commercial decision to transition to an all cornstarch-based baby powder portfolio," it said, adding that cornstarch-based baby powder was already sold in countries around the world.
A village in Ukraine has been obliterated by deadly Russian bombs that are banned under the United Nations. Find out what's happened.
Parking inspectors on the Gold Coast are now able to issue tickets without even stepping out of their vehicle – and the technology has left residents unimpressed. Read more.
The totalitarian nation has made the bold claim about Covid-19 while issuing a disturbing threat to South Korea.
Google has agreed to pay $60 million in penalties flowing from a long-running court fight with the Australian competition watchdog over the tech giant misleading users on the collection of personal location data.In April last year, the Federal Court of Australia found Google breached consumer law by misleading some local users into thinking the company was not collecting personal data about their location via mobile devices with Android operating systems.
South Australia's voluntary euthanasia laws will take full effect from early next year.The legislation, which passed state parliament more than a year ago, was officially gazetted this week.
A man has been left with significant internal injuries after he says he was poisoned by his wife of 10 years. Find out more here.
Renting a Sydney apartment while the cost of living soars has made living sustainably more challenging for Emily.She and her husband have always been environmentally conscious - they limit plastic packaging, use the dryer only on occasion, and are strict about recycling.
