President Joe Biden said on Thursday he has chosen Karine Jean-Pierre as White House press secretary to replace Jen Psaki, who leaves on May 13.
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A star-studded FC Barcelona side have landed in Sydney and while they are here for a fly-in, fly-out game against the A-League All Stars, manager Xavi says he isn't using the game as an end-of-season holiday.Barca play a team coached by Dwight Yorke on Wednesday night at Accor Stadium, where the attendance is expected to break the record for a crowd in Sydney after the pandemic.
The South African province has been flooded for the second time in two months with homes and roads collapsing onto the beach. See the devastation.
Preparing for an epic battle against Penrith, North Queensland are keeping the blinkers on rather than worrying about what the premiers may throw at them.The Cowboys head to BlueBet Stadium on Friday night riding high after six successive wins to move to third on the ladder, while the front-running Panthers have back-to-back NRL premierships firmly in sight.
An airline pilot who suffered post traumatic stress disorder when an engine failed between Alice Springs and Brisbane has had a small win in her attempt to get compensation.Jacinda Cottee was the first officer on the Boeing 717-200 that landed safely after continuing the flight on March 10, 2018 with one engine.
Attacking midfielder Reno Piscopo will be wearing new colours next A-League Men season after leaving Wellington.The 23-year-old, who was part of Graham Arnold's Olyroos squad at the Tokyo Games, has decided to join an undisclosed ALM rival having played the last three years with the Phoenix.
Three teens accused of being in a fight that led to 17-year-old Jack Beasley's fatal stabbing had a "very casual attitude to violence", a court has heard.Justice Soraya Ryan said violence appeared to be a "pastime" for the trio who failed in their bid to have their charges dismissed at their Brisbane Supreme Court trial on Tuesday.
Australia remains open to further requests for support from Ukraine as the nation faces an illegal and immoral attack, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says.Mr Albanese discussed the Russian invasion with US President Joe Biden, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Tokyo on Tuesday.
A fighter jet has crashed in the central desert of Iran, killing both the aircraft's pilots, local media reports.The aircraft crashed on Tuesday at the Anarak training site near the central city of Isfahan, Iran's semiofficial Tasnim news agency reported.
Three tourists staying in two separate rooms were mysteriously found dead with no sign of injury. Now, their cause of death has been revealed.
A Victorian man who unintentionally mowed down his former mistress's new partner, killing the man, has been jailed for more than six years.Bradley Andrew McStay, 35, hit Luke Price with his ute at Yannathan, near Lang Lang in the state's east, in the early hours of February 11, 2020.
Adam Scott is among five Australians who have been added to next month's US Open field, with Victorian golfer Todd Sinnott set for his first start.The seven-strong Australian contingent at The Country Club in Brookline, Massachusetts from June 16-19 will be led by world No.
Authorities are searching for the owners of an orange and white cat which they believe was taken into a protected area.
Canterbury's Josh Addo-Carr hopes his previous displays at State of Origin level with NSW have done enough to earn a recall when Brad Fittler announces his Blues squad this weekend.Ahead of the NRL's Indigenous round, Addo-Carr was in high spirits after missing last week's loss to the Wests Tigers with flu, the club's first game since interim coach Mick Potter replaced Trent Barrett.
A-League Men games record holder Nikolai Topor-Stanley's bid to play in a fifth grand final has fallen at the last hurdle, with the Western United defender unable to overcome a foot injury in time to face Melbourne City.Topor-Stanley, 37, has played in a losing team in four grand finals, three at Western Sydney and one at Newcastle.
Beijing has stepped up COVID-19 quarantine efforts to end its month-old outbreak as fresh signs of frustration emerged in Shanghai.Many people bemoaned unfair curbs with the city of 25 million preparing to lift a prolonged lockdown in just over a week.
A coronavirus outbreak across patients and staff has forced a northern Tasmanian hospital to close a medical ward to new admissions.Eight patients from ward 5D at the Launceston General Hospital, as well as two staff, have tested positive, health department secretary Kathrine Morgan-Wicks said on Tuesday afternoon.
The NRL is edging closer towards going straight to 10 women's teams next year as it prepares to make a call on an accelerated expansion of the female game.The ARL Commission will meet on Wednesday and while the size of next year's NRLW competition is not expected to feature prominently in discussions, a final decision is looming for the body.
Queensland government MPs have blocked the release of the corruption watchdog's legal costs in its case involving former Labor treasurer Jackie Trad.Ms Trad is in a legal fight to stop the Crime and Corruption Commission from releasing its report into allegations she interfered in the recruitment of under-treasurer Frankie Carroll in 2019.
Australian scientists may have found a way to treat a common but deadly bacteria that kills more than half of the people it infects.Clostridium septicum is a highly virulent pathogen that kills patients within 24 hours, often after finding its way into the bloodstream through tissue damage.
Matthew Mott says he was interviewed as an option to replace Justin Langer, before he later decided the time was right to leave Australia's world-champion women's team and take up the white-ball role in England's men's program.Mott announced last week he had finished up as Australia's women's cricket coach, after a seven-year tenure that netted four Ashes and three World Cup wins.
