A CIA drone strike has killed al-Qaida leader Ayman al-Zawahri in Afghanistan, according to five people familiar with the matter.
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Swimmer Shlomit Nir, who survived the Munich Olympics terrorism attack, believes the power of sport can bring Jews and Arabs closer together.Speaking to Efe ahead of the 50th anniversary of the attack next month, Nir remembers the exact time and her initial reaction to the attack that changed her life and killed 11 Israeli teammates.
Melbourne's iconic Flinders Street station has been lit up pink in memory of another Australian icon Olivia Newton-John.The British-born, Melbourne-raised performer died in her sleep at her home in California, according to husband John Easterling in news shared on Tuesday.
China's ambassador to Australia is preparing to launch a defence of Beijing's actions in the Pacific in a national address.Xiao Qian will address the National Press Club on Wednesday, his first such address since taking up the role of ambassador this year.
A survey of Tasmanian veterans found many felt "broken" and were reluctant to seek help, a Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide has been told.A feasibility study aimed to improve the state's services for veterans recommended a "hub and spoke" model due to its highly dispersed population, Steven D'Alessandro from the University of Tasmania said.
Business travel is making a comeback despite rising numbers of COVID-19 cases across Australia.More than 26,000 new infections and 104 deaths were recorded nationally on Tuesday.
Australia's biosecurity preparedness is the subject of a new parliamentary committee examining measures to protect the nation's agricultural sector from disease.A Senate committee is looking into the adequacy of the federal government's preparedness for foot and mouth disease, which affects livestock, and varroa mite, which targets bees.
NSW train commuters face further disruption on Wednesday as services are cancelled while the rail union continues long running industrial action.Services will not run on the T4 Eastern and Illawarra line and South Coast line.
Powerful explosions rocked a Russian air base in Crimea, killing one person and wounding several others, authorities said.Russia's Defence Ministry said munitions blew up at the Saki base, and it emphasised that the installation had not been shelled.
Former South African cricket umpire Rudi Koertzen died on Tuesday following a car crash.Cricket South Africa announced Koertzen's death but gave no details of the accident, other than to say the renowned umpire died following a car accident on Tuesday morning.
2 and British Open Championship winner Cameron Smith is "gone" to the LIV Golf tour, according to fellow golfer Cameron Percy.Percy says Smith, 28, and another Australian, Marc Leishman, already have signed deals and will switch after the PGA playoffs.
Former US president Donald Trump tried to turn the news of an FBI search of his Florida estate to his benefit, citing the investigation in text messages and emails soliciting political donations from his supporters.The unprecedented search of the home of a former president marked a significant escalation of the federal investigation into whether Trump illegally removed records from the White House as he was leaving office in January 2021.
Ukraine's president called on the West to impose a blanket travel ban on Russians, an idea that has found support among some EU member states but angered Moscow which pressed on with a fierce military offensive in eastern Ukraine.Zelenskiy's idea looked likely to divide the European Union, where differences on how to deal with Moscow have long persisted between some of its eastern and western members, and came as Ukraine halted flows of Russian oil to some eastern European countries due to a san
Lamont Dozier, the middle man in the celebrated Holland-Dozier-Holland team that wrote and produced "You Can't Hurry Love," "Heat Wave" and dozens of other hits and helped make Motown an essential record company of the 1960s and beyond, has died at age 81.Dozier's death was confirmed on Tuesday by Paul Lambert, who helped produce the stage musical "The First Wives Club" that Holland-Dozier-Holland wrote for.
US stocks were mixed at the open on Tuesday as investors remained cautious ahead of inflation data that will feed into the US Federal Reserve's rate-hike plans.A high inflation print on Wednesday, following last week's strong jobs numbers, will likely push the Fed to continue with jumbo rate hikes and weigh on a recent recovery in stocks.
Serena Williams is "evolving away from tennis" and plans to retire from the sport she dominated with 23 grand slam titles following the US Open, which begins later this month.Williams played on Monday only her second singles match since she returned to action at Wimbledon in June after a year-long absence from competition, beating Spain's Nuria Parrizas Diaz to reach the second round of the Toronto Open.
Eddie Jones has been rebuked by the Rugby Football Union for criticising the English game's reliance on the private school system.England's head coach said in a newspaper interview published over the weekend "you are going to have to blow the whole thing up" because it produces "closeted" players who lack "resolve".
Paul Gallen is pledging to knock out two Queenslanders in one night after committing to a boxing challenge not attempted in more than 130 years.The retired rugby league great and former NSW series-winning captain will take on former State of Origin rivals Justin Hodges and Ben Hannant on the same card in Brisbane on September 13.
8 Duane Vermeulen as one of five changes to their starting line-up for the second Rugby Championship Test against New Zealand at Ellis Park on Saturday.Vermeulen sat out the international season after knee surgery but has been deemed fit to play and comes in for Jasper Wiese at the back of the scrum.
Nazi symbols are one step closer to be being banned in NSW after legislation criminalising their use passed the state parliament's lower house on Tuesday.It follows a ban of the Nazi swastika in Victoria, and pledges by the Queensland and Tasmanian governments to prohibit the hate symbol.
Socceroos captain Mat Ryan has signed a two-year deal to join Danish Superliga champions FC Copenhagen from Real Sociedad as he gears up for the FIFA World Cup.The 30-year-old goalkeeper, who played for Club Brugge, Valencia, Genk, Brighton & Hove Albion and Arsenal before his move to Sociedad, is keen to get as much game time as he can ahead of the World Cup in Qatar, which starts in November.
