Thailand's billionaire former premier Thaksin Shinawatra was released from jail on parole and met by cheering crowds this morning, eight months after a court ordered him to do the prison time he tried to dodge with a prolonged stay in hospital.
British pop star Dua Lipa has filed a lawsuit against Samsung Electronics seeking at least $15 million (€13 million) in damages, accusing the South Korean tech giant of using her image without permission to market its television sets.
A PACKED passenger plane caught fire as it landed - forcing a mass evacuation of nearly 300 people on board and an airport shutdown. The Turkish Airlines flight, heading from Istanbul to Kathmandu, was set ablaze after a spark went off in the jet's landing gear, authorities said. A spokesperson for Nepal's civil aviation agency...
A New South Wales anti-corruption inquiry is investigating whether three friends in powerful positions at a western Sydney council, who called themselves the “Pink Ops”, subverted recruitment and promotion processes to benefit friends.
The NSW Independent Commission against Corruption (Icac) held its first day of public hearings on Monday into allegations concerning Parramatta council’s former chief executive Gail Connolly, as well as council employees Roxanne Thornton and Angela Jones-Blayney and other staff.
The MV Hondius, the cruise ship hit by an outbreak of a virus that has left three dead, reached the Canary Islands on Sunday
On a dusty hill overlooking the Atlantic Ocean in the south of Tenerife, groups of tourists and locals are gathered to witness one of the island’s best new attractions.
Some are gazing through binoculars while others are taking photos on their phones of a vessel only a few hundreds metres away, anchored near the Granadillo commercial port.
Paul McCartney hails plans for 3 Savile Row, which include access to rooftop where the band played their final gig
The address may not sound familiar, and the street name is best known as the heart of British tailoring. But 3 Savile Row is one of the most iconic buildings in British pop and rock: the former home of the Beatles’ record label Apple Corps, and the location of the band’s final public performance when they took to its rooftop in 1969.
Apple Corps has now re-acquired the building in Mayfair, central London, and plans to open it to the public as a new tourist attraction in 2027.
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