Friday, January 15, 2021
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North Korea shows off new submarine-launched missiles after rare party congress
North Korea displayed what appeared to be a new submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) at a military parade, state media reported, capping more than a week of political meetings with a show of military might.
Australia's Marnus Labuschagne scores ton but other batsmen disappoint against depleted India attack in fourth Test
The 36th over of day one of the fourth Test in Brisbane was a microcosm of India's heroic and possibly doomed attempt to take home the Border-Gavaskar Trophy.
Spindly seamer Navdeep Saini was the bowler. It was his sixth day as a Test cricketer.
Virgin flight returns to Adelaide Airport due to medical emergency involving crew member
A Virgin Australia plane that left Adelaide Airport this afternoon was forced to return, following what airport officials said was a medical emergency.
Flight VA580 was bound for Canberra and got almost as far as the South Australian border
Meet the creepy critters of the Southern Ocean's 'twilight zone'
They are slimy, some of them are transparent and kind of creepy and you wouldn't want to encounter one on an ocean swim, but luckily you never will. These are the creatures of the Southern Ocean's "twilight zone" — a 200- to 1,000-metre
Tasmanian rapist and murderer Jamie John Curtis has been granted parole
A man who raped a tortured a young couple for 12 hours is being released from jail despite breaching his parole conditions within weeks the last time.
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Jamie John Curtis will be the first parolee in Tasmania to have to wear an electronic monitoring
New gel blaster laws due to kick off in Queensland as toy gun owners warned of harsher penalties
They look like real guns and it's an offence to point them or fire at anyone without their permission but gel blasters will remain legal in Queensland, despite moves in other states to effectively ban their use without without a licence.
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