5+ hour, 50+ min ago  (714+ words) The insurgents use the cover of darkness, arriving just after the sun has set or in the half light before it rises. Elaborate countermeasures to thwart their infiltrations have failed. Chemical warfare has been tried. Terrifying decoys deployed. Complex aerial…...

21+ hour, 26+ min ago  (305+ words) Russia has struck Ukraine's capital of Kyiv with a massive wave of missiles and drones that damaged residential buildings "and schools, killing at least one person. Explosions reverberated through the city shortly "after 1am, shortly after Ukraine's air force had warned…...

2+ day, 1+ hour ago  (209+ words) Crookwell Gazette Holland's Kafka biopic is complex, atmospheric and compelling Franz Becoming Kafka (MA15+, 128 minutes) A fascinating snippet we hear in this very accomplished biopic is that millions of words have been written about this highly influential author, yet his total…...

3+ day, 4+ hour ago  (1743+ words) I'd be lying if I said I wasn't a little nervous. Carved by thousands of years of rainfall, embedded with fossilised coral, and shaped by volcanic forces, the canyon feels impenetrable, almost prehistoric. Thick vines coil along the canyon walls,…...

3+ day, 21+ hour ago  (165+ words) Indonesia's military says armed separatists in the "nation's easternmost province of Highland Papua have killed eight civilians. Military official M Wirya Arthadiguna condemned the killing of eight civilians working in the Yahukimo region as gold miners, adding the evacuation of…...

5+ day, 22+ hour ago  (349+ words) Travellers from West Africa could soon face additional screening for the deadly Ebola virus. The country's chief health officers met on Monday to consider the next steps in combating a strain of Ebola sweeping the Democratic Republic of Congo and…...

1+ week, 1+ hour ago  (517+ words) An Ebola "outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda has been declared a public health emergency of international concern by the World Health Organisation, after 80 suspected deaths. The WHO "said the outbreak, caused by the Bundibugyo virus, does…...

1+ week, 19+ hour ago  (511+ words) A row has broken out over the cost of cutting taxes for millions of Australians as Labor and the opposition try to sell rival economic plans to voters. After a week dominated by the state of the nation's finances, Prime…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (500+ words) Philippine authorities are trying to confirm whether a top politician wanted by the International Criminal Court "has fled, a day after gunfire rang out at the Senate where he had taken refuge fearing his arrest. Senator Ronald "Bato" dela Rosa,…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago  (222+ words) Where: 5-54 Ofukacho, Kita Ward, Osaka How much: Rooms from 72, 000 JPY ($653) a night Ever since the legendary Waldorf Astoria New York reopened in 2025 after an eight-year, $US2 billion renovation, luxury-hotel aficionados have flocked to the Manhattan landmark. Now, there's a new world…...