47+ min ago  (384+ words) Senator The Hon Murray Watt, Minister for the Environment and Water Marion Scrymgour MP, Member for Lingiari A celebration near Dhalinybuy, East Arnhem Land this week has marked the expansion of the Laynhapuy Indigenous Protected Area (IPA). The expansion adds…...

1+ hour, 13+ min ago  (433+ words) A Surry Hills couple were sentenced by Gosford District Court yesterday (19 June, 2026) for their roles in a failed 2023 importation of 13kg of pure methamphetamine, worth an estimated $12 million. A man, 36, was sentenced to 11 years' imprisonment with a non-parole period of seven…...

10+ hour, 53+ min ago  (200+ words) Mirage News During her first official visit to Egypt since assuming her role as ESCWA Executive Secretary Rania Al-Mashat participated in the opening plenary session of the 32nd Annual Conference of the Economic Research Forum (ERF) and held high-level discussions with…...

1+ hour, 13+ min ago  (273+ words) Crime has fundamentally changed, and the pace of that change is increasing rapidly. It will not slow down. We need to work differently to keep up. That change affects all of us - but particularly our more vulnerable citizens and, most…...

3+ hour, 37+ min ago  (344+ words) UN cultural agency UNESCO has launched a global consultation process to inform its Draft Guidance on Fair Compensation for News, particularly as online platforms and artificial intelligence (AI) increasingly rely on journalistic content. The initiative comes "at'a time when securing…...

4+ hour, 17+ min ago  (929+ words) It's 20 years to the day since the UN Human Rights Council began its work as the world's principal forum tasked with promoting and defending fundamental rights everywhere, particularly the world's most vulnerable people. "Human rights were built for moments like…...

5+ hour, 6+ min ago  (151+ words) Mirage News Police can confirm one person has died following a crash on State Highway 1, north of Wellington, yesterday. The two-vehicle crash between the Tawa-Grenada North on-ramp and the Churton Park-Glenside off-ramp was reported about 4: 40pm. A second person sustained critical…...

6+ hour, 17+ min ago  (639+ words) In a new paper in Sciences Advances, the researchers showed their approach could be used to accurately predict material properties for a diverse group of metal alloys under a range of conditions. They also showed how the approach could be…...

5+ hour, 7+ min ago  (708+ words) Sexual violence is increasingly being used as a weapon of war in conflicts around the world and women and children in particular continue to be targeted facing sometimes long-lasting consequences. The vast majority of these acts of degrading brutality go…...

5+ hour, 7+ min ago  (527+ words) The UN High Commissioner for Refugees has called on the international community to strengthen support for the nearly 42 million people worldwide who have fled their home countries to escape conflict, violence or persecution. "Given the opportunity, they rebuild their lives…...