Indonesian rescuers launched a search operation after authorities lost contact with a passenger ship carrying more than 240 people in the Java Sea.
World
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The CEO of Anthropic said the artificial-intelligence industry should slow its fast-moving development to give safety measures time to catch up.
6:30pm
The BRICS group of emerging economies expressed concern over rising tensions in the Middle East and condemned the use of sanctions not authorised by the UN, as the leaders met in New Delhi.
6:05pm
A 29-year-old Queensland woman died after falling about 80m from the popular tourist destination.
4:20pm
Search and rescue personnel are scouring the coastline in a desperate bid to find survivors following the inter-island ferry sinking.
12:44pm
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Russian strikes killed eight civilians and wounded dozens of others in Ukraine, local officials said, after Putin warned that sending European troops would amount to direct conflict with Russia.
12:12pm
Trump said that a unified Ireland would be “fantastic” as he waded into a complex and politically charged subject during a weekend visit to a tournament at his Irish golf course.
9:26am
The attack on the East-West pipeline came as Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen put further pressure on neighbouring Saudi Arabia and its shipping.
7:11am
Brigid Lynch was working along a wooded creek in a mountainous part of the San Francisco Bay Area when something that didn't look like the rocks she'd been studying caught her eye.
Saturday 8:00pm
The rebels' capture of Mayun island opens a new front in the conflict, threatening key shipping lanes and pushing crude prices above US$100 a barrel.
Saturday 6:36pm
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The Princess of Wales visited the hospital where she was treated for cancer, after doing a charity climb earlier this year to help fund its new unit.
Saturday 6:30pm
Thai police arrested a monk accused of embezzlement from his monastery, along with a female accomplice who he was filmed having sex with.
Crime and Justice
Saturday 5:53pm
A federal jury found rapper Lil Durk not guilty of the attempted killing for hire of rival rapper Quando Rondo at a Los Angeles gas station, a shooting that resulted in the death of Rondo’s cousin.
Saturday 4:45pm
"These and other paintings are my reflections of this solemn anniversary," the former US president wrote.
Saturday 4:22pm
North Korea launched multiple short-range ballistic missiles toward the sea, its neighbours said, a day after rivals ended their trilateral military drill that North Korea views as a provocation.
Saturday 2:40pm
More than half a million Russian troops have been killed in Ukraine since the start of Moscow’s full-scale invasion in February 2022, a senior British defence official said.
Saturday 12:51pm
A teenager has been charged with murder, accused of operating a drone as part of a suspected botched gang hit.
Saturday 12:22pm
Out of their darkest moment, a the couple managed to make a new start with a baby born this week.
Health
Saturday 11:09am
Several dozen presidential briefing documents declassified on the 25th anniversary of the September 11 attacks detailed intelligence officials had gathered about Osama bin Laden and al-Qaeda.
Saturday 10:13am
The change would make Parton the first woman whose name adorns one of America’s 50 busiest airports.
Saturday 9:38am
According to South African police, the men are alleged to have targeted more than 100 women in the US through sophisticated online relationships.
Saturday 8:28am
Bobbing for days atop a capsized skiff in Alaska’s frigid Bering Sea, the 15-year-old boy held on until he was rescued by a fishing vessel this week.
Saturday 7:40am
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Americans commemorated the 25th anniversary of 9/11, remembering the shock, the dead and the sweeping consequences of the al-Qaeda attacks on symbols of US might and prosperity.
Saturday 6:39am
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Simon McCarthny says his new job in one of the busiest cities in the world has been "eye-opening."
Saturday 6:13am
Erin Patterson is confined to a cell for a minimum of 22 hours a day and having approved contact with just one other prisoner through a wire mesh.
Fri, Sep 11
