Overlooked Stories
We look at some of our best stories of 2025 that you might have missed in the year’s avalanche of news.
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Key viewing spots for Sydney fireworks reach capacity as city urged to celebrate first New Year’s Eve since Bondi attack
NSW premier Chris Minns encourages Sydneysiders to ‘puff out your chest’, stating police on ‘high alert’ as more than 1 million people expected to celebrate in the cityGuide to New Year’s Eve fireworks and events in Australia’s capital citiesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThousands of people have taken up key vantage points for New Year’s Eve fireworks, with Chris Minns asking Sydneysiders to “square your shoulders, puff out your chest and walk out” to celebrate as a show of defiance after the Bondi attack.Key viewing sites, including at Mrs Macquarie’s Chair and other areas in the Royal Botanic Garden, were already at capacity on Wednesday afternoon. Continue reading...
Eurostar Trains Face Day of Delays After Power Failure
The high-speed service between Britain and continental Europe was paralyzed during one of the busiest travel weeks of the year because of a power outage in the Channel Tunnel.
Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,406
These are the key developments from day 1,406 of Russia’s war on Ukraine.
Crew Paints Russian Flag on Oil Tanker Pursued by the U.S. Coast Guard
The U.S. military tried to intercept the Bella 1 last week in the Caribbean Sea as it headed to Venezuela to pick up oil.
Israel’s recognition of Somaliland ‘strange, unexpected’: Somali president
Hassan Sheikh Mohamud says his country believes the move is linked to Israel's plans to forcibly displace Palestinians.
Trump says US hit 'big facility' linked to alleged Venezuelan drug boats
The US president would not confirm US media reports that the explosion was caused by a CIA drone strike.
Damien Martyn, former Australian Test cricketer, in hospital in induced coma with meningitis
54-year-old admitted to hospital on Boxing Day with meningitisMartyn played 67 Tests for Australia between 1992 and 2006The former Australian Test cricketer Damien Martyn has been admitted to hospital and placed in an induced coma after being diagnosed with meningitis.The sporting community is rallying around the 54-year-old, who “is in for the fight of his life”, according to the former AFL player Brad Hardie, who revealed Martyn’s condition on 6PR on Tuesday. Continue reading...
Trump administration freezes childcare funding to Minnesota in wake of fraud scheme allegations
Officials claim to find ‘rampant fraud’ in childcare funding, but prosecutions began in Biden era and Tim Walz says ‘we’ve spent years cracking down on it’ The Trump administration announced on Tuesday that it is freezing federal funding for childcare programs in Minnesota after allegations of fraud – first exposed and prosecuted during the Biden administration – recently became the focus of conservative influencers and media outlets.Jim O’Neill, the deputy secretary of health and human services, said in a video statement that the funding freeze was in response to what he called “blatant fraud that appears to be rampant in Minnesota and across the country … We have turned off the money spigot and we are finding the fraud.” Continue reading...
Disney to pay $10m over alleged breaches of US child privacy laws
Settlement comes after US Federal Trade Commission accused entertainment giant of unlawfully collecting children's data