MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — X Corp., the owner of the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, has slashed its global trust and safety staff by 30% including an 80% reduction in the number of safety engineers since billionaire Elon Musk took over in 2022, Australia’s online safety watchdog said on Thursday. Australia’s eSafety Commission, […]
The new year’s first grand slam kicks off in Melbourne on Sunday. The Australian Open has a new timetable and plenty of familiar faces returning to its blue courts. Here, the PA news agency picks out five talking points. Late nights a thing of the past? Hits like a Melbourne summer 😎 AO 2024 starts […]
Several familiar faces will return to grand-slam action at the Australian Open after extended breaks. Injury has unfortunately postponed Rafael Nadal’s slam comeback but fellow former champions Naomi Osaka and Angelique Kerber return along with Britain’s Emma Raducanu. Here’s a look at the returning players… Naomi Osaka Naomi Osaka is set to play in Melbourne […]
[Source] A man was filmed berating an Asian man and his son while they were fishing, claiming that they were not allowed to fish as the area belonged to “Australian waters, not international water.” What happened: In the video uploaded to TikTok on Sunday, user @cootercowgirl can be seen approaching the racist man wearing a […]
Emma Raducanu’s exhibition match ahead of her return to grand slam action at the Australian Open has been cancelled. The 21-year-old Briton had initially been due to play her fellow former US Open champion Naomi Osaka in a charity match inside Rod Laver Arena as part of her preparations for the first major of the […]
Rafael Nadal will miss the Australian Open after sustaining an injury during the Brisbane International earlier this week. The 37-year-old Spaniard, who had surgery on the psoas tendon in his left hip in June, was making his comeback at the Brisbane tournament. Nadal required medical treatment during his quarter-final loss to Jordan Thompson, and the […]
Rafael Nadal is keeping his fingers crossed he will be able to play in the Australian Open after needing medical treatment during a gruelling loss to Jordan Thompson at his comeback tournament. Nadal looked poised to claim another straight-sets win at the Brisbane International when he brought up a first match point in the 10th […]
Jan. 3 (UPI) — Wildlife officials in Queensland, Australia, are investigating a report of a large crocodile that jumped out of the water and into an angler’s boat. The Queensland Department of Environment, Science and Innovation said a man was fishing in his tin boat at Jane Creek, near St. Helen’s Beach in an area […]
Novak Djokovic is confident he can recover from a wrist injury in time for his Australian Open title defence. The world number one struggled with a problem with his right wrist and was not at his best in a straight-sets defeat to Alex de Minuar in the United Cup in Perth. Djokovic, bidding for a […]
Retiring Warner is fifth on Australia’s list of Test run scorers with 8,695 in 111 Tests Australia opener David Warner has pleaded for his “baggy green” cap to be returned after revealing it has been stolen from his luggage. Warner said the cap was in his backpack which was taken while he travelled to Sydney […]
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Hackers accessed the court recordings database in Australia’s Victoria state and disrupted the audio-visual in-court technology network, impacting recordings and transcription services, an official said on Tuesday. Recordings of some court hearings between Nov. 1 and Dec. 21, 2023 may have been stolen, Court Services Victoria CEO Louise Anderson said in a […]
At least 10 people have died as bad weather hit the Australian eastern states of Queensland and Victoria. Three men, aged 48, 59 and 69, were killed after a boat with 11 people aboard capsized in rough weather in Moreton Bay off the south Queensland coast on Tuesday, police said. Eight survivors were taken to […]