For our free coronavirus pandemic coverage, learn more here. The Omicron outbreak killed more Victorians than other coronavirus variants, but experts say many of those deaths could have been prevented had governments been more proactive about booster shots, rapid antigen tests and restricting large events. The experts say politicians must avoid repeating the same mistakes if another outbreak occurs, by […]

The owner of a luxury Airbnb property in Hepburn has been charged for a second time with using a carriage device to harass, after allegedly telling a guest she would “burn in hell” for posting that his award-winning guesthouse was “just okay’ on a travel website. David Penman, 53, was granted a diversion in the Melbourne Magistrates Court last week, […]

RUSSIAN billionaire Alisher Usmanov owns the largest superyacht in the world – and it will cost you the same as four supercars just to fill it up. The plush 512ft vessel – which has the largest indoor pool ever installed on a superyacht – is said to cost up to £60million to run every year. Dilbar, custom built for 68-year-old […]

      Nightbirde, an America's Got Talent standout and fan favorite on season 16, has died. She was 31. The Zanesville, Ohio native, whose real name is Jane Marczewski, died on Sunday, according to TMZ. A rep for America's Got Talent did not immediately respond to PEOPLE's request for comment. "We are saddened to learn about @_nightbirde's Passing. Our Condolences goes […]

The Voice pop star Bo Bruce WINS bitter court fight against her viscount brother over their £2m inheritance and late mother’s Wiltshire estate after he refused to sell it and give her a share because he wanted to keep the home ‘in the family’ Bo Bruce, 37, wins court battle against her brother, Thomas, Viscount Savernake  Siblings had been in […]

Hedgehogs are heading for the cities: Numbers rising in urban areas but families asked to build them ‘highways’ in their gardens to help the prickly mammals Hedgehogs are now finding homes in cities after countryside populations fell The population in urban areas is stabilising around the 170,000 to 200,000  Hedgehogs are increasingly making cities their home after years of decline […]

PEOPLE are being advised to avoid a highway in Coolidge, Arizona after a train derailed. Around 20 cars of a Union Pacific Railroad train derailed shortly before noon. However, no injuries were reported, Union Pacific said. One of the cars was transporting cyclohexanone, a solvent used to degrease metals and for spot removal. The solvent spilled after the crash and […]

Putin orders troops into Ukraine on ‘peacekeeping mission’: Russian leader tells defence chiefs to send in his armed forces to two rebel-held territories after he recognised their independence and paved way for an invasion Vladimir Putin will recognise Ukraine’s eastern regions as independent and sign a degree to that effect shortly Move would pave the way for Russian troops to […]

Happy Twosday! Tomorrow is a once-in-a-lifetime milestone as all numbers line up to create a unique 2.22.22 date that won’t come around for another 200 years (and yes it falls on a Tuesday) Social media is buzzing with anticipation as people wait for the start of Twosday  The once-in-a-lifetime day is when the date’s numbers line up to be 2.22.22 […]

CHICAGO (AP) — An activist investor is trying to make McDonald's change the way it buys pork for its bacon cheeseburgers and sausage patties. Investor Carl Icahn has nominated two new candidates for McDonald's board of directors, the fast food chain confirmed Sunday. The issue Icahn wants to change is that some of McDonald's pork suppliers confine pregnant pigs in […]