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Nov 27, 2025 - World

Report by Queensland’s Crime and Corruption Commission says Thompson leaked confidential council documents to an unnamed ‘adviser’Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe former Townsville mayor Troy Thompson misled the electorate about a cancer diagnosis, his military history and university qualifications, according to a report by the Crime and Corruption Commission.The CCC also found that, as mayor, Thompson leaked numerous confidential documents to an unnamed “adviser”, sending them 8,741 encrypted WhatsApp messages in a five-month period. Continue reading...

Nov 27, 2025 - World

Three top officials of the engineering company renovating the tower complex have been arrested in a suspected case of manslaughter.

Nov 27, 2025 - World

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Nov 27, 2025 - World

Rahmanullah Lakanwal, 29, worked with agency-backed military units during US war in AfghanistanWashington DC national guard shooting: what we know so farThe suspected shooter of two national guard members in Washington DC on Wednesday worked with CIA-backed military units during the US war in Afghanistan, the agency has confirmed.The alleged gunman, identified as Rahmanullah Lakanwal, 29, came to the US in September 2021 under an Operation Allies Welcome program that gave some Afghans who had worked for the US government entry visas to the US. He was granted asylum in April this year, under the Trump administration, Reuters reported. Continue reading...

Nov 27, 2025 - World

Mia Lucas, who died in Sheffield after being sectioned, had undiagnosed condition causing ‘acute psychosis’A 12-year-old girl who took her own life after being sectioned was failed by medical staff who did not spot her underlying brain disorder, an inquest has found.Mia Lucas was found unresponsive in her room at the Becton Centre, which is part of Sheffield children’s hospital, on 29 January last year.In the UK and Ireland, Samaritans can be contacted on freephone 116 123, or email [email protected] or [email protected]. In the US, you can call or text the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline on 988, chat on 988lifeline.org, or text HOME to 741741 to connect with a crisis counselor. In Australia, the crisis support service Lifeline is 13 11 14. Other international helplines can be found at befrienders.org Continue reading...