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Jul 8, 2026 - World

China has allocated millions in relief funding for disaster-hit areas after severe storms and a deadly landslide

Jul 8, 2026 - World

The network disruption – which brought trains, traffic lights and Eftpos payments to a halt – raises questions about the resilience of servicesFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastWednesday’s national Telstra mobile outage serves as another stark reminder of how reliant on connectivity Australia now is, and how single points of failure can have widespread consequences across the country.The nearly five-hour outage – which brought train lines to a halt, affected traffic lights, stopped Eftpos payments and even prevented people being able to charge their electric vehicles – was caused by what Telstra’s chief financial officer, Michael Ackland, said was time-keeping servers that feed up-to-date information to the rest of the network. Continue reading...

Jul 8, 2026 - World

Pakistan’s Navy and civilian authorities have expanded the search for a cargo plane feared to have crashed after it disappeared from radar and lost contact with air traffic control en route to the city of Karachi

Jul 8, 2026 - World

Healthcare workers at the epicenter of Congo’s Ebola outbreak are walking off their jobs to protest delays in their payments

Jul 8, 2026 - World

Rescue teams in the southern Indian state of Kerala are racing to find five people still missing a day after heavy monsoon rains caused a deadly landslide