Category: The New Daily

One of Russia’s most senior navy officers has been shown attending a video conference, a day after Ukrainian special forces said they had killed him. In video and photographs released by the Russian defence ministry, the commander of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet Viktor Sokolov was shown apparently taking part

Greater Western Sydney’s Adam Kingsley has capped an extraordinary debut season in charge of the Giants by being named the AFL’s coach of the year. After taking on the job vacated by long-time coach Leon Cameron, Kingsley endured a tough start to his career at the Giants before almost qualifying

Spanish prosecutors have charged pop star Shakira with failing to pay 6.7 million euros ($11.1 million) in tax on her 2018 income, in the country’s latest financial allegations against the Colombian singer. Shakira is alleged to have used an offshore company based in a tax haven to avoid paying the

The captain of a river cruise boat that collided with another vessel in Hungary’s capital in 2019, killing at least 27 people, has been found guilty of negligence and sentenced to five-and-a-half years in prison. Hungarian Judge Leona Nemeth found the negligence of the Ukrainian captain, Yuriy Chaplinsky, caused his

As documented by the Australian War Memorial, when German troops invaded Poland in 1939, then Prime Minister Sir Robert Menzies announced the beginning of Australia’s involvement in World War II on every radio station around the country. “It is my melancholy duty to inform you officially that in consequence of

Taylor Swift’s cultural impact and lyrics will be under the microscope at an upcoming academic conference in Australia, as the pop star sends fans into meltdown over her romance with an American sportsman. The world-first conference will take place over three days in February, just days before Swift brings her

Westpac has unveiled a big change to its branch access, and is allowing customers to make cash transactions at any of its Bank of Melbourne, BankSA and St George Bank locations. The move bucks the trend set by some of the country’s other big banks, with Macquarie Bank revealing earlier

Daniel Andrews, who has announced he will step down after nearly nine years as premier, leaves office as a titan of Victorian politics. An activist premier, a gifted political communicator and a hard man of politics, he has been an enormously consequential leader and one of national significance. He is

Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews has been described as a leader with a “remarkable political antennae” whose legacy – for better or worse – will loom large over the state for years to come. Andrews announced his shock resignation on Tuesday afternoon, saying he’d decided to call time on his near-decade

A Monash University report states that nearly 30 per cent of Australian consumers believe it is fine to take an item from a shop without paying for it. The Cost of Living and Consumer Deviance Spotlight report comes as many Australians struggle to survive during this cost-of-living crisis, where grocery

Record growth in clean energy technology, including solar panels and electric vehicles, means it is still possible to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius, the International Energy Agency (IEA) says. But it also says the world will need to invest nearly $US4.5 trillion ($7 trillion) per year in the

St Bernard dogs, one of Switzerland’s national symbols that were internationally renowned for helping in alpine rescues, are now saving people in other ways. The Barry Foundation – a non-profit that took over breeding of the dog in 2005 from the world’s oldest St Bernard kennels high in the