JobKeeper loophole sees THOUSANDS of workers locked out of the ,500 payments
Thousands of workers at some of Australia's largest companies will not be eligible for JobKeeper payments during Melbourne's stage four coronavirus lockdown. Read more...
Holocaust survivor opened up about Dr Mengele inhumane experiments
Romania-born Eva Kor, who was one of the 3,000 twins Nazi doctor Mengele performed experiments on in Auschwitz, has revealed her experiences in a posthumous memoir, published this week. Read more...
Memorial Drive review Natasha Trethewey has crafted an indelible memorial to her mother
In 1985, when Natasha Trethewey was 19, her former stepfather shot and killed her mother at point-blank range at their home in Atlanta. Read more...
Teenage thug who stamped on man's head in unprovoked attack is jailed for more than seven years
Robin Foster, 19, asked his victim for a cigarette in Oldbury, West Midlands, last August before punching him. When the victim fled, he chased him for a mile to a Shell garage and stamped on his head. Read more...
Goalkeepers given more leeway on saving penalties under new laws made by IFAB
Penalties will no longer be automatically retaken if the goalkeeper infringes in the build-up to a spot-kick, under new law changes to be implemented when UEFA competitions resume this week. Read more...
N.Y.C. Health Commissioner Resigns After Clashes With Mayor Over Virus
The resignation of Dr. Oxiris Barbot, the commissioner since 2018, came after Mayor Bill de Blasio stripped her agency of a key virus-tracing program. Read more...
Harrogate Town to begin work on replacing artificial 3G pitch
The North Yorkshire club must start life in the top four divisions next season away from their CNG Stadium after confirming it will take 10 weeks to lay a new grass pitch. Read more...
Melbourne anti-masker, 36, 'threatens police'
The 36-year-old Melbourne man was seen behaving erratically inside a department store on Tuesday. Daniel Andrews (pictured) has brought in rules forcing people in Victoria to wear masks. Read more...
Automakers Are Making Cars, but Virus Surge Puts That at Risk
Some workers are calling on the industry to shut down plants in states where virus cases have increased sharply in recent weeks. Read more...
An event that brings thousands of tourists to a small South Dakota city is about to begin
Despite objections from a majority of its residents, a South Dakota city is preparing to host what some locals say is the largest gathering of motorcycle enthusiasts in the world. Read more...
Emma Donoghue, Amity Gaige, John Boyne and William Shaw This week's best new fiction
Eerily topical, Donoghue's new novel reads like an episode of Call The Midwife set during a pandemic. The main character is a nurse on a Dublin maternity ward in 1918. Read more...
Satellite images reveal Antarctica is home to 20 per cent more penguin colonies than thought
In the study, scientists from British Antarctic Survey (BAS) used images from the European Commission's Copernicus Sentinel-2 satellite mission. Read more...
Taking a Spear Into the Sea, and Washing Anxiety Away
I kept seeing people in Sydney carry spearguns to and from the ocean. To understand why, I held my breath and dived in. Read more...
British Candidate Clarifies Just Which Immigrants Disturb Him
In a contentious radio interview, a British nationalist politician from an anti-immigrant party denied being racist. Read more...
MIT scientists design a reusable SILICONE face mask
The new 'iMASC,' made of silicon and rubber, incorporates N95 filters, but is made out of slick materials that are highly impermeable but is far easier and faster to sterilize than N95s. Read more...
Boy, 10, survived for more than an hour at sea after following advice from a documentary
Raviraj Saini, 10, was reported missing after being swept out to sea near Scarborough Spa in Yorkshire last Friday and was found following 'Float to Live' instructions he had seen on television. Read more...
Amazon's bestselling smart speaker 3rd Gen Echo Dot under 30
Amazon's bestselling and most popular smart speaker, the 3rd Gen Echo Dot with Alexa voice control is currently enjoying a 40 per cent discount. Read more...
The Animals Are Dying. Soon We Will Be Alone Here.
In Migrations, Charlotte McConaghys visceral reimagining of Moby-Dick, a young woman documents some of the worlds last surviving seabirds. Read more...