Woman who blackmailed Son Heung-min gets four years in jail
The woman claiming she was carrying the ex-Tottenham captain’s child and extorted $200,000 from him. ⌘ Read more

Proposed testing changes for imported raw prawns labelled ‘short-sighted’
The federal government is being accused of allowing “trade to trump biosecurity”, over proposed changes critics claim will “weaken” and “roll back” testing of potentially diseased raw prawn imports. ⌘ Read more

Man found not guilty of Melbourne woman’s murder due to mental impairment
The family of a Melbourne woman who was brutally killed by her partner say they’re distraught after the man was found not guilty due to mental impairment. ⌘ Read more

Nant whisky founder not guilty plea over alleged fraud
The founder of a Tasmanian distillery behind an alleged investor fraud scheme has pleaded not guilty to 736 criminal offences. ⌘ Read more

Trump says $72bn Netflix-Warner Bros deal ‘could be a problem’
The planned deal would cement Netflix in its position as the world’s biggest subscription streaming service. ⌘ Read more

NRL proposes lengthy bans for Tonga officials following Katoa head knocks
Three Tonga team officials are facing two-year suspensions following the NRL’s investigation into the incident that forced Eli Katoa out of the 2026 season. ⌘ Read more

Driver jailed over single-vehicle crash that killed three friends
A young driver who crashed his car near Tarago, killing his girlfriend and two friends, has been sentenced to more than six years in jail. ⌘ Read more

More than 30 zinc sunscreen brands using formula that failed preliminary SPF testing
It’s been almost two years since Craig Jones first ran preliminary tests on his zinc sunscreen. When he discovered it wasn’t providing the SPF it was supposed to he threw it out and set out on a quest to find out why. ⌘ Read more

Man accused of raping aged care resident tells court of break-in
Hayden Carl Skinner tells the District Court in Coffs Harbour that the open doors of the facility inspired a “spur of the moment” break-in to settle a drug debt. ⌘ Read more

Trump says $72bn Netflix-Warner Bros deal ‘could be a problem’
The planned deal would cement Netflix in its position as the world’s biggest subscription streaming service. ⌘ Read more

Rajwinder Singh found guilty of Toyah Cordingley’s 2018 murder
It took a jury in the Supreme Court in Cairns seven hours to reach the unanimous guilty verdict after an almost four-week retrial. ⌘ Read more

Trump makes history hosting Kennedy Center Honors — here’s how we got here
Donald Trump has made the Kennedy Center a touchstone in a broader attack against what he claims is “woke”, anti-American culture. ⌘ Read more

How childcare paedophile Ashley Paul Griffith could have been stopped
A review has identified 18 points or “missed opportunities” where Ashley Paul Griffith’s offending could have been disrupted or stopped, had a different action been taken. ⌘ Read more

‘Disrespectful’ Salah comments threw club under bus - Rooney
Wayne Rooney says the critical comments made by Mohamed Salah after Liverpool’s 3-3 draw with Leeds were “disrespectful” and have thrown the club “under the bus”. ⌘ Read more

Why picking up her phone made Samantha question her ability as a new mum
Readers share how they approached their online and social media use in the weeks immediately after giving birth. ⌘ Read more

Jeremy Bowen: Syria feels lighter without the Assads’ crushing weight - but now there are new problems
One year into his rule Syria’s leader has won over Trump and much of the West, but at home people know his weaknesses. ⌘ Read more

Minister admits sharp rise needed to hit 1.5m housing target
Housing Secretary Steve Reed tells the BBC’s Build Baby Build ministers are “pulling every lever” to increase building. ⌘ Read more

Labuschagne praises Aussies’ makeshift opening pair as Khawaja call looms
Marnus Labuschagne says Australia’s opening partnership is making the rest of the batting order improve, as selectors deliberate over Usman Khawaja’s Test future. ⌘ Read more

Toddler’s septic tank death ‘likely would have been prevented’ with maintenance
A coroner’s report has found there were multiple missed opportunities to improve or replace the public housing septic system, which the NT government had responsibility for. ⌘ Read more

Man in coma after allegedly smashing head into ambulance windscreen
A 25-year-old man is in a coma and cannot attend court after he allegedly smashed an ambulance windscreen with his head while naked. ⌘ Read more

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Perth man guilty of making ‘upskirt’ videos of women, girls
A man who made ‘upskirt’ videos of women and girls in public places in Perth is found guilty of multiple charges. ⌘ Read more

Trump says $72bn Netflix-Warner Bros deal ‘could be a problem’
The planned deal would cement Netflix in its position as the world’s biggest subscription streaming service. ⌘ Read more

Dolphin Sands resident ‘frustrated’ by bushfire communication
More questions have been raised about the official warnings ahead of a bushfire that destroyed 19 homes in a tiny Tasmanian seaside community where there is one road in and out. ⌘ Read more

All of Russia’s Porsches Were Bricked By a Mysterious Satellite Outage
An anonymous reader shared this report from Autoblog:

Imagine walking out to your car, pressing the start button, and getting absolutely nothing. No crank, no lights on the dash, nothing. That’s exactly what happened to hundreds of Porsche owners in Russia last week. The issue is with the Vehicle Tracking System, a satellite-based sec … ⌘ Read more

Queensland man charged with allegedly displaying Nazi symbols
Police allege the 43-year-old UK citizen was advocating for violence online and had swords bearing swastika symbols seized from his Queensland home. ⌘ Read more

**Zelensky due at Downing Street for high-level Ukraine talks **
Sir Keir Starmer will also welcome the leaders of France and Germany as Europe looks to respond to a US-led push for a peace deal. ⌘ Read more

Coalition puts heat on Wells over trips to cricket and AFL with family
The Coalition is applying more heat to Sport Minister Anika Wells over flights she claimed for herself and her husband to attend two Boxing Day cricket test matches in recent years, and several AFL Grand Final events. ⌘ Read more

Qld facing fresh legal challenge over controversial puberty blocker ban
The action is being taken on behalf of the same mother of a transgender teenager who previously successfully fought the state’s first ban. ⌘ Read more

Teenager allegedly involved in fatal Melbourne stabbing faces court
Police charge an 18-year-old man with offences including intentionally causing injury and affray, following the incident that claimed the life of a 40-year-old in Ascot Vale on Sunday afternoon. ⌘ Read more

One of PNG’s rare conjoined twins dies after urgent surgery
Surgeons have separated a rare set of conjoined twins after they were urgently airlifted from Papua New Guinea to Australia, but only one of the boys has survived. ⌘ Read more

**Water leak in Louvre damages hundreds of books **
The leak in the Egyptian department comes just weeks after a jewellery heist that put the museum’s security infrastructure under scrutiny. ⌘ Read more

Men jailed for gang rapes at bucks weekend have convictions quashed
Marius Hawell, his brother and a friend have had their convictions thrown out on grounds of appeal, after being handed jail sentences of between nine and 14 years. ⌘ Read more

Thailand launches air strikes amid new clashes with Cambodia
Thailand launches air strikes along its disputed border with Cambodia, after both countries accuse one another of breaching a ceasefire agreement brokered by US President Donald Trump. ⌘ Read more

Breaking: Government will not extend energy bill relief
Jim Chalmers says the end to the “temporary” subsidy was a “hard” decision but recognises pressures on the budget. ⌘ Read more

Can This Simple Invention Convert Waste Heat Into Electricity?
Nuclear engineer Lonnie Johnson worked on NASA’s Galileo mission, has more than 140 patents, and invented the Super Soaker water gun.
But now he’s working on “a potential key to unlock a huge power source that’s rarely utilized today,” reports the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. [Alternate URL here.]

Waste heat…

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Pedestrian killed as car crashes into Melbourne medical centre
Police are investigating the death of a male pedestrian after a car crashed into a building in Niddrie, in Melbourne’s west, with a 63-year-old driver taken to hospital under police guard. ⌘ Read more

Water leak at the Louvre damages hundreds of works
The leak occurred after a valve was accidentally opened in a heating and ventilation system, allowing water to seep through the ceiling of the Mollien wing. ⌘ Read more

Breaking: Cleveland Dodd’s care in youth detention ‘inhumane’, coroner finds
Western Australia’s first recorded death in youth detention was predictable, a coroner has found, finding the care of 16-year-old Cleveland Dodd was “inhumane” and “reminiscent of 19th century jails”. WARNING: This story contains the name and image of an Indigenous person who has died. ⌘ Read more

I’m A Celebrity 2025 winner crowned in series final
The winner of the ITV reality show’s 25th regular series is crowned in the Australian jungle. ⌘ Read more

South Australian prisons in lockdown day after alleged bashing of prisoner
All South Australian prisons are in lockdown a day after a prisoner was allegedly assaulted, but the Department for Correctional Services says the industrial action was pre-planned. ⌘ Read more

Why Meetings Can Harm Employee Well-Being
Phys.org republishes this article from The Conversation:

On average, managers spend 23 hours a week in meetings. Much of what happens in them is considered to be of low value, or even entirely counterproductive. The paradox is that bad meetings generate even more meetings… in an attempt to repair the damage caused by previous ones…

A 2015 handbook laid the groundwork for the nascent fiel … ⌘ Read more

The Papers: Heathrow ‘pepper spray attack’ and ‘Harry gun cop U-turn’
A pepper spray incident at Heathrow Airport and a Home Office review of Prince Harry’s UK protection leads Monday’s papers. ⌘ Read more

Iced 0.14 Released For Popular Rust Cross-Platform GUI LIbrary
Released today is a new version of Iced, the popular cross-platform GUI library for the Rust programming language. Iced is notably used by the COSMIC desktop environment and a growing variety of different Rust apps… ⌘ Read more

Festive invite overload? How to get better at saying no
We often end up agreeing to do things we don’t want to do. Here are three ways to help you say no. ⌘ Read more

Japan is facing a dementia crisis – can technology help?
Elderly people aged 65 and over now make up nearly 30% of Japan’s population. ⌘ Read more

EU Urged to Soften 2035 Ban on Internal Combustion Engine Cars
Friday six European Union countries “asked the European Commission to water down an effective ban on the sale of internal combustion engine cars slated for 2035,” reports Reuters

The countries have asked the EU Commission to allow the sale of hybrid cars or vehicles powered by other, existing or future, technologies “that could contribute to the goa … ⌘ Read more

Being together brings us closer to our girls, say Southport families
Parents of Alice, Bebe and Elsie tell BBC documentary they have supported each other through grief. ⌘ Read more

Starmer to host Zelensky for Ukraine talks in London
The pair will be joined by France’s Emmanuel Macron and Germany’s Friedrich Merz on Monday. ⌘ Read more

Selby holds off spirited Trump to win third UK title
Mark Selby holds off a spirited Judd Trump fightback to win 10-8 and claim his third UK Championship title in York. ⌘ Read more