As the cost of legal tobacco products has increased, gangs have stepped in, an official says.
9:30pm
Emergency services were called to a home in Boolaroo - about 20km west of Newcastle.
8:45pm
Darcey-Helen Conley, aged two-and-a-half, and Chloe-Ann, 18 months, died after the car they were in reached an estimated temperature of 61.5C.
8:07pm
Galeana the cat was reportedly found in good health, even though she'd had no food or water for days.
3:00pm
His wife Sue, 71, was also discovered at their residence with serious head injuries and rushed to hospital where she remains.
1:32pm
Russia’s best-known opposition politician and Putin’s most persistent foe, died on February 16 in a remote penal colony above the Arctic Circle.
11:17am
A freight train carrying fuel derailed and caught fire near the Arizona-New Mexico state line, forcing the closure of a major highway.
10:48am
Three women were diagnosed with HIV after getting "vampire facial" procedures at an unlicensed New Mexico medical spa.
9:59am
The US president and Israeli PM spoke as Israel vows to invade Gaza city despite global concern for 1 million Palestinians sheltering there.
9:42am
Modelled after the Warrior Games in the United States, the Invictus Games were founded by Harry in 2014 to offer wounded veterans the challenge of competing in sports events.
9:27am
Five-day trial is scheduled to kick off today, after One Nation leader Pauline Hanson directed a hateful tweet at a Greens senator in 2022.
9:25am
Dozens of people in northern Italy have raised their arms in the fascist salute to honour Italian dictator Benito Mussolini on the 79th anniversary of his execution.
6:50am
Prime Minister joined demonstrators over the weekend calling to confront the issue of domestic violence.
6:47am
"I'm a grown man running against a 6-year-old," he joked of his rival.
6:25am
0:46
A Ukrainian general reported that Russian forces continue to attack "along the entire front line" of more than 1,000 kilometres.
6:22am
A former Colorado sheriff's deputy was convicted yesterday of a misdemeanour in the shooting death of Christian Glass in June 2022.
Sunday 9:34pm
The Russian government has also cracked down on opposition figures. One prominent activist, Vladimir Kara-Murza was sentenced to 25 years.
Sunday 4:16pm
On the ground in India, and increasingly in New Zealand, critics are raising the alarm about elements of Narendra Modi's Hindu nationalist ideology.
Sunday 3:23pm
Negotiations earlier this month centred on a six-week cease-fire proposal and the release of 40 hostages in exchange for freeing hundreds of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails.
Sunday 1:55pm
The watch was sold for 1.175 million pounds ($2.5 million NZD) on Saturday to a private collector in the US - the highest amount ever for Titanic memorabilia, the auctioneers said.
Sunday 12:07pm
1:41
More than two dozen journalists in Gaza wrote a letter last week calling on their colleagues in Washington to boycott the dinner altogether.
Sunday 10:56am
Authorities said the case appears to be among the first of its kind in the country and called for new laws to guard against the technology.
Sunday 9:58am
The two nations talk past each other on most issues, but at least they’re still talking, the Associated Press' diplomatic writer Matthew Lee reports.
Sunday 8:30am
Attorney Arthur Aidala said Weinstein was moved to Bellevue Hospital in Manhattan after his arrival on Friday to city jails.
Sunday 7:10am
Kate Callingham, 39, was a "beloved partner, mother, daughter and friend, and a keen-minded leader in the arts and cultural life in Melbourne".
Sunday 7:00am