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China spies on US, Trump says, as Amazon axes crash-linked carrier
Trump insisted China spies on America just as America spies on China after claims Beijing aided an Iranian missile strike; Amazon suspends 21 Air over Miami crash safety failures, Alan Jones stands trial in Sydney and a Tracy coach faces locker-room recording charges.
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Beta Cinema Posts Fresh Deals For Trudie Styler’s ‘Up Against It’ Ahead Of TIFF Debut
Beta Cinema has announced a fresh wave of territorial sales for Trudie Styler’s comedy Up Against It, ahead of the film’s world premiere as a gala presentation at the Toronto International Film Festival this week. The new deals push the film’s total sales past 50 territories, underlining strong international distributor confidence in the project as…
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Houthi attacks close Saudi pipeline as crude oil prices jump above $108
Oil prices surged past $108 a barrel after Saudi Arabia was forced to shut a key east-west crude pipeline following drone attacks, part of a broader escalation in the Middle East that also pushed global bond yields sharply higher and stoked fears of renewed inflation. Brent crude jumped 3.7% to more than $108.5 on Monday…
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From Spare Room to Social Hub: Home Cue Sports Are Making a Comeback
This lifestyle feature explores how home cue sports, such as pool, snooker and billiards, are experiencing a resurgence as people convert spare rooms, garages and other underused spaces into casual games areas. The piece frames this as a welcome shift away from screen-based entertainment, arguing that a pool table encourages face-to-face interaction, brings families and…
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How Tiffany Table Lamps Bring Art and Warmth Into Modern Interiors
This feature article discusses Tiffany-style table lamps as a way to add artistic character and warmth to home interiors, contrasting them with the plainer, more technology-focused lighting typical of modern design. It highlights how these lamps, with their stained-glass shades and detailed patterns, can serve as decorative accent pieces in living rooms and bedrooms, even…
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Seamless Indoor-Outdoor Living: How Architectural Glazing is Transforming Scottish Homes
This article discusses how architectural glazing—large-scale glass installations including floor-to-ceiling walls, frameless corner windows and sliding door systems—is reshaping residential design in Scotland, moving homes away from the small-windowed, thick-walled traditional cottages and tenements built to withstand harsh weather. The shift reflects a broader cultural move towards open-plan living, natural light and a closer visual…
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Sisters who survived massacre of British family in the Alps may return to the scene for a reenactment, French cops reveal days after gun was found in nearby lake
French investigators say the two sisters who survived the 2012 massacre of their family in the French Alps may take part in a reenactment at the crime scene, as detectives try to extract fresh memories of the attack. Saad Al-Hilli, his wife Iqbal, her mother Suhaila and a local cyclist were shot dead near Lake…
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Global oil supply fears grow and prices surge as satellite images reveal extent of damage to key Saudi pipeline after drone attack
Global supplies of Saudi Arabian crude could run critically low within days after a drone strike, launched from Iraq, damaged the kingdom’s vital 745-mile east-west pipeline, prompting Riyadh to shut it down. The pipeline normally diverts around 4 million barrels a day to the Red Sea port of Yanbu, allowing Saudi Arabia to bypass the…
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Aussie driver’s shock as speeding fines from 2007 arrive nearly 20 years later: ‘I’ve got no recollection’
A Canberra driver, Robert Scott, has been left baffled after receiving two speeding fines in the post for offences allegedly committed nearly 19 years ago, in 2007. Mr Scott, now 42, says he has no memory of the incidents and was never previously notified, despite registering multiple vehicles and being stopped by police since without…