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2 weeks ago | 
abc.net.au | Annika Burgess |Hannah Barry
Multiple large superannuation funds have been targeted in suspected cyber attacks that led to some members losing several thousand dollars in retirements savings. Hostplus, Rest, AustralianSuper and Australian Retirement Trust are among the providers targeted. The attacks were discovered over the weekend, and follow rising reports of online security threats in Australia with a cyber crime reported every 6 minutes.
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3 weeks ago | 
abc.net.au | Annika Burgess |Zena Chamas |Hannah Barry
It's Liberation Day in the US — a term coined by Donald Trump to signal the day the country gets its "money and respect back" by imposing tariffs on a number of international trade partners.
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2 months ago | 
abc.net.au | Annika Burgess |Ahmed Yussuf
For the first time in nearly five years, pensioners are feeling a slight cost-of-living relief, according to the latest data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). Aged pensioner and beneficiary household living costs fell 0.1 per cent in the December 2024 quarter. It was the first fall in quarterly living costs since June 2020 for households whose main source of income is government payments.
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Jan 23, 2025 | 
abc.net.au | Ahmed Yussuf |Annika Burgess
Tomorrow marks five years since the first case of COVID-19 was confirmed in Australia. The country was in the midst of the catastrophic Black Summer bushfires. So, reports about a mystery virus spreading in the Chinese city of Wuhan since December 2019 were largely overshadowed. But the world as we knew it was already changing. By January 25, 2020, COVID clusters were growing across several countries and global anxiety was building.
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Jan 15, 2025 | 
abc.net.au | Annika Burgess |Brianna Morris-Grant
From biology classrooms to the battlefields of Ukraine. Oscar Jenkins was a regular citizen when he joined the Ukrainian International Legion. Now the Australian government has been making "urgent enquiries" with Russian authorities about a report the 32-year-old teacher from Melbourne had been killed. A video surfaced in December showing Mr Jenkins being interrogated and hit by Russian forces.
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Jan 13, 2025 | 
abc.net.au | Annika Burgess
California's devastating wildfires have exposed an insurance crisis plaguing many disaster-prone areas around the world, and risk pushing up premiums in Australia. The fires are shaping up to be one of the costliest disasters in US history. Thousands of homes have already been reduced to ashes and fire threats are expected to remain critical for days. Analysts estimate that the insurance price tag could be more than $US20 billion ($32 billion).
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Dec 15, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Annika Burgess
The world is watching to see how Syria's political landscape changes after a lightning advance by rebels swept Bashar al-Assad out of power. But already, some clear winners and losers are emerging. Throughout the Assad family's half-century rule, several foreign powers have had a strong presence in the country. Russia and Iran were on one side backing Assad. While Türkiye, the United States, and its various allies were on the other, supporting different anti-government rebel groups.
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Dec 10, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Annika Burgess
The fall of Syrian president Bashar al-Assad has dealt yet another major blow to Iran's so-called "Axis of Resistance", experts say. For decades, Iran has been building up its network of like-minded militant groups and proxies to counter US and Israeli power across the Middle East. But the alliance has been significantly weakened over the past year.
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Nov 30, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Annika Burgess
A controversy is unfolding in Israel over the leak of classified military documents to international media that prosecutors say may have harmed efforts to free hostages held by Hamas. An aide to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been charged. He is accused of passing on top-secret information with the intent to sway public opinion and damage state security. An Israeli soldier was separately charged for handing over the documents, which were allegedly retrieved from Gaza.
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Nov 29, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Annika Burgess
Foam decoys, 'vacuum' warheads, and improved navigation are making Russia's drone attacks larger and more difficult to defend against, experts say. Moscow is unleashing its expanding arsenal of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) on Ukraine at a rate and intensity never seen before. A record number of drones were launched across 17 regions in a single attack this week, striking apartment blocks and critical infrastructure.
