Richard Wood

4 days ago | 9news.com.au | Richard Wood

Australia's financial crime watchdog today announced a crackdown on scams linked to cryptocurrency ATMs which are costing people millions of dollars. AUSTRAC says regulation has lagged behind the explosion in the number of cryptocurrency ATMs, with criminals exploiting the use of the machines. They enable users to buy or sell cryptocurrency with cash, and can be exploited by criminals who pressure victims into using these machines to send them cryptocurrency.

4 days ago | 9news.com.au | Richard Wood

One in three Australian men have admitted to committing intimate partner violence, new world-leading research has found. The Australian Institute of Family Studies' Ten to Men study is the biggest of its kind. In 2013-2014, it began monitoring about 16,000 boys, and a decade later added a further 10,000 men to the research. Intimate partner violence or IPV is defined as physical and emotional abuse.

4 days ago | 9news.com.au | Richard Wood

Indian customs officers have arrested a man for attempting to smuggle venomous snakes and other reptiles into the country. He was stopped by officials at Mumbai airport on Sunday after flying from Thailand, the BBC reports. The Indian citizen's checked-in luggage was found to have 47 hidden reptiles, including venomous pythons. They were seized under Indian wildlife protection laws. The man remains in custody and has not been identified.

5 days ago | 9news.com.au | Richard Wood

The man was quickly pulled away, either by fellow protesters, or as some theories go, by Chinese security officers. To this day, we don't know who he is and what happened to him. But he remains a powerful symbol of defiance. The Tiananmen Square protests ended in a massacre when the troops opened fire. Students, workers and other ordinary citizens fought back, setting fire to some military vehicles, but they were overwhelmed.

5 days ago | 9news.com.au | Richard Wood

US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth's warning that China poses an "imminent" threat to Taiwan should be taken seriously by the Australian government, a security expert is warning today. The Pentagon chief provoked a diplomatic storm in a speech to a regional security forum in Singapore on the weekend when he said China was seeking dominance over the Indo-Pacific. Beijing responded by describing the US of being the "biggest troublemaker" for regional peace.