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19 hours ago | nz.news.yahoo.com | Michael Dahlstrom

On a Thursday afternoon Jetstar flight, just minutes after meals were eaten, an attendant pushing a trolley asked passengers to separate their rubbish. “Jetstar aims to recycle as much as possible,” the employee said. In Australia, it’s a legal requirement passengers follow directions from flight crews, so everyone dutifully decoupled their beer bottles, Pringles packets, noodle boxes and forks.

1 day ago | nz.news.yahoo.com | Michael Dahlstrom

Australian children had been playing at a popular playground, completely unaware that a massive crocodile was living in a nearby waterway. Images supplied by Queensland’s Department of Environment show the 3.4-metre-long salty being hauled from wetlands at Ingham in the state’s far north. Although the large reptile was simply existing in its natural environment, the 110-hectare Tyto Wetlands, it was targeted for removal because it was dangerously close to the playground and recreational reserve.

1 day ago | nz.news.yahoo.com | Jesse Bedayn

A rock climber who survived a long fall that killed his three companions hiked back to his car despite serious injuries and told a 911 dispatcher that he could “hardly breathe,” according to a recording obtained Thursday by The Associated Press. Anton Tselykh and his climbing partners were descending a gully between towering granite spires in Washington's North Cascades mountains on Saturday evening when an anchor securing their ropes tore out the rock. All four plummeted hundreds of feet.

1 day ago | nz.news.yahoo.com | Ted Hennessey

Andrew Norfolk, the former Times reporter who exposed the Rotherham grooming gang scandal, has died aged 60, the newspaper said. Sir Keir Starmer said Mr Norfolk, who died on May 8 after suffering ill health, was “absolutely integral” in helping to change the law so more grooming gang members could be convicted.

1 day ago | nz.news.yahoo.com | Neil Lancefield |Ted Hennessey

Investigators probing the sinking of the Bayesian have detailed the final moments of tech tycoon Mike Lynch’s doomed superyacht. The billionaire entrepreneur, 59, and his 18-year-old daughter Hannah were among seven people killed when the vessel sank off the Sicilian coast on August 19, 2024. An interim report into the sinking, released by the Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) on Thursday, shows wind speeds of 63.4 knots (73.0mph) on the yacht’s beam were sufficient to tip it over.