This Month
Slovakia’s populist prime minister shot in assassination attempt
Robert Fico was gravely wounded after a political event in an attempted assassination that has shocked the small country and reverberated across Europe.
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- Bela Szandelszky and Karel Janicek
Man with sword kills 14-year-old boy, injures four in London attack
Police described the attack in east London as “truly horrific” but said terrorism was not involved.
April
‘In his blood’ for security guard to protect people
The family of Faraz Tahir, the security guard killed at Westfield Bondi Junction two weeks ago, reunited in their grief at his funeral in western Sydney on Friday.
- Belad Al-karkhey
#MeToo setback: NY court overturns Harvey Weinstein rape conviction
The New York ruling reopens a painful chapter in America’s reckoning with sexual misconduct by powerful figures.
- Michael R. Sisak and Dave Collins
Five boys charged following Sydney terrorist attack
Five children have been charged in connection with the stabbing of an Orthodox Christian bishop at a western Sydney church.
- William Ton and Tess Ikonomou
Scammers are taking over the world
A seedy layer beneath our regular lives is cluttered with bogus messages, spam callers and phishing attempts.
- Steven Kurutz
‘Safe room for terrorists’: ASIO warns big tech on encryption
Federal spy and crime chiefs will demand access to social messaging systems that allow terrorists, violent extremists and child abusers to operate with impunity.
- Jacob Greber
Man sets himself on fire outside Trump’s hush money trial
Police taped off the scene of the incident. Nearby, a pamphlet was visible that referred to “evil billionaires” and called on people to “expose this corruption”.
- Luc Cohen, Jack Queen and Andy Sullivan
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‘Violence is coming from the edge’: Sydney’s horror week
The local playing out of foreign conflicts and tensions is also behind a national mood of alarm following 50 hours of horror in Sydney.
- Andrew Clark
Iran claims small drones used in attacks
US media report Israeli missile attack on Iran; explosions appear to be limited and targeted; Australian government officials and their dependants posted in Iran have been directed not to travel outside of Tehran. Follow live here.
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- Tom Burton
Twenty minutes of terror inside Westfield Bondi Junction
Witnesses have recounted the terrifying period when Joel Cauchi murdered six people in a busy shopping centre in Sydney’s eastern suburbs.
- Gus McCubbing, Les Hewitt and Campbell Kwan
12 jurors picked for Donald Trump’s hush money trial
The rapid progress on Thursday afternoon propelled the case closer to opening statements and weeks of testimony.
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- Michael Sisak, Jennifer Peltz, Eric Tucker and Jake Offenhartz
‘It’s going to take time’: Bondi mourns as retail goes into limbo
Westfield Bondi Junction was silent on Thursday as its doors opened to the public for the first time, five days after a stabbing attack that killed six people.
- Campbell Kwan
Westfield Bondi Junction to reopen with increased police presence
The shopping centre where six people died from a stabbing attack will be open on Thursday for a reflection day before normal trading resumes on Friday.
- Campbell Kwan
Westfield, retailers at odds over pre-attack drills
Days after six people were fatally stabbed at a Westfield Bondi Junction, it has been revealed it did not perform drills on how to respond to such a threat.
- Campbell Kwan, Michael Bleby and Gus McCubbing
Lakemba Mosque heightens security after firebomb threats
The mosque’s Imam said he was worried last night’s stabbing was being treated “as a Muslim problem”; the 16-year-old arrested after a bishop was stabbed in Sydney church was known to police. How the day unfolded.
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- Hannah Wootton
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- Courts
Trump’s criminal trial begins, but impartial jurors prove hard to find
The initial pool of prospective jurors dwindled rapidly. More than half of the first group of 96 were dismissed after indicating they could not be impartial.
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- Jonah E. Bromwich and Ben Protess
15-year-old arrested after bishop stabbed in Sydney church
Police had to face down angry crowds who gathered at the scene of the alleged stabbing in western Sydney in the hours after the attack.
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- Andrea Hayward, Lewis Jackson and Stella Qiu
Stabbed Sydney bishop is a viral lockdown and COVID-19 vaccine sceptic
Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel is the leader of an ultra-conservative branch of the Assyrian Orthodox faith who has a big presence on social media.
- Nick Squires
Bondi attack shows lone-wolf threat changing: experts
Police forces need to beef up co-operation between units focused on domestic violence, hate crimes and fixated persons, criminologists say.
- Samantha Hutchinson