US federal agents have since seized the cars along with $US2 million from his bank account.

The drop halted a growth streak dating to its founding in 1850 on the heels of a gold rush that prompted a flood of people to seek their fortune in the West.

With global warming opening northern routes, it is believed “Wally” became lost and swam into the Atlantic via the Arctic.

The bomb, planted on a motorbike, injured the Parliament Speaker and former president, and four others including a British national.

The Royal Mail said it was paying tribute to “one of the most iconic and enduring music artists of all time”.

The US economy added just 266,000 jobs in April, well below economists’ expectations that around 1 million jobs would be created.

The World Health Organisation has made its long-awaited decision on China’s Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine, approving the jab for emergency use in all adults, meaning it can be rolled out globally.

The Morrison government has trashed a 50-year convention when it comes to public comment about Taiwan.

The Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting that was scheduled to be held in Rwanda in June has been postponed, despite urgings by Australia and Britain that the conference should not be delayed for a second time.

The largest diamond ever cut in Russia - a 100.94 carat stone called the Alrosa Spectacle - will be auctioned in Geneva later this month.

The Scandinavian nation wants to de-segregate its migrant ghettos by capping the number of non-European residents allowed to live in any neighbourhood.

The social distancing measures being imposed from Monday would also remain in force until the end of the declaration of the pandemic.

As a teen, Alexi McCammond posted racist and homophobic tweets. A decade later, they’ve led to her resignation as editor of Teen Vogue before she’d even begun.

The twice-weekly service will begin as soon as a trans-Tasman bubble is established, the airline says.

Four years ago I predicted Washington would have more steakhouses full of right-wing carnivores, aggressive sports bars and a revival of stuffy Republican enclaves. What happened was far grimmer.