A Missouri fire department has stressed the importance of smoke detectors and escape plans after a young child and her family escaped a fast-spreading fire in their home on February 23. Footage shared by Joplin Fire Department shows the child asleep on a living room couch as the fire breaks out on t...

Prime Minister Scott Morrison all but concedes there will be no budget surplus in 2020 as the economic impact of coronavirus takes its hold on the Australian and global economy. The prime minister did rule out a new stimulus package to mitigate the economic impact of the virus. Treasurer Josh Fryd...

Energy Company Equinor has scrapped its $200 million plan to drill for oil in the Great Australian Bight, a decision Owen Media relations' Michael Owen says is a great “loss” to the people of South Australia. The Norwegian oil company became the third multinational organisation to pull out of ...

Police in Churchton, Maryland, have released CCTV footage of what they believe was a syringe attack at the entrance to a grocery store on February 18. According to the Anne Arundel County Police Department, the woman was “poked with what is believed to be a syringe” at the entrance to the store,...

River levels continued to rise in Shropshire, with two severe flood warnings indicating a “danger to life,” issued on February 25. Twitter user Rosie Gibbons shared these videos of the high river levels in Jackfield on that date. The footage shows the flooded River Severn outside the Half Moon I...