Judge Juan Merchan said he’ll sentence Donald Trump over the
hush money case on January 10, ten days before his inauguration but won’t order
him jailed. However, he would not grant his
request to vacate the verdict.
"Here, 12 jurors unanimously found Defendant guilty of
34 counts of falsifying business records with the intent to defraud, which
included an intent to commit or conceal a conspiracy to promote a presidential
election by unlawful means," he wrote.
Novak Djokovic suffered a surprise 7-6 (6), 6-3 defeat to
Reilly Opelka in the quarter-finals of the Brisbane International yesterday.
Reilly Opelka is an American professional tennis player.
At 6 feet 11 inches and can produce serves that measure over 140
miles per hour (225 km/h).
Police took 72-year-old Keith Lees into custody at a
property at Dural at 8am yesterday, in relation to the alleged murder of
Meaghan Louise Rose who was found at the base of cliffs at the Sunshine Coast 27
years ago.
Police believed it was suicide due to her high alcohol concentration and extensive examinations were not conducted.
Another cold
case example of our police incompetence.
Healthcare worker, Loubna Yousif, 29, married her first cousin, lawyer, Maurice Hawell, 23, in April 2022 during a lavish wedding attended by friends and family.
At the
time the young bride had no idea that, just weeks earlier, he had been involved
in the gang rape of three teenage girls in, Newcastle......
Cybertruck bomber Matthew Livelsberger shot himself in the head just before the explosion at the Trump Las Vegas hotel.
Elon Musk said the “evil
knuckleheads picked the wrong vehicle for a terrorist attack”.
“Cybertruck actually
contained the explosion and directed the blast upwards. Not even the glass
doors of the lobby were broken,” he said.
12-year-old Adiel Boyd, from Townsville, was being bullied
online and committed suicide on 29 December.
Adiel was a bright student at Aitkenvale State School where
she excelled academically and musically. She played several instruments, was fluent in
three languages, and was described by her mother as “close to perfection.”
Just another reason to ban children under 16 from social media. This poor child, just like the others, had no idea how to handle the abuse and it has to stop.
Qatari broadcaster Al Jazeera has accused the Palestinian
Authority (PA) of acting in accordance with Israeli policies on media
censorship, after being suspended from operating in the West Bank.
The PA has accused Al Jazeera of incitement and interference
in the West Bank, suspending its operations.
US Army veteran Matthew Livelsberger has been named as the suspect found dead inside the Cybertruck outside President-elect Donald Trump's Las Vegas hotel on New Year's Day 2025.
It
has now been revealed that he served at the same base as the New Orleans
suspect Jabbar.
A baby girl named Remi, born just minutes into the new year at
Port Macquarie on the NSW North Coast is believed to be the first Australian
birth of 2025 – and the first of “generation Beta”.
Tzu-Ling Huang and Liam Walsh were surprised by her arrival
two weeks early.
Generation Beta could live to see the 22nd century
In line with the Greek alphabet, Generation Beta, or Gen
Beta, follows Generation Alpha.
Members of Gen Beta will be born between the years 2025 and
2039, according to the Australian
research firm McCrindle.
They'll be the children of younger millennials and older
members of Gen-Z.
Russian gas has
stopped flowing to EU states via Ukraine after a five-year deal expired,
marking the end of a decades-long arrangement.
Volodymyr Zelensky said that his country would not allow Russia to
"earn additional billions on our blood".
The Soviet-era
pipeline enters Ukraine near the Russian village of Sudzha, which has been
occupied by Ukrainian forces which have staged an incursion into areas of
Russia's Kursk region
After weeks of
hope, hostage talks hit impasse with no clear path forward
No Israeli
negotiators are in Cairo or Doha, after Hamas refuses to
provide names of living hostages - cabinet meeting cancelled as PM recovers from
surgery.
Both The Jerusalem
Post and Channel 12 have received information indicating that Hamas is making a substantial
comeback by recruiting new forces.
Along with Islamic Jihad together,
Channel 12 said on Wednesday night that Hamas was up to between 20,000-23,000
fighters……
https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/article-835754
Police have arrested a man after a woman died falling from a seventh-floor balcony unit in River Road, Parramatta at about 1.40am this morning (Thursday).
She was found on the street with critical injuries and is yet to be formally indentified.
Hadi Nazari, a student, from Berwick in Melbourne’s
southeast and an experienced hiker, was last seen by friends on
December 26, descending the Hannels Spur Trail, Geehi between Khancoban and
Thredbo, in the Kosciuszko National Park.
Bollards in New Orleans that were intended to protect pedestrians from vehicles but at times malfunctioned, were removed for replacement before the pickup truck drove into a crowd along Bourbon Street.
The bollards were also removed in the German Christmas
market attack.
Smoke still visible outside Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas on Jan. 1, 2025. Officials are working to recover the body of the deceased from the Cybertruck.
One person died and several others were injured.
American-born Shamsud-Din Jabbar who grew up in Texas, drove a white Ford pick-up truck flying an Islamic State flag into throngs of people in New Orleans on New Year’s Eve with the aim of killing as many people as possible.
He
crashed the vehicle, then opened fire and died in a shootout with police.
The annual event at the resort was attended by vice president-elect JD Vance and his wife, Usha Chillukiri Vance, as well as Elon Musk, who arrived with his son on his shoulders.
Japan is soaring in
popularity among Aussie travellers because of our strong dollar against the
Japanese yen. Between January and
September 2024, visitors from Australia totalled a record 637,300 according to
the Japan National Tourism Organization (JNTO).
'Chinese people on both sides of the Taiwan Strait are one
family. No one can sever our blood ties, and no one can stop the historical
trend of the reunification of the motherland,' Xi said in a speech broadcast on
state media.
Four year old Ivy Bella Roze died on December 17. She broke through the fence
separating her family’s rental from their next door neighbour and was found by
her mother Rhiannon Egan-Lee floating unresponsive in their pool.
She died in Royal Children’s hospital in Melbourne 11 days
later.
From 1 January, NSW ATMs and cash withdrawal facilities will no longer be allowed within 5m of hotel or club gaming areas. They also won't be allowed to be visible from gaming rooms or any entry areas.
Additionally, signage for gaming areas must not be visible from ATMs or
entryways.
Gaming machines, or poker machines, are the most common form
of gambling. They can be hard to walk
away from.
From 1 January, residents from Canada, the UK and the US
will be able to fast-track their Australian citizenship if they join the
Australian Defence Force (ADF).
Applicants should have lived in Australia for at least 12 months.
Successful applicants would be able to apply for citizenship
after 90 days of service.
The constitution requires elections to be held no later than 68 days after the House of Representatives terms expire. With those terms ending on 25 July 2025, the election must be held by 27 September.
However, since half of the Senate's terms end on 30 June
2025, an election must take place before then.
Syria’s new administration announced on Monday the
appointment of Maysaa Sabrine as the governor of the Central Bank of Syria,
making her the first woman to hold this position in the bank’s history.
Prior to her new role, Sabrin held several prominent
positions within the Central Bank, including First Deputy Governor.
