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More than 60 influenza-related deaths have been recorded in just one month as Australia braces for another severe flu season, which experts say could be supercharged by the Super-K variant.The Australian Bureau of Statistics recorded 63 influenza associated deaths in January, which followed an unseasonably high flu mortality rate recorded late last year.There were 95 deaths involving influenza throughout November and 119 in December, bringing the total for last year up to 1,701, exceeding mortality rate highs recorded almost a decade ago in 2017 of 1,656.Camera IconABS Data has revealed 63 influenza associated deaths in January alone. Supplied Credit: News…

HANOI: Police in Vietnam said they busted a multi-billion-dollar scam that centred on selling fake digital currency to unsuspecting victims on an “exceptionally large scale”.At least seven people were arrested in connection with the fraudulent platform that was visited by millions of Vietnamese people, police said on Thursday (Mar 26).Unlike neighbouring China, which has banned cryptocurrencies outright, Vietnam has allowed blockchain technology to develop in a legal grey area – barring its use for payments but letting people speculate unimpeded.After summoning over 140 people for questioning, authorities arrested Vuong Le Vinh Nhan, a fintech and blockchain businessman also known as…

Kano, Nigeria – On a bustling day in northern Nigeria, Marian Shammah made her way to the Sabon Gari Market, one of the largest electronics hubs in Kano state.The 34-year-old cleaner was in need of a refrigerator, but with rising costs and a meagre income, she saw the second-hand appliances sold at the market as a lifeline.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listAfter locating the one she wanted, she paid the vendor 50,000 naira ($36) and took it home. But just a month later, the freezer collapsed.“Only the top half of the refrigerator was working, and the freezer wasn’t…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Congress is one step closer to ending the Homeland Security shutdown after the Senate advanced a new, last-minute deal, but it came at the price of Republicans ceding ground, temporarily, to Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y.The Senate unanimously advanced a deal to reopen most of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in the wee hours of Friday morning, 42 days into the shutdown that was spurred by the Trump administration’s immigration operations in Minnesota.It was an agreement that largely gave Schumer and Senate Democrats what they wanted — no funding for…

The tone among global markets remained cautious as equities collapsed amid lingering geopolitical tensions in the Middle East.From oil tankers moving through a tense Strait of Hormuz to fresh uncertainty in US-Iran talks, risks remain elevated.At the same time, China’s factory profits are showing signs of recovery, while a legal battle over AI is unfolding in the US.Against this backdrop, Asian equities slipped on Friday, reflecting a market caught between fragile optimism and rising global tensions.Iran allows 10 oil shipments through HormuzPresident Donald Trump said Iran allowed 10 oil tankers to pass through the Strait of Hormuz this week as…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Officials in Michigan recently announced a slew of horrifying charges against a retired Detroit police sergeant accused of living a “double life” as a serial rapist.Benjamin Wagner, 68, is facing 14 separate charges, including eight counts of first-degree criminal sexual conduct and five counts of kidnapping, stemming from alleged assaults against five young women and girls between 1999 and 2003. The victims ranged in age from 15 to 23.ALLEGED PREDATOR ACCUSED OF KIDNAPPING UCLA STUDENTS, SEXUAL ASSAULT – POLICE FEAR MORE VICTIMS”The deplorable fact in this case is that the person that we…

The bodies of the two Air Canada pilots who died in a collision on a runway at LaGuardia Airport on Sunday have returned to Canada. Pilots carried the casket of Jazz Aviation first officer Mackenzie Gunther off a plane at the Ottawa International Airport on Thursday afternoon. Capt. Antoine Forest’s body was then flown from Ottawa to Montréal Trudeau International Airport. 2:13 What we know about 2 pilots killed in Air Canada plane crash at LaGuardia Airport Hundreds of pilots and flight staff waited in the rain, lined up in front of Air Canada’s Montreal headquarters to honour Forest. The…

The countdown is on.No, it’s not US President Trump’s countdown to power plant strikes in Iran and no, it’s unfortunately not the countdown to blastoff of SpaceX’s reported $100 billion IPO – a valuation likely to be in the trillions with a ‘T’.The countdown is on until perhaps the most resource-rich country in the world runs out of fuel. Not a great thing for a vast country, reliant on long-haul transport, farming and mining.Canberra seems to have spent years sleepwalking into this fuel security disaster.Back in 2012, we dropped below the 90-day import reserve rule – a security standard born…

Beijing’s justification aligns with its longstanding preference for “more generalised, less attribution-heavy formulations”, said Burton, the independent political analyst.“The claim that the resolution was ‘unbalanced’ is not simply rhetorical – it reflects a genuine feature of Chinese diplomatic positioning at the UN,” he said.“However, it also serves a clear political function: it allows Beijing to avoid a public rupture with Iran.”That pattern has been visible across other conflicts.In Syria’s civil war, China repeatedly resisted draft resolutions that blamed the Assad government or sought punitive action. One example came in 2017, after a chemical weapons attack on the rebel-held town of…

NewsFeedThe Iranian Red Crescent Society released video showing rescuers in Tehran lowering a man strapped to a stretcher from the wreckage of a building severely damaged in an airstrike.Published On 27 Mar 202627 Mar 2026Click here to share on social mediashare2SharegoogleAdd Al Jazeera on Googleinfo