Tragedy
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Perth
Perth worker dies at North Coogee salt refinery
Emergency crews were focusing on a conveyor belt, with a large blanket draped over a section.
- by Heather McNeill
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A-G may appeal against sentence of teen driver who killed couple
Queensland Attorney-General Shannon Fentiman says she is “looking into” an appeal, but is refusing to commit until she gets legal advice.
- by Stuart Layt
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Perth
Newborn dies after Perth home birth with doula goes wrong
After the baby become stuck during the birth and was not breathing when born, the father began CPR.
- by Daile Cross
Fatality, more than a dozen injured, after car drives into Berlin crowd
Police identified the driver as a German-Armenian man. He was detained by bystanders and handed over to the authorities.
- by Madeline Chambers and Riham Alkousaa
Seven-hour ambulance wait: Family wants painful death of Newcastle woman investigated
The grieving family of Margaret France described the death of their mother and sister as “unacceptably traumatic”.
- by Lucy Carroll
Dozens killed, risk of more blasts, days after Bangladesh depot disaster
While the fire that began on Saturday night has been largely brought under control, nearby containers loaded with chemicals might still be at risk exploding.
- by Ruma Paul
Blasts and explosions as dozens killed in container depot fire in Bangladesh
A massive fire has swept through an inland container depot in Bangladesh, killing dozens of people and injuring scores more.
- by Ruma Paul
Several dead, many injured, after a train derails in Germany
At least four people are dead and many more injured after a train crashed in southern Germany, authorities said.
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Aviation
Bodies recovered after plane crash in Nepalese mountains
Aerial photos of the crash site showed aircraft parts scattered on rocks on the side of a mountain gorge.
- by Binaj Gurubacharya
Opinion
Uvalde school shooting
When the good guys don’t show up: Great American myth evaporates in Uvalde
As the shooting at Robb Elementary unfolded, trained police officers fell back and cowered, while a killer with a weapon of mass destruction went about his malevolent business for 80 minutes. This is American gun logic, taken to the extreme.
- by Bill Wyman
Texas police say ‘wrong decision’ to not break into Uvalde classroom sooner
Questions are mounting over the amount of time it took police officers to enter the school to confront the 18-year-old gunman.
- by Jake Bleiberg, Jim Vertuno and Elliot Spagat