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Three-metre giant oarfish, ‘palace messenger’ of doom, washes up on Tasmanian beach
Nov 21, 2025 - World 
The enormous, serpentine fish, regarded in Japanese folklore as a herald of disaster, usually live deep below the surface and are only sighted when sick or dyingGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastIt was a beautiful warm day in north-west Tasmania when a fish with a reputation as a harbinger of doom washed ashore.Tony Cheesman, who lives in the seaside town of Penguin, was walking his two dogs, Ronan and Custard, along the beach at Preservation Bay on Friday morning when something silvery and surrounded by gulls grabbed his attention. Continue reading...
Pope tweaks a law allowing a woman to head the Vatican City State, months after a nun was appointed
Nov 21, 2025 - World 
Pope Leo XIV has fixed a technical glitch in a Vatican law that became problematic after Pope Francis named the first-ever woman to head the Vatican City State administration
Armed men abduct children and staff at a Catholic school in Nigeria, days after latest abduction
Nov 21, 2025 - World 
Armed men attacked a Catholic boarding school in a western region of Nigeria and abducted several schoolchildren and staff early Friday, the latest in a spate of abductions in Africa's most populous country that came just days after 25 schoolgirls were abducted in a neighboring state.
Russian glide bomb hits an apartment block and kills 5 in southern Ukraine
Nov 21, 2025 - World 
Officials say a Russian glide bomb has hit a residential district in a southern Ukrainian city, killing five people
Nigeria separatists say they are committed to peaceful self-determination after leaders sentenced
Nov 21, 2025 - World 
The Indigenous People of Biafra, a separatist group in southeastern Nigeria, remains committed to peaceful self-determination after a court sentenced its leader to life in prison for terrorism
