Australia news live: ‘we’re so sorry,’ Telstra says after major mobile network outages affect trains, Eftpos and triple-zero calls pred 3 urami in 14 minutami CFO says carrier does not yet know root cause of outage, which was national but intermittent. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastTelstra outage reported to be cause of Victoria train stoppageThere is a long list of cancelled trains on the official V/line site, but the TL/DR is that Victoria’s regional train network has ground to a halt.Due to a radio network fault affecting the network, services are currently unable to operate …Passengers are advised to defer travel where possible. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
ICE agent fatally shoots motorist during traffic stop in Houston pred 3 urami in 31 minutami Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was killed by immigration enforcement as he was looking to hire workers, his son saysA federal immigration agent fatally shot a driver in Houston on Tuesday morning, the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency (ICE) has said.Agents stopped Lorenzo Salgado Araujo at around 6.50am and tried to arrest him, according to ICE, which described Salgado Araujo as a Mexican national and an “illegal alien” whom the agency was seeking as part of a “targeted enforcement operation”. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Australian house prices are falling but are still almost double what they were a decade ago pred 4 urami in 1 minuto The average dwelling price has risen to more than 17 years of a typical household’s disposable incomeWant to get more charts in your inbox every fortnight? Sign up for The Crunch hereHouse prices have dropped across several Australian capital cities, with major banks predicting falls of 2% to 3% by the end of the year.But after a decade of accelerating house prices, this wouldn’t make a significant dent in housing affordability. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Arizona toddler declared dead after near-drowning was alive for hours in ‘cold room’, records say pred 4 urami in 16 minutami Officers say they saw signs of life multiple times, and after hospital treated the child, he was taken to hospital’s morgueA toddler who was declared dead after being discovered in a backyard pool in February was actually alive and found hours later in a room that serves as the hospital morgue, recently released police records show.Two Gilbert police officers saw possible signs of life multiple times, but the child was still taken to the hospital’s “cold room” after being treated by staff, according to the documents. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Manhattan building sparks evacuations after two structural columns buckle pred 4 urami in 21 minutami Officials also find multiple cracks and sagging floors in building that is being converted into apartmentsA high-rise building in Manhattan was deemed unstable on Tuesday after authorities determined that support columns buckled, spurring evacuation of nearby buildings, according to officials and reports.Officials said they also found “structural issues” on the 21st floor of the former Pfizer pharmaceutical building, which is being converted into residential apartments. “Two structural columns buckled, and there were multiple cracks and sagging floors,” the fire department said on X. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Which? finds 150 potentially lethal baby products sold online pred 5 urami UK consumer group says lives are at risk because platforms fail to prevent dangerous items reaching customersBabies are being put at risk by dozens of potentially lethal infant products sold to UK parents on major online marketplaces, an investigation has found.The consumer champion Which? identified 150 products, including self-feeding prop feeders that pose a choking risk and baby sleep pillows linked to suffocation. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
