Bill Gates has issued a stark warning about the global terror that artificial intelligence could soon unleash. The billionaire Microsoft co-founder warned on Wednesday that AI could cost millions their jobs and help create a devastating ‘bioterrorism weapon’ capable of threatening humanity. It is a scenario, Mr Gates claimed, bosses of tech companies are intentionally hiding from the public. In an essay, the former tech boss …

A property developer who is wanted by police over fraud allegations is set to face a corruption inquiry from overseas. Allegations Liberal Party operatives sought cash from Jean Nassif in exchange for political outcomes are being investigated by the Independent Commission Against Corruption. Nassif fled to his ancestral homeland Lebanon in late 2022 with a NSW Police arrest warrant out …

More than 160 people have died, and hundreds of tourists and hikers are missing after a flash flood hit the Tibet-Nepal border. The torrent of water swept through the Himalayan border region on Wednesday morning, local time, killing at least 162 people in Nepal and three in Tibet, according to local authorities and reports. Almost 600 foreigners were among 826 …

A Four Corners investigation can reveal the true number of people waiting for full aged care funding at home stands at almost 154,000, not 100,000 as officially reported. More than 53,000 people, who in the past would have been counted on the waitlist published by the Department of Health, Disability and Ageing, have been excluded since government reforms started in …

Pauline Hanson has doubled down on notorious decades-old comments criticising Sydney’s Mardi Gras, saying she thinks people should keep their sexuality “behind closed doors”. The comments come only days after a colleague declared One Nation “one of the gayest parties in Australia”. In an infamous 1996 interview with 60 Minutes, the right-wing party’s leader responded “I don’t like it” while …

An agreement has been struck on a major federal-state gun buyback following the Bondi shooting massacre, with the Commonwealth and New South Wales governments to evenly share the cost of the scheme. NSW tightened its laws in the days following the December 2025 attack by introducing gun ownership limits, reclassifying some types of weapons, boosting background checks and reducing firearms …

The 66th annual TV Week Logie Awards are underway, with the ABC fielding 41 nominations. Deborah Mailman has become the first Indigenous person to be inducted into the Hall of Fame, and only the sixth woman to join the list in just over 40 years. The event features a new category this year — the Bruce McAvaney Award for Most …

A major New South Wales coal mine has been given a lifeline by the state government, four months before it was due to close. Mining approvals for MACH Energy’s Mount Pleasant coal mine near Muswellbrook were due to expire in December. The mine has been given a six-year extension while it fights to overturn a block on its plans for …

Japan’s government has broken its silence on Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s hand gestures while describing a gift of two melons from the Japanese prime minister, which its former ambassador claimed were a disrespectful joke about the nation’s first female PM. Mr Albanese has resisted Coalition demands to apologise over the gestures he made while referring to two crown melons given …

A former athlete denies trying to paint Alan Jones as having a sinister ulterior motive when describing payments he received after multiple alleged indecent assaults. The 85-year-old veteran broadcaster is facing the first of many weeks of a marathon court hearing after he pleaded not guilty to 22 counts of indecent assault and sexual touching without consent. Six men – who cannot be …