A young man who was shot dead by police on the Logan Motorway on Thursday has been “directly linked” to the double murder of an elderly couple, with officers describing the incident as a “terrorism event”, Queensland police say. The bodies of Maurice and Zoe Antill, both in their mid-80s, were found at a house in the southern Brisbane suburb of …

California has certified its presidential election and appointed 55 electors pledged to vote for Democrat Joe Biden, officially handing him the Electoral College majority needed to win the White House. Secretary of State Alex Padilla’s formal approval of Biden’s win in the state brought his tally of pledged electors so far to 279, according to a tally by The Associated …

China’s deputy ambassador has accused Prime Minister Scott Morrison of overreacting to a social media post about alleged war crimes by Australian soldiers in Afghanistan. Wang Xining criticised Mr Morrison’s angry response to the incendiary image of an Australian soldier holding a bloodied knife to the throat of an Afghan child. “I think it’s unfortunate that this issue evolved in such a …

The first lesson this week was that when offered cheap money, a significant number of Australians will rush to buy residential real estate, recession or not. The second lesson was this is pretty much what core economic policy has been reduced to in Australia – inflating asset prices in hope that the “wealth effect” will trickle down into broader consumer …

New South Wales will throw its borders open to all Australians and New Zealanders within weeks, Premier Gladys Berejiklian has confirmed. Ms Berejiklian said from November 23, NSW will be the only state or territory where “every Australian citizen is welcome, including New Zealand citizens.” “Come a minute past midnight on November 23, there will be free movement between NSW …

The race to decide the US presidential election is on a knife edge with  Donald Trump leading Democratic rival Joe Biden in the vital battleground state of Florida. With other competitive swing states that will help decide the election, including North Carolina, still up in the air, American look likely to go to bed without knowing who their leader will …

A Greek Orthodox priest has been shot and badly wounded at a church in the French city of Lyon by an assailant who then fled, police and witnesses say. The priest was fired on twice at about 4:00pm (local time) as he was closing the church, and was being treated for life-threatening injuries, the police source said. Witnesses said the …

French President Emmanuel Macron has said he can understand why Muslims were shocked by controversial cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad. But, in an interview with broadcaster Al Jazeera, he said he could never accept the issue justified violence. It comes after Thursday’s deadly knife attack on a church in Nice, the third suspected Islamist attack in the country in little more …

Australia is set to start manufacturing a COVID-19 vaccine this month as the government reveals its vaccine rollout plan. Health Minister Greg Hunt told The Herald Sun the Oxford AstraZeneca vaccine was likely to begin being manufactured by vaccine manufacturer CSL in November. Hunt said the government is also set to buy into two additional COVID-19 vaccines, meaning Australians will have access …

Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has won a third term in office, declaring victory for her party and entering the history books as a Labor legend after being rewarded by voters for her handling of the coronavirus pandemic. The Labor leader is on track to form a majority government, with the ABC’s election computer predicting the ALP to win as many as …