A court has heard how one of the three Mexican nationals charged over the murder of two Australian brothers told his then girlfriend that he killed them and their American friend.Three Mexican locals were arrested over the weekend after the bodies of Perth men Callum and Jake Robinson, and their American friend Jack Carter Rhoad, were discovered 10...

In the lead-up to the federal budget on May 14, 9news.com.au and Joel Gibson are helping bust the budgets of Aussie families.Aussie parents with small children are facing some of the biggest pain points when it comes to rising weekly costs.The state of the paid parental leave scheme, RBA interest rate increases and the often exorbitant cost of groceries...

French Olympic swimmer Florent Manaudou become the first Olympic torch carrier in France after the Olympic flame arrived to the southern French city of Marseille marking another milestone in the lead-up to the Summer Games in Paris.A majestic three-mast ship carried the Olympic torch from Greece for the welcoming ceremony at sunset Wednesday in the...

The pharma giant AstraZeneca has requested that the European authorisation for its COVID-19 vaccine be pulled, according to the EU medicines regulator.In an update on the European Medicines Agency's website on Wednesday, the regulator said that the approval for AstraZeneca's Vaxzevria had been withdrawn “at the request of the marketing authorisation...

Nine of the 10 wrongful death lawsuits filed after a deadly crowd surge at the 2021 Astroworld music festival have been settled, including one that was set to go to trial this week, an attorney said on Wednesday.Jury selection had been set to begin on Tuesday in the wrongful death suit filed the family of Madison Dubiski, a 23-year-old Houston resident...

The "world's largest" plant designed to suck planet-heating pollution out of the atmosphere like a giant vacuum has begun operating in Iceland."Mammoth", which opened on Wednesday, is the second commercial direct air capture plant opened by Swiss company Climeworks in the country. It's 10 times bigger than its predecessor, Orca, which started running...