Karina Fatima Sbaraini, 31, allegedly lunged at the Byron Bay Public School teacher Zane Vockler, 28, in the grounds of the school and was charged with intent to cause grievous bodily harm.

BBC and CNN were showing live feeds of clashes between anti-government demonstrators and troops loyal to President Maduro when their broadcasts were cut off by the government.

The rigid system of peak and off-peak times could be relaxed so that passenger numbers are ‘spread more evenly’, a report said. Travellers could buy cheaper tickets for quiet trains.

The singer’s niece Lauren, who is known as Lolo to friends and family, was found unresponsive in her Maryland home at around noon on Monday.

Brasília (AFP) – At least 25 Venezuelan troops have sought asylum in Brazil’s embassy in Caracas, a senior Brazilian official said Tuesday, after Venezuela’s self-declared president Juan Guaido claimed soldiers had joined him. A spokesman for Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said soldiers and lieutenants were among the applicants. The petitions for asylum came as Bolsonaro […]

Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido said on Tuesday evening that President Nicolas Maduro did not have the support of the armed forces, and called on members of the military to "keep advancing" in efforts to oust the socialist leader. The message, posted to Mr Guaido's social media accounts, came after a day of violent protests in […]

Japan’s new Emperor Naruhito formally ascended the Chrysanthemum Throne on Wednesday, a day after his father abdicated from the world’s oldest monarchy and ushered in a new imperial era. Naruhito officially became emperor at the stroke of midnight but the process was formalised with a brief ritual on Wednesday morning that was off-limits to female […]

Demonstrators clashed with police on the streets of the Venezuelan capital Tuesday, spurred by opposition leader Juan Guaido’s call on the military to rise up against President Nicolas Maduro — who said he had defeated an attempted coup. An apparently carefully planned attempt by Guaido to demonstrate growing military support disintegrated into rioting as palls […]

* New York Times Prints Another Anti-Israel Cartoon Amid Antisemitism Scandal Rocking Newspaper The New York Times printed a second anti-Israel cartoon on Saturday in its international edition, a development that comes in the wake of the newspaper having run an antisemitic cartoon on Thursday, retracting it on Saturday, and then, later on Sunday, apologizing for running […]