Raygun-inspired musical cancelled over legal threats, comedian says
Raygun: The Musical was set to debut in Sydney this evening at a venue on Oxford Street, in the city's inner east.
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Aoife Hilton
Aoife Hilton is a digital journalist for ABC News in Brisbane. She has also freelanced for several UK-based outlets. She joined the ABC in 2024.
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Japanese sake now has heritage status, so why did Australia miss out?
UNESCO has listed 63 more products and practices for Intangible Cultural Heritage protection at its Paraguay session this week.
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Photo shows Takehiro Kano shakes a man's hand while sitting at a table signed "JAPAN" and loaded with sake bottlesGold Logies and criminally good photo shoots: These were Maggie Tabberer's best moments
Maggie Tabberer's career included everything from modelling work to running a fashion label, hosting a TV show and gracing front pages of magazines until her 80s, making her a household name.
Photo shows Maggie Tabberer smiles at a red carpet event.Notre Dame is finally reopening after a devastating 2019 fire. But why does it still look unfinished?
The bells of Notre Dame are chiming again, but scaffolding still clinging to the cathedral's exterior is puzzling some Parisians.
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Photo shows Scaffolding around the Notre-Dame cathedral, backgrounded by blue skyVolcano on Iceland's Reykjanes Peninsula erupts for the seventh time in a year
A volcano near Iceland's capital has erupted for the seventh time in a year, spewing fountains of lava and smoke.
Photo shows Lava is thrown into the air, on a dark backgroundTroye Sivan wins ARIA's Album of the Year as Royel Otis sweeps with four awards — as it happened
Missy Higgins claimed her spot in the Hall of Fame before performing an emotional finale. Look back on Wednesday night's events as they unfolded.
Photo shows Troye SivanVictorian bushfires on emergency alert as Otway residents told to leave now — as it happened
Emergency warnings for the state's north-west are in place, with spot fires and embers threatening areas along the Great Ocean Road.
Photo shows Smoke billowing out of treesFamine looms in the northern Gaza Strip amid a war killing mostly women and children, the UN says
Back-to-back UN reports have found famine is looming in the northern Gaza Strip as Israel continues an offensive which has killed mostly women and children in the locality.
Photo shows gaza strikeSuicide bombing at Pakistan train station leaves at least 26 people dead and 50 wounded
A suicide bombing attack at a train station in south-western Pakistan has killed at least 26 people and wounded about 50 others, officials say.
Photo shows A person wearing brown clothing, white gloves and a blue facemask leans down into debris.A towering column of ash threatens thousands in Indonesia amid a week of volcanic eruptions
Indonesia's Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki volcano erupted several times on Friday following an eruption on Sunday night that killed nine people.
Photo shows In the foreground, a child on their parent's back. In the background, a crowd. A giant plume of smoke rises above them'Amateurish' thieves steal two Andy Warhol prints, damage two more in botched Dutch gallery heist
Two Andy Warhol prints are missing from a southern Netherlands art gallery, and two more are damaged after a botched heist.
Photo shows Two screen prints of Queen Elizabeth II on a wall, with a silhouette of a man holding a phone in front.'Small number' of North Korean troops already deployed in Kursk, Pentagon says
The Pentagon statement marks the first US confirmation that North Korean troops have been deployed in the region.
Photo shows Kim Jong Un and Vladimir Putin shaking hands in front of two flags.'Larger than life': Pioneering broadcaster George Negus dead at 82
Veteran journalist and broadcaster George Negus has died at the age of 82, his family said in a statement.
Photo shows George Negus in a brown suit jacket and glasses, shot outdoors in daylight with a blurred background.NASA says this Jupiter moon 'might be habitable today, right now' — so they're going to take a look
An imposing NASA probe scheduled to lift off as Australia sleeps might take the first real step toward finding out if anywhere else in our solar system could support life.
Photo shows A probe orbiting a cream and red moon, with Jupiter seen in the distance.Drones enter Israel from Lebanon amid outcry over UN peacekeepers injured in Israel fire on Lebanese UNIFIL base
The United Nations' peacekeeping force in southern Lebanon says two of its troops have been injured in explosions near an observation tower, the result of continued Israeli fire at their position.
Photo shows Five people in military gear around a white-painted armoured vehicle.Japanese atomic bomb survivor group wins Nobel Peace Prize
The 2024 Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to Japanese Hibakusha organisation Nihon Hidankyo. Hibakusha is the grassroots movement for survivors of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombings in 1945.
Photo shows Toshiyuki Mimaki at a table with three young people, holding a device in his hand and speaking into microphones.NASA rammed an asteroid to see if they could change its course. It worked — but now they want to see the damage
The European Space Agency's Hera will travel to the scene of the crash and investigate whether the asteroid has a new crater or new shape and whether it has begun to tumble.
Photo shows A boulder on black.Australians fleeing from Lebanon land in Sydney on first of two repatriation flights — as it happened
Hundreds of Australians who fled the conflict in Lebanon have touched down in Sydney on the first of two repatriation flights.
Photo shows A woman embraces a child by holding them one arm.Iran backs ceasefire in Lebanon, on condition of a simultaneous ceasefire in Gaza — as it happened
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi vows support for Tehran's "friends" in Lebanon and backs efforts for a ceasefire, on the condition it is agreed simultaneously with a ceasefire in Gaza.
Photo shows StrikesScientists have mapped a fruit fly's brain. It's a neurobiological milestone
The research sought to decipher how brains are wired and the signals underlying healthy brain functions. It also could pave the way for mapping the brains of other species.
Photo shows Brightly coloured cells and neurons show the structure of a fruit fly brain that has been mapped for the first time.Wong tells Australians 'do not wait' to leave as invasion escalates in Lebanon — as it happened
The Lebanese health ministry says five people were killed and at least 11 injured in an Israeli raid targeting a district in the centre of Beirut, as Australia's foreign minister urges citizens to leave Lebanon.
Photo shows Smoke rises from the site of an Israeli airstrike in Dahiyeh, Beirut, Lebanon.Hezbollah says it forced some Israeli troops to retreat as Israel strikes Lebanon's capital — as it happened
Iran has fired about 200 missiles at Israel in response to the killings of senior leaders of Hamas, Hezbollah and the Iranian Revolutionary Guards. Israel's military says the attack will have consequences.
Photo shows Night shot of apartment buildings with smoke rising from a blastIsraeli troops enter southern Lebanon as IDF confirms 'targeted raids', huge blasts heard across Beirut — as it happened
The Israeli military says it has started a 'limited' and localised ground operation in southern Lebanon — as it happened.
Photo shows Smoke rises from an Israeli air strike that hit a southern suburb of Beirut.UK becomes first G7 nation to end coal power with last plant closure
The last coal-fired power station in the United Kingdom is officially closing down, book-ending the nearly-150-year history of British coal power.
Photo shows Power station towers seen on a countryside landscape and cloudy sky.Celebrations, anger as Middle East reacts to death of Hezbollah leader in Israeli air strike — as it happened
Hezbollah has confirmed its leader Hassan Nasrallah was killed in an Israeli air strike on Friday, pledging to continue "confronting the enemy" as the IDF attacks the militant group's leadership across Lebanon.
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