'I was doing a wee on the dancefloor,' says man accused of flashing students on ATIK dancefloor

A man accused of flashing a group of Norwegian exchange students on a nightclub dancefloor told jurors he’d been caught short and was urinating.

It took three years but the SMH finally got its revenge on Clementine Ford – kind of

It took three years but the SMH finally got its revenge on Clementine Ford – kind of. Nine spikes a story on Ford at the 11th hour after a ‘breakdown in communication’. Plus: the AFR says Covid is good for the wealthy

Oxford student takes junior ice skating crown

AN OXFORD student is celebrating becoming a British junior champion, and has her eyes set on the Winter Olympics in four years.

Sex offender breaks down as he tells judge of his struggles to find work

A convicted sex offender who forgot to inform police about a smartphone he’d been given by the job centre broke down as he told police about his struggles to get work.

Xiomara Castro inaugurated as first woman president of Honduras, with US pledging support

Xiomara Castro was sworn in as Honduras’ first woman president on Thursday in front of a cheering crowd including U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris, who pledged U.S. government support to stem migration and fight corruption. Castro’s inauguration ends the eight-year rule of Juan Orlando Hernandez, a one-time U.S. ally who has been accused in U.S. courts of corruption and links to drug traffickers. It comes as her government faces tests over a sharply divided Congress, rising debt and relations w

Killings in LA spotlight a crisis: ‘Black women are being murdered and no one is paying attention’

Killings took place two weeks apart but neither received national coverage, prompting questions about whose stories are told

Salvadorans show support for bitcoin despite IMF criticism

Karen Hernandez sells mobile phone accessories in El Salvador and says business has been through the roof since the country started using bitcoin as legal tender.

Beijing Olympics ready to go but controversies, Covid weigh heavy

A Winter Olympics overshadowed by diplomatic boycotts and concerns about human rights, Covid and the safety of Peng Shuai begins next Friday in a vast "bubble" in the Chinese capital Beijing.

Family says lax security allowed killing of rapper Drakeo

A lack of security allowed dozens of men to ambush rapper Drakeo the Ruler, who was beaten and stabbed to death backstage at a Los Angeles music festival

• 
  Drakeo the Ruler’s Family Files $20 Million Wrongful Death Lawsuit Against Festival Promotors

  Vibe
• 
  Drakeo the Ruler's family to sue Live Nation and other festival promoters following his death

  The AV Club

Harry Styles tickets for London go on general sale today – where to get yours

Harry Styles Love On Tour tickets go on general sale today and we couldn't be more excited about him coming to London. How to get yours.

Houston police hunt gunman after three officers are shot

Suspect fled the scene in white Mercedes, says HPD

Aged care executive condemns Scott Morrison’s strategy of ‘pushing through’ Covid crisis

Omicron has magnified systemic flaws with staff ‘exhausted’ and residents ‘endlessly’ isolated, Baptistcare chief executive says

Transport Secretary claims climate protest action ‘doesn’t make sense’

Grant Shapps says many environmental protesters are ‘anarchists’ who ‘just want to find a basis upon which to take extremist action’.

Mitch McConnell tells Biden not to ‘outsource’ Supreme Court pick to ‘radical left’

President will nominate Stephen Breyer’s replacement by end of February

• 
  News 9+ Politics: What's next for the U.S. Supreme Court

  WMUR - Manchester
• 
  Schumer finds unity moment in Supreme Court fight

  The Hill

Joe Rogan podcast guest claims pandemic is ‘just a money grab, they are trying to kill us’

Rogan has been condemned by scientists for spreading vaccine misinformation

Six stand trial for spectacular German museum jewel heist

Six members of a notorious criminal gang go on trial in Germany on Friday over a spectacular heist in which 18th-century jewels were snatched from a state museum in Dresden.

National Trust reveals first of 20 planned ‘green corridors’

The three-mile route will run from central Bath to countryside to the east of the city.

Gavin and Stacey star Mathew Horne is coming to Oxford next month

Gavin and Stacey star Mathew Horne will visit Oxford in February.

Russia remains open but ‘not optimistic’ over Ukraine talks

Moscow unhappy with rejection of demand for veto over Ukraine’s potential Nato membership

Sigrid tickets for Manchester O2 Apollo go on sale today – where to get yours

Norwegian singer Sigrid tour tickets go on sale on Friday, January 28.

19-year-old woman convicted of possessing knife in Cornmarket Street

A WOMAN was sentenced after admitting possessing a knife in Oxford city centre.

Boris Johnson reportedly considering delay to tax hike plans as public awaits publication of Sue Gray report

Boris Johnson is reportedly considering a delay to plans to raise national insurance as the wait goes on for the publication of Sue Gray's inquiry into partygate allegations. The prime minister is facing pressure from some Tory MPs to scrap the controversial tax hike in order to win back support to save his job. The Times cited a government source saying Mr Johnson was considering delaying the proposed 1.25% rise for a year as "red meat" for his right-wing critics.

Biden warned Ukraine’s president Kyiv could be ‘sacked’ by imminent Russian invasion

US president reportedly warns Ukraine’s capital could be threatened

• 
  Ukraine sent letter to senators seeking specific Russia sanctions, military assistance

  The Hill
• 
  Russia can now attack Ukraine with ‘very little warning,’ Pentagon leaders warn

  Defense News