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Runaway train derailed in Australia

A freight train was deliberately derailed after hurtling through Western Australia at high speed for 50 minutes without its driver. The 268-wagon train, owned by mining giant BHP, travelled for 92km (57 miles) with no-one on board in the outback Pilbara region on Monday. The company said it had derailed the train remotely from Perth. […]

Oscar winner Rush accused of stroking co-star's breast on stage

Oscar-winner Geoffrey Rush touched his co-star’s breast and humiliated her with sexual innuendo during a production of ‘King Lear’, an Australian court has been told. Rush is suing over a series of articles saying he was the subject of a complaint to the Sydney Theatre Company regarding the 2015 production. Under the headline ‘KING LEER’ […]