A stolen poetry scroll written by Mao Zedong and valued at hundreds of millions of dollars has been recovered, Hong Kong police said Wednesday — but not before it was cut in half.

A man who fled a crash scene, leaving a friend trapped and fatally wounded from a gunshot wound he had caused, has been jailed for seven and a half years for manslaughter.

Terrifying drone footage has revealed Australian pro surfer Matt Wilkinson’s close call with a shark. World championship tour surfer Wilkinson was catching waves at Sharpes Beach in Ballina on Wednesday when a 1.

Kristie Higgs, 44, was dismissed for gross misconduct by Farmor’s School in Fairford, Gloucestershire, last year after sharing Facebook posts criticising plans to teach LGBT relationships in primary schools.

An attack on a young school teacher at her home in the remote Queensland Indigenous community of Lockhart River has led to allegations the state government put staff at risk in unsafe housing.

Queensland state school teachers will boycott teaching and administering NAPLAN after a 94 per cent vote to ban the controversial test by the teachers’ union.