Barbara Miller, ABC.net.au

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ABC.net.au

Sydney, NSW, Australia

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The intrigue over a mysterious Chinese balloon in the US has captured the public's imagination and sparked wild theories

The suspected spy balloon that hovered above the US for several days has been shot down over the sea. But the stakes surrounding the diplomatic incident remain sky high, writes Barbara Miller. → Read More

US shoots down Chinese spy balloon over Atlantic Ocean

US President Joe Biden orders the Pentagon shoot down a suspected Chinese spy balloon that had made its way across the country. → Read More

A passenger plane exploded over Lockerbie 34 years ago. Its alleged bombmaker is now in US custody

The arrest of a man known as Mas'ud represents a moment of hope for many of the victims' families of the people on board Pan Am Flight 103 — brought down over the Scottish town of Lockerbie — who have long campaigned for justice to be done on American soil. → Read More

Sam Bankman-Fried promised his FTX crypto empire would save the world. US authorities say he was lying from the start

Sam Bankman-Fried insists the collapse of $32 billion crypto empire is the result of bad accounting, human error and rotten luck. US authorities say it was a "massive, years-long fraud". → Read More

Donald Trump is beginning his next presidential run a friendless Republican outcast. He's been here before — and won

When Donald Trump announced his first run for president in June 2015, few people took him seriously. In 2022, no-one is laughing but the "billionaire underdog" could be out of tricks, writes Barbara Miller. → Read More

Saved by a Donald Trump floatie: How Lonnie survived Hurricane Ian as water flooded his Florida home

When Hurricane Ian hit, Lonnie Winn turned to Donald Trump for help. Lonnie can't swim and he and his partner decided he should get into a Donald Trump-styled floatie as the water rushed into their home. → Read More

A lost world returns with a warning

America's mega-drought is revealing natural wonders unseen in decades. But their return from the watery depths heralds a deepening crisis. → Read More

Unmarked graves on school grounds force Canada to confront disturbing past

Roberta Hill is a survivor of one of Canada's residential schools for Indigenous children. Some never returned home. → Read More

At least 10 people killed in live streamed shooting at New York supermarket

A man is in custody after a shooting at a supermarket in a predominantly black neighbourhood in New York state that has left at least 10 people dead. → Read More

Stolen Bitcoin, fake personas and a trip to Ukraine: Inside the case against crypto heist couple Heather Morgan and Ilya Lichtenstein

In a case prosecutors describe as "pulled from the pages of a spy novel", a young couple stands accused of profiting from a brazen cryptocurrency heist and attempting to launder stolen Bitcoin worth billions of dollars. → Read More

Joe Biden's State of the Union key moments: An off-script warning, Ukraine tributes and COVID optimism

Since he took office, Joe Biden has faced new COVID-19 variants, a struggling US economy and a war in Ukraine. These were the biggest moments from his State of the Union address as he laid out his plans for the year ahead. → Read More

COVID-19 oral antivirals have been embraced in the US and could be a pandemic game changer

It sounds too good to be true: a course of antivirals you can take at home to alleviate your symptoms if you're at risk of a dying or being hospitalised with COVID-19. But the drugs are landing in Australia in the coming weeks. → Read More

Joe Biden has been US President for a year but the road ahead looks rocky for his VP, Kamala Harris

A year since she was sworn in as America's first female vice-president, the shine has decidedly worn off as Kamala Harris contends with an exodus of top aides, a lack of progress and a series of missteps, writes Barbara Miller. → Read More

Omicron is forcing many Americans to rethink their cloth masks. Should Australians follow?

With Omicron sweeping the world, many experts say it's time to dump the cloth mask. The best masks to protect you against the new variant are here, along with what you should if your local pharmacist is out of N95 masks. → Read More

Prince Andrew just faced a crucial hearing in the civil sex abuse case. Here's what could happen next

A judge says he will decide "pretty soon" whether a civil sexual assault case against Prince Andrew can continue. Here’s everything we learned from the latest hearing in New York. → Read More

Ghislaine Maxwell is guilty, but the toxic fallout from Jeffrey Epstein's life is far from over

Ghislaine Maxwell's jurors were offered no alternative explanation as to why a seemingly endless stream of young women were guests of the wealthy middle-aged financier and his charming girlfriend, writes Barbara Miller. → Read More

Ghislaine Maxwell's sex trafficking trial has given the world a glimpse of her strange, luxe life with Jeffrey Epstein

Ghislaine Maxwell’s trial has given the world a glimpse of her deeply weird and luxurious life with Jeffrey Epstein, but the mystery at the core of this saga may never be solved. → Read More

Ghislaine Maxwell's trial is finally set to begin. This is what could lie ahead for Jeffrey Epstein's former partner

Sixteen months after FBI agents swooped in on her remote hideaway to arrest Ghislaine Maxwell on sex abuse charges, the trial of the British socialite is beginning in New York. Here's what you need to know. → Read More

Britney Spears is free, but 1.3 million Americans still live under strict conservatorships

Jenny Hatch is among more than a million Americans who've lived under strict legal arrangements where their every move was controlled by someone else. Now that the Britney Spears case has shone the spotlight on conservatorships, advocates are pushing for change. → Read More

Veterans say exposure to huge burning waste dumps in Iraq and Afghanistan is now killing them

Thousands of veterans of the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan are coming down with illnesses they link to their exposure to toxins from massive waste sites known as burn pits. → Read More