Four children aged 10 to 14 packed fishing rods in a parent's car, left a farewell note then drove more than 600 miles down the Australian east coast before they were stopped the next day.
Donald Trump last night told a group of Democrat congresswomen to "go back" to the places they came from as his administration launched a nationwide crackdown on illegal immigration.
Irish people living in Western Australia have described being caught up in the area's largest ever earthquake saying "it felt like a massive train going by at 100mph".
The death toll in Nepal from flash floods and landslides in the past three days rose to 55 yesterday, with dozens missing and injured, the government said.
Holidaymakers heading for the beaches of northern France this summer have been warned about a green tide of potentially toxic sea lettuce that may have been responsible for the deaths of two men.
Germany has called for a "coalition of the willing" to take in migrants rescued while attempting to cross the Mediterranean to Europe.
The investigation into Jeffrey Epstein, the billionaire Wall Street financier charged with underage sex offences, has expanded to a ranch he owns in New Mexico's high desert.