A 4.5-magnitude earthquake struck northwest of Sydney on Saturday morning, causing power outages for thousands of people.

The Seismology Research Centre recorded the earthquake near the town of Muswellbrook, approximately 170 km northwest of Sydney in the Upper Hunter region of the state of New South Wales (NSW), at 5:58 a.m. local time, reports news agency.

Geoscience Australia said the earthquake occurred at a depth of five km and that people reported feeling it in Sydney.

According to newspapers, 2,748 properties in and around Muswellbrook were suffering from power outages following the tremor.

A person has gone missing, presumed dead, while dozens of others were stranded in floods as heavy storms battered northern Italy.

The storms in the neighbouring regions of Piedmont, which includes the industrial city of Turin, and Lombardy, which includes Italy's financial and fashion capital of Milan, damaged roads and collapsed bridges as several rivers burst through their banks.

A spokesman for the civil protection service in Piedmont told news agency that workers continue to search for a 58-year-old man who was pulled off his tractor in a flash flood on Thursday.

The tractor was found after being flipped onto its side, but the man had not been seen since.

Other officials quoted in local media said the man was presumed dead, but the spokesman who briefed said late on Friday that efforts were still officially classified as a "search and rescue operation."

Luis Suarez bid an emotional farewell to international football as Uruguay were held to a goalless home draw by Paraguay in their World Cup qualifier here on Friday.

The 37-year-old striker, a cornerstone of Uruguay's national team since 2007 and its all-time leading scorer, was given the captain's armband by manager Marcelo Bielsa for his last match, reported.

And the Inter Miami star came close to making his final appearance a memorable one, striking a stunning volley in the 18th minute that ricocheted off the post.

In the early hours of Saturday, two coaches of Indore-Jabalpur Overnight Express derailed near Jabalpur Railway Station in Madhya Pradesh.

The train was en route from Indore and derailed about 150 metres from platform number six of Jabalpur station at around 5 a.m.

No casualties or injuries have been reported, as the train was moving at minimal speed at the time of the derailment.

Railway officials are currently investigating the cause of the incident, though no official explanation has been given yet.

This derailment follows a series of similar incidents in recent past.

Five members of a family in Khandwa district of Madhya Pradesh were attacked by a wolf, officials said.

The incident took place at 2:30 a.m. on Friday in Malgaon village in tribal-dominated Khalwa tehsil, nearly 20 km from the district headquarters, Harsud Sub-Divisional Officer of Police (SDOP) Sandeep Vaskale told the media.

"After the family started screaming, neighbours and others arrived and chased away the wolf. A woman has sustained wounds on her hands while four men have been bitten on the hands. They are being treated in Khandwa Medical College Hospital," the SDOP said.

Meta has announced plans to allow third-party services in WhatsApp and Messenger for users in the European Union, who will soon be able to put messages in the same inbox as third-party chats or keep them separate.

Under the Digital Markets Act (DMA), Meta is making major changes to WhatsApp and Messenger to enable interoperability with third-party messaging services.

“We’ll continue to build new features including expanding to groups in 2025 and calling in the 2027,” said the company.

As required by the DMA, people using WhatsApp and Messenger in Europe have the option to connect with people using third-party messaging services that have chosen to make their apps interoperable.

England captain and striker Harry Kane is inspired by football greats Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi to feel motivated ahead of the UEFA Nations League clash against Ireland on Saturday.

England will start fresh under new manager Lee Carsley after losing the Euro 2024 final 2-1 against Spain.

Kane will play his 99th match for England when they lock horns against Ireland in Dublin. Ahead of the game, Kane shared the pain of not winning the major trophy but it makes him more motivated to turn that feat.

Grappling with several issues, Byju’s has found itself in new controversy as its auditor BDO resigned with immediate effect, highlighting multiple issues with the embattled edtech firm, including significant delays in financial reporting and inadequate management support.

Last year, Byju’s previous auditor Deloitte resigned, citing governance issues at the company.

In the resignation letter, BDO subsidiary MSKA said that there has been “inadequate support from the management of the Company in providing us the books of account, information and explanations sought by us and sufficient appropriate audit evidence to enable us to complete the audit for the Financial Year 2022-23.”

At least 10 Palestinians were killed in Israeli bombings targeting two residential houses in central and southern Gaza Strip, said Palestinian sources.

Palestinian security sources told news agency on Friday that Israeli aircraft struck a house located west of the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza.

Medical sources said that the airstrike killed five people, with several still trapped under the rubble, news agency reported.

Also on Friday, five people were killed and several others injured in an Israeli bombing of a home in central Khan Younis, southern Gaza, the Palestinian Civil Defence said in a statement.

The Israeli army has not made any comment on the incidents.

Assam Police on Saturday arrested another person from Jorhat district’s Titabor area for his alleged involvement in the Rs 2,200 crore online trading scam that has shocked the state, officials said on Saturday.

The arrested person has been identified as Abinash Pardhiya who was taken into custody from Borhola locality in Titabor town.

Police said that the accused person was at his residence when he was arrested on Saturday morning.

A senior police officer said that Pardhiya runs a tuition centre from his residence and he was running the online trading scam under the banner of Good Luck Tutor Centre Private Limited there.