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PDF editing made easy forever for just $40
TL;DR: PDF Agile gives Windows users a fast, full-featured PDF editor—complete with OCR, conversion tools, security features, and annotation—for a one-time $39.99 payment. If you spend any amount of time wrangling PDFs—forms, reports, scanned documents, presentations—you know the struggle. Some tools are slow. Others are clunky. A few feel like they were built...

Inside the 21-minute grilling of the MCG curator and his boss after controversial test
A two-day Test, the first at the MCG in 94 years, is a big deal.

Watch: Black Cap Tom Latham continues sizzling form with Super Smash 50
The country’s red-ball skipper just can’t stop scoring runs.

MCG curator in 'state of shock' at two-day Test
Melbourne Cricket Ground head curator Matthew Page says he was in a “state of shock” during England’s two-day defeat of Australia in the Boxing Day Test.

The Papers: 'War and peace in Ukraine' and 'Ramsay and Peaty take the plunge'
Olympic swimmer Adam Peaty and Holly Ramsay's wedding dominate Sunday's papers.

Dark energy just got even weirder and why the Universe may end in a 'Big Crunch'
A mysterious force called Dark Energy might be changing, in a way that challenges our current understanding of the nature of time and space.

Rich and voiceless: How Putin has kept Russia's billionaires on side in the war
Western sanctions have failed to turn the uber-rich into opponents, and Putin's policies have turned them into silent backers.

Quiz of the Year 2025, Part 4: Who was the mysterious Fedora man pictured outside the Louvre?
Test your memory of 2025 in the final part of our quiz. What happened from October to December?

War-torn Myanmar voting in widely criticised 'sham' election
Observers say the vote, accompanied by a renewed crackdown on dissent, is meant to entrench the junta's power.

Rapid Recap | MW18: Crystal Palace vs Spurs
Catchup with Rapid Recap: Watch the goals and big moments from Spurs's visit to Selhurst Park to face Crystal Palace in Premier League Matchweek 18 action.

PC gamers are snatching Windows 11 Pro while it’s still $9.97 (MSRP $199)
TL;DR: Windows 11 Pro keys just dropped to $9.97 (MSRP $199)—the lowest price ever—and gamers are upgrading fast for DirectX 12 Ultimate, Auto HDR, and performance gains. If you’ve been putting off the jump from Windows 10, this might be the nudge you needed. Windows 11 Pro just hit its lowest price ever, and PC...

Oil spill on SH73 makes driving hazardous
Canterbury drivers are being urged to be cautious after an oil spill on State Highway 73, West Coast Road near Porters Pass.

Littler cruises into round four but Bunting beaten
Luke Littler is into the last 16 but fourth seed Stephen Bunting becomes the highest-ranked player to exit this year's PDC World Championship.

Fearing deportation, Hondurans in the US send more cash home than ever before
There's been a surge in remittances going back to Honduras amid Trump's immigration crackdown.

Snow-capped Mount Etna erupts as skiers use its slopes
Volcanic activity at the mountain intensified on 27 December, according to Italian scientists.

How frogs went from right-wing meme to anti-ICE protest symbol
The frog has become a frequent symbol at protests against the Trump administration.

Style trends to look out for in 2026: Bold colours, tassels and loud luxury
These are some of the biggest trends you can expect to see hitting stores in the new year.

BBC visits Myanmar polling station as civil war rages on
Voters in Myanmar's election say the poll is taking place in a "climate of fear", the BBC's South East Asia Correspondent Jonathan Head reports.