GLOBAL SNAPSHOT

Crash rains cash

ST LOUIS: It was raining money on a US highway yesterday after a vehicle filled with cash collided with a car, sending bills flying across the road. The road in Illinois was covered in US$5, $10 and $20 bills after a car carrying cash from video gambling machines crashed into a guardrail before hitting another car. It’s unknown how much cash was in the car.

Bromance attack

NEWCASTLE: The girlfriend of a man’s best mate slashed his neck with a knife because she was jealous of their bromance. Jodie Goodwin, 20, allegedly lunged at Anthony Milburn’s throat, opening up a large gash, when her then-lover Andrew Kane said he and Anthony were going to a party after a night in the pub. Goodwin admitted wounding without intent and was jailed for 27 months.

Kids fill in blanks

RIVERSIDE, California: The California children who authorities say were tortured by their parents and so malnourished that their growth was stunted are slowly providing valuable information to investigators. David and Louise Turpin are accused of abusing their 13 children – ranging from 2 to 29 – before they were rescued on January 14 from their home in Perris. They have pleaded not guilty to torture and other charges.

‘Disco ball’ in space

WELLINGTON: Look into the night sky at the right time and you might see what seems like a disco ball shimmering and glinting back. The founder of the company that launched the first rocket into orbit from New Zealand this week said he deployed a secret satellite he hopes will remind people of their precarious place in a vast universe. Peter Beck, the New Zealander who founded California-based Rocket Lab, calls the satellite – a geodesic sphere made from carbon-fibre with 65 reflective panels about the size of a beach ball – the “Humanity Star”. The rocket reached orbit on Sunday.

Volcano not done

LEGAZPI, Philippines: A volcano that’s been erupting for almost two weeks in the Philippines still appears to be swelling with magma under the surface. More than 74,000 people are staying in dozens of emergency shelters as Mt Mayon continues to belch lava, ash and superheated gas and rocks.

Free trade push

DAVOS, Switzerland: European leaders came to the defence of free trade and global cooperation yesterday, laying out a vision to counterbalance what many perceive as a rise in the nationalistic policies of US President Donald Trump.