Hundreds of Queenslanders were left in shock after a meteor lit up the night sky and created a sonic boom while hurtling towards Earth.

Residents from Blackwater in central Queensland to Tweed Heads in northern New South Wales took to social media to discuss the rare sight.

Witnesses say the meteor landing sounded like an “explosion” and felt like an “earthquake”.

A Canadian woman has woken up alone and terrified on board an Air Canada plane a few hours after the flight had landed.

Tiffani Adams says she woke up in the freezing cold, still buckled to her seat and had barely managed to call her friend before her phone ran out of battery.

Ms Adams says Air Canada has apologised to her on multiple accounts, with the airline company officially launching investigations this week.

The US supermarket chain Walmart has confirmed it uses AI cameras to catch shoplifters who use self-serve checkouts.

The image recognition cameras do not track people but instead see if items have been scanned before being placed in shopping bags at the checkout.

A Walmart spokesperson says the technology has already made theft less common in over a thousand of their stores.

The Prime Minister’s office confirms the three surviving children of a dead Australian Islamic State terrorist are on their way back to Australia after being rescued from a Syrian refugee camp.

The three children were among eight rescued from a secret refugee camp on Sunday and Scott Morrison says the decision to rescue the children was carefully considered.

According to Nine News, the three children will be returned to their grandmother in Sydney, while others will be returned to family in Melbourne.

New research has found 86 percent of the Great Barrier Reef is likely contaminated with microfibre.

Scientists are alarmed by these findings as the contamination is linked to a high correlation in consumption of these fibres by marine organisms.

Dr Frederieke Kroon from the Australian Institute of Marine Science says the pollution is likely caused by ships and laundering of synthetic materials.

Queensland mango farmers will be given new tools to assist international buyers who import their fruit in a bid to boost Queensland’s mango exports.

The state government plans to release a mango quality guide in six different languages using research led by Griffith University.

Minister for Agriculture Mark Furner says the manual will create better understanding, trust and trade between Queensland farmers and the Chinese market.

Five protesters who glued themselves to a South Bank road during protests against the Adani coal mine, have been arrested and released without charge.

Over 700 protesters rallied in the CBD on Friday evening during peak hour, calling on the government to “tear up the contracts” surrounding the Adani mine.

Queensland police say the large crowd was mostly peaceful, but they had to arrest another two protesters for “breaching the peace”.

Chinese authorities say the police brutality surrounding the mass protests against the Hong Kong extradition bill will not be investigated.

Hong Kong Justice Secretary Teresa Cheng did however, apologise for the government’s handling of the extradition bill.

Over 70 people have been reportedly injured during the protests, including two men who are in critical condition and 21 police officers.

A seven-storey building has collapsed in Cambodia killing at least 18 people and injuring at least another 24, with several in critical condition and others reportedly missing according to officials.

The Chinese building owner, the head of the construction firm and the contractor have been arrested with a Cambodian landowner also being questioned.