A powerful magnitude 6.4 earthquake topples a 17-storey apartment building in southern Taiwan, killing at least five people and triggering frantic efforts to rescue about 35 people feared trapped inside.
The world's first recorded opalised pearls, relics of creatures in an ancient inland sea, have been unearthed by two miners at Coober Pedy in the South Australian outback.
Severely disabled children born in Australia are being denied access to the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) because their parents are New Zealand citizens.
The militant group Al Qaeda in the Islamic region of Magreb claims responsibility for the kidnapping of two Australians in Burkina Faso and says it will release the female captive, according to an audio statement.
Australian honey producers are set for a liquid billion-dollar global gold rush with new research investigating healing and anti-inflammatory properties in the flowering nectar of trees across Australia.
Basketball star Lauren Jackson reveals she is considering quitting the sport entirely, after being released from her WNBL contract and suffering complications from a chronic knee injury.
NASA is monitoring a 30-meter wide asteroid that could make a close pass by Earth next month but has no chance of hitting it, the US space agency says.
A hungry sea lion pup surprises cleaners by wandering into a seaside restaurant in California and perching herself up in the best booth in the house, long before opening time.
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