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Paris attacks suspect Mohamed Abrini arrested: Belgian official
Mohamed Abrini, a 31-year-old Belgian wanted in connection with November's Islamic State group attacks on Paris, has been arrested, a Belgian official says.
 
Labor takes aim at big banks, promising royal commission
Federal Opposition Leader Bill Shorten announces an incoming Labor government would hold a royal commission into misconduct in the banking and financial services industry.
 
Target's managing director resigns following accounting issues
The managing director of retail giant Target resigns, as its parent company Wesfarmers investigates claims of accounting issues in its most recent half-year results.
 
US Government continues Apple encryption battle
The US Government keeps its encryption battle with Apple alive, pressing the high-tech giant to help crack an iPhone in a drug case in New York.
 
Earth's spin axis shifted by melting ice sheets, water changes
Shifts in the spin axis of our planet are not only being driven by melting ice sheets but also changes in the relative amount of water stored on the continents, according to new research.
 
AFP investigating Australian companies linked to N Korea mining deals
The Australian Federal Police (AFP) is investigating whether two Australian mining companies breached sanctions involving North Korea.
 
Toddler killed in Perth hit-and-run
A young child is run over and killed by a car outside a house in the Perth suburb of Merriwa.
 
Pope reaches out to divorcees but holds line on gay marriage
Pope Francis opts for no change in the Catholic approach to homosexuality but signals a more open stance on cohabiting and divorced believers under new Church guidelines on family life.
 
Myanmar court frees student activists after amnesty pledge
A Myanmar court frees dozens of jailed students, in the first wave of detainee releases after Aung San Suu Kyi pledged that the release of political prisoners would be the first priority of her new government.
 
Hackett misses Rio Olympics berth
Grant Hackett's bid to qualify for the Rio de Janeiro Olympics is over after he finished seventh in his 200 metres freestyle semi-final at the Australian Swimming Championships in Adelaide.
 
Aboriginal health worker calls for more Indigenous hospital staff in Darwin
More Indigenous staff are needed at Royal Darwin Hospital (RDH), the NT's Aboriginal health worker of the year says, because language and cultural barriers often stop people with chronic illness seeking treatment.
 
Sole doctor in besieged Syrian town killed by 'sniper'
The only medical doctor remaining in the besieged Syrian town of Zabadani, and a member of a rescue team, is shot dead by a sniper after treating a patient, according to Medecins Sans Frontieres.
 
'Great white shark' turns on 'annoying' jet skiers
Two jet skiers who pulled up next to a five-metre-long shark for a closer look came off second best when it turned on them off Fraser Island in southern Queensland.
 
Analysis and Opinion: The Drum
By Barrie Cassidy An election can't come soon enough for Turnbull
By Barrie Cassidy
By Peter Brent We're drowning in opinion polls, so here's what to make of them
By Peter Brent
By Sally Weller Sadly, research suggests Arrium workers face a grim future
By Sally Weller
By Nikki Barrowclough Kim Philby: The spy and the video that can't be trusted
By Nikki Barrowclough
 
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King announces Saudi-Egypt Red Sea bridge
April 9, 2016 - 6:25 am
Paris attacks suspect Mohamed Abrini arrested: Belgian official
April 9, 2016 - 5:58 am
US Government continues Apple encryption battle
April 9, 2016 - 5:55 am
 
World
King announces Saudi-Egypt Red Sea bridge
Former Lebanese minister sentenced to 10 years' jail for plotting attacks
Russian investigation into FlyDubai plane crash suggests pilot error
 
Business
Target's managing director resigns following accounting issues
Labor takes aim at big banks, promising royal commission
Share market falls for third week
 
Politics
AFP investigating Australian companies linked to N Korea mining deals
'At their wits end': Isolated Aussies call for boarding school assistance increase
PM's 'adviser' Maurice Newman hits out at Malcolm Turnbull's 'Labor-like' leadership
 
Sport
Hackett misses Rio Olympics berth
Adelaide United on top as tempers flare in win over City
Napa fires Roosters to drought-breaking win
 
Science and Tech
US Government continues Apple encryption battle
FameLab: Science talent quest replaces jargon and PowerPoints with jokes and props
Are self-driving warships and 'smart trucks' the future?
 
Environment
Australia to sign Paris climate change deal
Millions drinking arsenic-laced water in Bangladesh: report
Environmental concerns raised over NSW coal seam gas water plant
 

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