Nearly 900 Australians have been recognised for their contributions to the community in this year's Queen's Birthday honours list. Here's some of the scientists, entertainers, lawyers — and a psephologist — who've received awards.
Files from the Fitzgerald Inquiry, including statements to investigators, hard evidence showing money laundering and handwritten notes by corrupt cops, reveal the inner workings of the web of corruption run by "the Bagman" Jack Herbert.
British PM Theresa May reshuffles her cabinet as pressure mounts on her to quit in the wake of last week's disastrous election result, with one Tory MP declaring she is a "dead woman walking".
Rafael Nadal makes history with a brutal 6-2, 6-3, 6-1 mauling of Switzerland's Stan Wawrinka in the French Open final, becoming the first player in the Open era to have won the same major 10 times.
In the seven years since their son Sam suffered a series of catastrophic strokes at the age of 23, the Goddard family has moved mountains to help him defy medical advice and regain his ability to speak.
Donald Trump accuses former FBI chief James Comey of "very cowardly" leaks, as fellow Republications press the US President to come clean and "clear up the matter once and for all".
French voters stay away from the polls in large numbers in the first round of parliamentary elections expected to deliver a comfortable majority for newly elected President Emmanuel Macron.
Kai Hao, the innocent man killed in the Brighton attack last week, is remembered by the Chinese community as a hard worker and committed worker in a service in Melbourne.
A family is "distraught" after two sisters, aged 10 and 13, die in a fire overnight, with police confirming there were no smoke alarms inside a granny flat where the children were found.
Before Michael Keaton, Val Kilmer, George Clooney, Christian Bale and Ben Affleck donned Batman's cape, there was Adam West — join us as we revisit some of his most iconic scenes.
A counter-terrorism expert is warning the New South Wales Government that its plan to build a supermax jail for extremist inmates could be counter-productive.
A sailor whose SOS rock sign made headlines around the world tells how a crocodile destroyed his rubber dinghy and left him and a crew member stranded in a remote part of Western Australia's Kimberley region for a week in 2013.
The South-East Asian sport caneball — described as a mix between volleyball and soccer — is growing in popularity in Australia as refugees from Myanmar settle in the country.
Twenty-five years and around $100 million in the making, the enormous sculpture of the Hindu god Wisnu riding the mythical bird Garuda destined for a hill overlooking Bali's international airport is nearing completion.
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