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Top Stories 'Provocative' act: Chinese spy ship rattles US-Australian war games A high-tech Chinese spy ship is spotted off the Queensland coast monitoring joint military exercises between Australia and the United States, in what Defence officials describe as "unfriendly" actions. Sean Spicer resigns as White House press secretary White House spokesman Sean Spicer resigns after the appointment of businessman Anthony Scaramucci as the administration's communications director, ending a brief and turbulent tenure that made him a household name. Church leaders call for urgent response to domestic violence Australian church leaders are calling on Christian communities to urgently respond to women who are being abused in their congregations, with the most senior Anglican cleric in the country arguing victims of domestic violence deserve an apology from the Church. UK five-year-old's lemonade stall attracts $246 fine Andre Spicer wanted to use London's long summer days to encourage his five-year-old daughter's entrepreneurial side with a lemonade stall, but the long arm of the law intervened. Where are our next-gen batteries? 'Battery breakthrough offers 30 times more power!' — We've been promised better batteries in our devices for years, take a look at what researchers think it's actually worth getting excited about. Five places that mark Australia's extreme geological past Australia is often thought of a sleeping giant in a world where landscapes dramatically change. But if you know where to look you'll find gravity warps, cataclysmic craters, supervolcanoes and spectacular underwater canyons. When it comes to contraception, what was old is new again Despite all the messaging around safe sex and unwanted pregnancies, a recent study suggests the use of so-called natural birth control methods are making a comeback. We don't play guitars: how bedroom producers came to dominate the airwaves A German-made computer program with a cult following is behind the growing popularity of the "Australian sound". These teenagers are in training to win gold — in science The country's brightest students have an intensive schedule ahead of the international maths and science Olympiads. For Australia's earth science team, this means hours in the classroom — but also days on the beach. Homophobia in Jamaican music: One love, one hate, one hope The music of One Love became notorious for homophobic hate, but a new generation of Jamaican reggae artists is turning the tide. Vigils held for Elijah Doughty after driver cleared of manslaughter Candlelit vigils are held in Kalgoorlie and Perth after a man found not guilty of manslaughter over the death of 14-year-old Elijah Doughty is sentenced to three years in jail on a lesser charge. Driver likely killed by defective airbag: police Police are linking the Takata airbag to the death of a man who was driving a Honda CRV when it crashed last Thursday. Investigations reveal he was struck in the neck with a piece of shrapnel. Six killed in bloody clashes over Jerusalem holy site Six people are killed in the bloodiest spate of Israeli-Palestinian violence for years, prompted by new security Israeli measures at Jerusalem's holiest site. Police chief in eye of storm over Justine Damond shooting A lack of answers from the Minneapolis police department and the absence of its chief, Janee Harteau, sees tensions rise in the wake of Justine Damond's shooting death. Too late to say sorry? China bans Justin Bieber for 'bad behaviour' Justin Bieber won't be taking to the stage in Beijing any time soon. The culture ministry has banned the Canadian pop star over his past "bad behaviour" — although it did concede he is "talented at singing". Waterloo Bay 'massacre' debate rages, community wants 'closure' Using the word "massacre" to describe how Aboriginal people were driven off a cliff at Waterloo Bay in South Australia would bring "closure" to the Wirangu people, but the community is divided. Phuket villa and a $1m Lamborghini: 'Genius' dark net mogul undone by his own mistake Alexandre Cazes had "no history, no judicial record" — he'd never even smoked a cigarette. But the IT whiz kid founded one of the biggest networks of illegal drugs and weapons on the dark web. Rugby and race: two reasons why Kiwis thank God they're not Australian This week two events — seemingly unrelated — have opened a sliding door into our history: just how different things could have been, writes Stan Grant. Cockatoo judges David Warner portrait best of Bald Archies A portrait of a cricketer David Warner swinging a bat as big as himself outplays paintings lampooning Pauline Hanson to take out Australia's most irreverent art prize, the Bald Archy. Analysis and Opinion: The Drum Grattan: Abbott shapes up in fight for control of Liberals' NSW division By Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra The simple change that would make life fairer for mothers By Nicola Heath Michael Pezzullo, the divisive figure behind home affairs recommendation By 7.30 political correspondent Andrew Probyn Turnbull warns of interest rate hike — but will borrowers listen? 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