Hurricane Irma, a storm roughly the size of Tasmania, roars into the Caribbean with record-setting force, battering the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico with powerful winds and rain on a potentially catastrophic path towards the United States.
Both sides of the same-sex marriage debate are holding their breath awaiting the High Court's decision on the postal survey this afternoon. But the emotion of the debate was largely missing from the two-day hearing.
GDP rebounded from a soft start to the year, so it's all good, right? Not really, because low wages growth means the household savings rate is now at its lowest level since the depths of the GFC, writes Stephen Letts.
Bangladesh claws its way back into contention on a rain-hit day three of the second Test, after another Australian middle-order collapse spoiled centurion David Warner's hard work.
Kate lost her life's savings and feared for the safety of her and her children after she "swiped the wrong way" on Tinder and exchanged naked messages with a serial conman.
Exploding lithium-ion batteries may soon be a thing of the past with the development of a safer, lighter version that matches the power level needed to run everyday devices.
Increasingly, what we do on the internet is being watched and interpreted. That's fostering what one commentator calls "social cooling", a form of self-censorship that leads to social conformity and a "pressure to be perfect".
The Federal Court tells Volkswagen to set the record straight over the suggestion a Federal Government department found a software upgrade had no impact on fuel economy and performance, when in fact the department only confirmed the modification would comply with emissions standards.
Research challenges the stereotype of a culturally diverse woman, finding many are ambitious, capable and resilient — but a "glass-cultural ceiling" is preventing many from reaching leadership positions in Australian workplaces.
Labor and Greens senators accuse their Coalition colleagues of ignoring "overwhelming" evidence against drug testing welfare recipients, saying the plan will "further isolate and stigmatise" drug users.
The Chinese-Australia businessman is challenging strict parole conditions put on him by the Government after his release from jail for fraud and embezzlement.
The military crackdown in Myanmar's Rakhine state, which has seen more than 140,000 Rohingya Muslims flee to Bangladesh, could be leading to genocide, the United Nations' top official on the subject says.
Two men are found guilty over the death of 33-year-old Lynette Daley, whose naked body was found bruised and bloodied after a boozy 2011 camping trip to a remote beach in northern New South Wales.
The death of Kian delos Santos, one of thousands of people who have been gunned down in the Philippines in the last year, has sparked national outrage.
Refugees and asylum seekers who will receive compensation for being illegally detained on Manus Island say they are unhappy with the $70 million settlement and fear they will not be able to access the money.
Doctors hail an improved version of Gardasil cervical cancer vaccine as victory in the fight to protect people from the tenth-biggest killer of Australian women.
Our waistlines have a frustrating tendency to increase as we get older. It happens to almost everyone — but when does an expanding waist start to become a health concern?
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