| | | | The man accused of driving a car that slammed into pedestrians in the heart of Melbourne's CBD is charged with 18 counts of attempted murder, but more charges are being considered, a court hears. | | | | Cycling Australia says it is deeply saddened by the death of up-and-coming professional cyclist, Jason Lowndes, who died after being struck by a car during a training ride in regional Victoria. | | | | A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket takes off from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, sparking awe online as social media users post photos and videos of the spectacular launch. | | | | The United States will provide Ukraine with "enhanced defensive capabilities," the State Department says, as Kiev continues to battle Russian-backed separatists in the eastern part of the country. | | | | Cuban teenager Emanuel Zayas has a massive tumour that began as a pimple but quickly grew, and now threatens to fracture his neck and suffocate him. Now, doctors in the US are planning to remove it. | | | | Beachgoers at Surfers Paradise are startled when an ultra-light plane glides onto the sand after its engine fails mid-flight. The pilot, who escaped injury, has joked the aircraft took an "early Christmas". | | | | Jackson Bird says he is preparing to play the Boxing Day Ashes Test but remains unsure about Mitchell Starc's hopes of playing the MCG match. | | | | The Northern Territory Government will spend up to $2 million upgrading the fire protection system at the Don Dale juvenile detention centre, even though plans are underway to close the controversial facility. | | | | Donald Trump makes his biggest legislative victory official by signing the Republicans' massive $US1.5 trillion tax package into law, as he continues to pitch it as a win for the middle class while spruiking the excitement of the big end of town. | | | | A Muslim man is attacked inside a mosque in Adelaide's south after refusing to have a political discussion about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. | | | | Bettie Bee, a kitten born with two faces and a large, merged middle eye, is "growing nicely" despite concerns its health would deteriorate after birth. | | | | The Miss America Organisation suspends its CEO less than 24 hours after leaked emails surfaced showing him and others disparaging the appearance, intellect and sex lives of former Miss Americas. | | | | A far north Queensland father offers a warning to Australians about lightning strikes as storm season ramps up across the country. | | | | An island resort that became a symbol of 1980s excess is set to be restored to its former glory, transformed from a cobwebbed ghost town to the tropical paradise dreamed up by tycoon Alan Bond. | | | | Bitcoin drops by a quarter to below $US12,000 as investors dump the cryptocurrency in manic trading after its blistering ascent to a peak close to $US20,000 prompted warnings by experts of a bubble. | | | | Bruce McCandless, who was famously photographed in 1984 flying alone in the cosmic blackness above a blue Earth, travelled more than 90 metres away from the space shuttle Challenger during his spacewalk. | | | | A deadly feud is taking hold in Al Qaeda's leadership in Syria as the once-feared terror group looks to position itself as a "moderate" alternative to the disintegrating so-called Islamic State and President Bashar Al-Assad's regime forces. | | | | The planned return of Britain's classic blue passport pleases Brexit campaigners and bemuses a generation of Britons who never knew it existed. | | | | The US ambassador to the Netherlands suffers an embarrassing moment only weeks into the job, after being caught out on Dutch television contradicting himself over "fake news". | | | | Famed confectioners Cadbury brought more than just cocoa and chocolate moulds to Tasmania in the 1920s. | |  |
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