| | | | If you were to guess what Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull was doing on Christmas Day you wouldn't expect him to be getting down on the dance floor at a street party in Kings Cross. | | | | Christians in Mosul are free to revel in carols, decorations and Christmas Eve mass for the first time in four years without fear of persecution from Islamic State militants. | | | | Authorities in Vietnam are preparing to move 1 million people from low-lying areas along the south coast as Typhoon Tembin approaches the country after battering the Philippines with floods and landslides that killed more than 230 people. | | | | As people in some parts of Australia take to the water to beat the scorching Christmas heat, the nation's church leaders offer messages of hope, love and generosity — with one even condensing his wishes into a single tweet. | | | | Santa had no trouble tracking down the 27 international crews competing in this years' Sydney to Hobart yacht race to spread some Christmas cheer. | | | | Police blame excessive speed for a fiery head-on crash west of Melbourne that claimed the lives of three people in what is being called a "devastating" crash. | | | | Queen Elizabeth II will pay tribute to Prince Philip in her Christmas message, praising his "support and unique sense of humour", and honour cities hit by terror. | | | | Each home Ashes win merely sweetens the prize for the next country to seize the urn on foreign soil. To that end, Australia can land a few more psychological blows on an England team now working through the various stages of grief, writes Richard Hinds. | | | | Around 200 skiers who were left stranded in chairlifts when a gondola broke down at a resort in the French Alps are rescued by workers via helicopter. | | | | Two teenagers were forced to jump from their dirt bikes when a motorist drove his four-wheel drive directly toward them, before running over one of the bikes and striking one of the youths during a road rage attack in Perth's north, police say. | | | | A two-year-old boy dies in hospital after being found unconscious at the bottom of a portable pool in Sydney's south-west. | | | | Guatemala's President announces his country will move its embassy in Israel to Jerusalem, becoming the first nation to follow the lead of US President Donald Trump. | | | | Whether it's food, alcohol or gifts, the holiday season is typically a time of excess. But there's a growing appetite from shoppers for gifts and packaging that won't leave as much of a mark on the environment. | | | | An officer was repeatedly punched after finding drugs on a man, police allege — the second assault of an officer in south-east Queensland in as many days. | | | | The Palestinian Health Ministry reports two more deaths in the violence following US President Donald Trump's decision to recognise Jerusalem as Israel's capital, bringing the total death toll to 12. | | | | Hundreds of supporters of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny endorse him for the presidency and prepare to file his nomination with election officials, despite a suspended prison sentence that makes him ineligible. | | | | A Melbourne woman and her young daughter are killed in a car crash near Victoria Falls during a family holiday, according to local media reports. | | | | The latest round of United Nations sanctions against North Korea are tantamount to a complete economic blockade, the country's foreign ministry says, threatening to punish those who supported the measure. | | | | Northern Territory Police believe a man who was accidentally run over by a truck at Mataranka may have been sheltering beneath the vehicle during heavy rain. | | | | A Northern Territory crocodile farm sets aside 100 baby salt and freshwater crocodiles to sell as Christmas presents, with owners surprised at the "crazy" demand for the pint-size critters. | |  |
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