| | | | One of two sisters who have been fighting for life after a fiery Boxing Day crash on the NSW south coast that killed their parents dies. | | | | Rain halts play early on day four with Australia still trailing England's first-innings score by 61 runs with eight wickets in hand. See how it all unfolded in our blog. | | | | Chatting with Prince Harry, schmoozing with Emmanuel Macron — despite the US Constitution limiting American presidents to two terms, Barack Obama is behaving very presidentially. So what's going on? | | | | The US President says he is "very disappointed that China is allowing oil to go into North Korea", after spy satellite photos appear to show Chinese oil being loaded onto North Korean tankers in the Yellow Sea. | | | | Apple says sorry for deliberately slowing down its devices as they age, and announces plans for how it wants to make it up to you. Here's what it's going to do. | | | | A veteran sailor of 75 years says Wild Oats XI should have been disqualified for a manoeuvre at the start of the Sydney to Hobart that ultimately cost the record-breaking yacht this year's line honours. | | | | A farmer in western Victoria says a fire started by his new ute, a model recently recalled by the manufacturers, will cost him millions of dollars in damage. | | | | Bitter cold blankets the northern United States and Canada, with forecasters warning of the dangers of frostbite and hypothermia as the deep freeze continues into the new year. | | | | Former editors of Milo Yiannopoulos' autobiography describe the right-wing provocateur's manuscript as "lazy", "convoluted" "self-serving" and "phenomenally petty", court documents reveal. | | | | At least 12 people are dead, including a one-year-old child, after a fire broke out in an apartment building in the Bronx. New York City's fire chief says the tragedy is "without question historic in its magnitude". | | | | The Federal Government defends the increasing use of management consultants in the public service, after an audit shows the big four accounting firms won close to half-a-billion dollars in consultancy work over four years. | | | | A number of former Australian players say England could fall foul of ball tampering regulations after two incidents on day four of the fourth Ashes Test at the MCG. | | | | A Zimbabwean family has been trapped in Bangkok's main airport for two months, sleeping on sofas in a departure lounge and eating food provided by airport staff. | | | | Technology finally catches up with speeding motorcyclists, bringing to an end their ability to evade the fleet of mobile speed cameras by snapping them from behind for the first time. | | | | American country singer Luke Bryan is slammed for being "cruel" after giving his wife two kangaroo joeys for Christmas. So what does the law say about keeping the iconic Australian animals as pets? | | | | Around $64,000 worth of avocados are spilled on a major highway in Texas after a truck crashes and catches fire, in what could be the world's largest avo smash. | | | | Grieving partners are charged hundreds of dollars to get household accounts transferred from their loved ones' names into their own, with some companies even imposing both disconnection and re-connection fees on accounts. | | | | In a move described as "gut-wrenching" India has imposed a new 30 per cent tariff on Australian chickpeas and lentils which will have immediate financial consequences for growers. | | | | It's no secret that Australians are among the most well-travelled people in the world. But over the years, how (and where) we've holidayed has changed significantly. | | | | Simply saying "talaq" three times was once enough for a Muslim man in India to instantly divorce his wife — but the draft law would see it punishable by three years prison. | | | | The US President says the magazine is "bending over backwards in apologising for a minor hit" after it posted an online video urging Mrs Clinton to take up knitting instead of running for president again. | | | | The trillions of dollars spent by the likes of Elon Musk to commercialise space travel and set up colonies on other planets would be better used defending the lives of more than 7 billion humans on Earth, writes Andrew Glikson. | |  |
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