| | | | Rescuers in the Philippines are searching for survivors of a devastating storm that triggered floods and landslides, killing at least 200 people, leaving scores missing and rendering 70,000 others homeless. | | | | 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. | | | | 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. | | | | 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. | | | | 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. | | | | 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. | | | | An out-of-control bushfire which had been threatening homes in Sydney's west has its threat level downgraded and is now moving away from the area due to a wind change. | | | | A program at a country kindergarten is pairing some of the youngest and oldest community members to ensure no-one misses out at Christmas. | | | | 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. | | | | The Very Reverend Richard Humphrey channels Donald Trump in a politically-themed Christmas message, telling Anglicans to "turn from fake news to the really good news of Christmas". | | | | A two-year-old boy dies in hospital after being found unconscious at the bottom of a pool in Sydney's south-west. | | | | Need to sound like an instant expert on Star Wars: The Last Jedi whether you've seen the film or not? Here's the little details and cool trivia you might have missed. | | | | Twelve months on from controversial spinal cord surgery five-year-old Isabella Lombardo from Sydney hopes 2018 will be the year she walks without assistance. | | | | Mexico registers its highest murder total since modern records began, in a fresh blow to President Enrique Pena Nieto's pledge to get gang violence under control. | | | | Sleep specialists are seeing a growing number of people sending text messages, emails and even making phone calls while sound asleep, as smartphone usage becomes so automatic it invades our subconscious. | | | | Palestinian protesters, some festively dressed as Santa Claus, clash with Israeli security forces in Bethlehem, a day before the beginning of Christmas celebrations in the West Bank city revered as the birthplace of Jesus. | | | | Malcolm Turnbull and Bill Shorten release messages ahead of Christmas Day urging Australians to remember the homeless and lonely and those "fighting their own battles against poverty, addiction, abuse or mental illness". | | | | Many adults are disenchanted with Christmas. Can recalling the message of the original Christmas story help us to counter the anxiety and sadness? | | | | The bizarre discovery of a 25-gram truffle growing a short walk from the Eiffel Tower is exciting urban scientists and foodies and raising questions about how it could grow in Paris' frigid climate. | |  |
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