| | | | Wild Oats XI smashes the Sydney to Hobart record to win its ninth title, sneaking past Comanche which has lodged a formal protest over a near collision at the start of the race. | | | | Australia spends more than $10 billion every four years on weapons and military equipment from the United States, with high-tech flying bombs and attack helicopter upgrades among the big-money items. | | | | Former US president Barack Obama says the danger of the Internet is that people can have entirely different realities, urging leaders to ensure the web does not cocoon users in their biases. | | | | One of the two sisters in a critical condition after Tuesday's triple-fatal collision on the NSW south coast is actress Jessica Falkholt, who appeared in the TV series Home and Away. | | | | Maria Exposto was caught with 1.1kg of crystal meth at Malaysia's international airport. She's been found not guilty of drug trafficking, but will not be able to return to Australia yet as prosecutors will challenge the ruling. | | | | English opening batsman Alastair Cook breaks his shackles in vintage fashion, bringing up a century in the final over of the day to steer the tourists into a strong position after day two at the MCG. | | | | Israel's ambassador to New Zealand is asking Lorde to meet with him after she cancelled her show in Tel Aviv amid calls from pro-Palestinian activists to boycott Israel. | | | | Broome is bearing the brunt of Cyclone Hilda as the system brings 100 kilometre-per-hour winds and heavy rain to the Kimberley tourist town. | | | | Eight lawsuits filed in various US federal courts are claiming that Apple Inc defrauded iPhone users by slowing devices without warning to compensate for poor battery performance after the company opened up about the software change. | | | | South Korean prosecutors seek a 12-year jail term for Samsung Electronics vice chairman Jay Y Lee, in a corruption case that led to the ouster of the nation's president earlier this year. | | | | On average, Australian petrol prices have risen to their most expensive levels this year — which puts more pressure on household spending and makes it harder for the Reserve Bank to lift interest rates. | | | | Kim Jong-sik and Ri Pyong-chol are frequently seen celebrating test launches with Kim Jong-un — now they have been singled out for US sanctions because of their part in leading North Korea's nuclear missile program. | | | | The ability of many American households to simply hand back the keys to their house if they can't afford their mortgage has been cited as a key reason why the US property market crashed and Australia's won't. But the true picture is more complex. | | | | Physically abused and paid little, if anything — workers for some of the world's biggest multinational corporations are being enslaved in horrendous conditions. Now, some companies are taking a stand against modern slavery after discovering its existence in their supply chains. | | | | Businesses offering genuine massage therapy say they are being harassed by customers who think they provide the same services as sex workers, but there are new laws in place to protect staff. | | | | Saeed Noori, the man accused of deliberately driving a car into pedestrians on Flinders St in Melbourne's CBD, may be suffering psychiatric issues or an undiagnosed illness, a court is told. | | | | 80-year-old Patricia Joyce died soon after fulfilling a lifelong ambition to visit Sydney. Now her family wants help finding her holiday photos. | | | | Observing the Myanmar military's operations against Rohingya Muslims may make some Australians wonder, at what point do soldiers who kill and rape hundreds of men, women and children cross a red line, writes Elaine Pearson. | |  |
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