| | | | Danish prosecutors seek to have inventor Peter Madsen jailed for life for killing Swedish journalist Kim Wall on his homebuilt submarine in a premeditated murder, police say. | | | | Donald Trump's former chief strategist Steve Bannon is the first from the President's inner circle to be subpoenaed to testify before a grand jury in a probe into alleged ties between Russia and Mr Trump's 2016 presidential campaign, according to the New York Times. | | | | Australian teacher Gabrielle Maina, who was shot dead in Kenya, feared for her safety and accused her husband Cyrus Maina of psychological torture, court documents obtained by the ABC show. | | | | The cost of Australia's Future Submarine program is likely to blow out by billions of dollars because it is already missing key deadlines, a former defence contractor turned senator warns. | | | | Police charge California parents with torture after rescuing 13 "malnourished and very dirty" siblings aged between two and 29 from the family home. | | | | The 46-year-old Irish singer's cause of death will be investigated by a coroner after London police — who earlier described her sudden death as "unexplained" — say their investigations have found nothing suspicious. | | | | Ashleigh Barty is the only Australian winner on day two at Melbourne Park, with compatriots Alex De Minaur and Thanasi Kokkinakis among the local contingent to exit in the first round. | | | | Oliver Ivanovic, who was standing trial over the killings of ethnic Albanians during the 1998-99 war, has been shot dead in what Serbia called an act of terrorism. | | | | Qantas is ranked in a new study as the worst major airline for fuel efficiency and carbon emissions when flying across the Pacific. The other major Australian carrier, Virgin Australian, was ranked sixth — only 6 per cent below the top performers. | | | | A Federal Government freeze on funding for the cost of higher education for students will force unis to find "bandaid" solutions to cover their costs this year, the peak body for universities says. | | | | The belief that an earthquake of magnitude-8 or stronger is more likely to strike when the Moon's full in the sky is a myth, a new analysis of quake data confirms. | | | | With the Australian Open underway, adapting to the weather will be critical for success at Melbourne Park over the next fortnight. | | | | All too often financial planning is about wealth maximisation for the planner, not for the client. And that can leave many clients falling well short of their goals in life. | | | | A road worker collapses with shock at the scene of a seven-vehicle crash on the Newell Highway near Dubbo, where two people have been killed and 10 others have been taken to hospital. | | | | How far would you move to break into the housing market? A young couple packs up and moves 1,000 kilometres to Blackall in western Queensland to buy a four-bedroom house for $185,000. | | | | Harry Potter fans make their own free-to-watch film that chronicles villain Lord Voldemort's past — and it's already racked up more than 6 million views. | | | | Abuse directed at a Queensland teenager who repeatedly kicked a puppy has spread from the online world to the real world, her lawyer says, prompting warnings from a cyberbullying expert about the effects of social media anger. | | | | Steel cables that were holding up the partially completed motorway bridge near the capital Bogota "give out", sending half of the structure into the ravine below. | | | | A local security company this week stopped guards contracted by the Australian Government from entering new refugee accommodation, because it wants a slice of the lucrative contract. | | | | A video showing dozens of tiny funnel webs bursting from an egg may leave some squirming, but it has excited one reptile park, which intends to use the sought-after spiders to create anti-venom. | | | | The newly announced Arizona Senate candidate is described as the toughest sheriff in America and he's certainly the most controversial. | | | | Chaotic footage captures the moment a firefighter catches a young child, thrown to safety by her father from the third floor of a burning apartment building. | |  |
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