| | | | A partial shutdown of the US Government begins after an eleventh-hour effort to secure a funding deal failed, in a chaotic close to Donald Trump's first year as President. | | | | We had travel bans, "bigger" buttons, the Russia probe and a massive tax overhaul. And covfefe. Here are the top 10 moments from Donald Trump's first year in the White House. | | | | It's a tale of romance, opera and war. Africa correspondent Sally Sara discovers one of her relatives lived in Nairobi more than a century ago, and was at the heart of "the ultimate love story". | | | | The landmark shift in US national security policy to prioritise the threat posed by powers like China and Russia could prompt a rethink of Australia's defence spending, according to incoming senator Jim Molan. | | | | Roger Federer continues to show that age is just a number for him in yet another clinical Australian Open showing, deftly casting Richard Gasquet aside to move into the fourth round. | | | | The wife and daughter of legendary American rocker Tom Petty reveal he died from an accidental drug overdose after he was prescribed seven different medications to help him deal with health issues while touring. | | | | Losing weight is often presented as the gateway to good health. But shifting the focus away from body size and onto healthy behaviours would benefit us all, experts say. | | | | The Turkish army launches an attack on the Syrian city of Afrin, held by US-supported Kurdish militia, opening yet another front in war-torn Syria. | | | | Blaine Gibson, the self-styled wreck hunter searching for missing Malaysian Airlines flight MH370, "firmly" believes the plane will be found — just as a new private search is about to begin in the southern Indian Ocean. | | | | An ambitious plan to improve living conditions and 'normalise' service delivery at 37 Aboriginal sites across WA is underway, more than a century after reserves were created to keep black and white people apart. | | | | A serious race fall in far north Queensland marks the latest in a string of injuries for one of the most resilient, and perhaps unluckiest, jockeys in Australia. | | | | A fire burning through the Royal National Park in Sydney's south is downgraded to Advice status, although thick plumes of smoke are still drifting across the city. | | | | Aboriginal women from WA's Gascoyne are involved in tagging endangered loggerhead turtles on Dirk Hartog Island for the first time. | | | | Sugarbag honey comes from native Australian bees, and is a popular form of bush tucker. It also has similar medicinal properties as manuka honey, and there is a growing commercial market for native honey. | | | | Over the past few weeks, Facebook's chief executive Mark Zuckerberg has announced a series of changes to the social media site that will impact user's News Feeds. | | | | The fashionable yucca plant, a species introduced from the Americas, is to blame for a spike in gardening-related ear injuries, a new study finds. | | | | Aly Raisman has confronted her former doctor, Larry Nassar, who has pleaded guilty to multiple sexual assaults, warning him that the testimonies from his survivors will haunt him behind bars. | | | | For years Esperance on Western Australia's south coast has laid claim to being the home of the world's best beaches. Now it is struggling under the weight of tourists drawn by photo-sharing platform Instagram. | |  |
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