| | | | Donald Trump's lawyer says he will try to stop publication of a book that portrays an inept President in a fumbling White House, threatening legal action against former top aide Steve Bannon over "defamatory" comments. | | | | The Bureau of Meteorology urges Sydneysiders to "check up on their elderly neighbours" this Sunday, with the mercury expected to reach 45 degrees Celsius in some parts of the city. | | | | Australian accountant Bryan Cook created a company that became a global pyramid scheme and arranged for some of Europe's major football clubs to promote it. Investors claim they've lost more than $1 billion in scams he created. | | | | Although a fear of sharks is common, things like spiders, horses, and storms kill far more humans. | | | | The drug linked to the overdose of nine backpackers in Perth is typically used to treat travel sickness, but has also been likened to the date rape drug rohypnol due to its ability to incapacitate. | | | | A passenger train carrying people home after the holidays slams into a truck in rural South Africa, killing at least 18 people and injuring about 260 others, authorities say. | | | | A rebounding US economy, commodity prices, and a China's economic slowdown are some of the things that will determine how the Aussie dollar performs this year. But depending who you ask, the dollar will sink or surge. | | | | Adani's bid for a $1 billion taxpayer-funded loan may have been doomed even before it was scuppered by Queensland's Palaszczuk Government, with the Productivity Commission saying it may have failed key criteria for funding. | | | | The latest unrest is not as organised or widespread as the politically charged Green Movement protests of 2009, but rather is the angry cry of a people not feeling relief from the lifting of sanctions, writes Jason Shams. | | | | At a time of highly-charged debate about Australia's African community, it's good to remember the critical role sport can play in bringing people together, writes Richard Hinds. | | | | Thieves slip away into the crowd with precious Indian brooch and a pair of earrings worth millions at the Doge's Palace in Venice. | | | | A law allowing people in rural Oregon to fill their own petrol tanks sparks fears of run-ins with "transients" and smelling of fuel, with one person writing: "I don't even know HOW to pump gas." | | | | Joe Root falls painfully short of an Ashes century as two late wickets cost England its strong position on day one of the final Test of the series. | | | | The security situation facing Japan is the most perilous since World War Two because of North Korea's "unacceptable" provocations, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe says, vowing to bolster defences to protect his people. | | | | It's easier to fly, safer and cheaper than a conventional aircraft — and will soon be running passengers between Perth and the popular holiday island of Rottnest on a single charge. | | | | When it comes to weather, it is hard to sound scarier than "bomb cyclone", but the dramatic term has nothing to do with exploding or detonating. | | | | The first Australian company to be licensed to cultivate and manufacture medicinal marijuana praises the Federal Government's plan to allow exports of cannabis-based medicines. | | | | David Tong, a child prodigy who became a concert pianist before turning his back on music to become a commercial pilot, has died after his plane crashed into a remote mountainside. | | | | The seaplane that crashed in the Hawkesbury River on New Year's Eve, killing six people, is recovered by police divers, as transport bureau documents reveal it was "destroyed" in another crash two decades ago. | |  |
By Offsiders columnist Richard Hinds | |  |
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