| | | | A series of investigations into alleged sexual crimes committed by US marines in and around Darwin have been quietly dropped by Australian and American authorities. | | | | Australian kids are increasingly being left with serious injuries including spinal cord damage, fractures and sprains, as a result of playing at indoor trampoline centres. | | | | Zimbabwe opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai dies in South Africa after a long battle with cancer, the vice-president of his Movement for Democratic Change party says. | | | | Some of the nation's education ministers believe the controversial testing system has strayed from its original purpose of helping teachers improve student learning to become a "major event" in the school calendar. | | | | Perched 20 metres in the air, fire spotters dotted throughout the bush can pinpoint a wisp of smoke with astonishing accuracy — down to 50 metres — keeping safe a population that doesn't even know they are there. | | | | Gunfire rings out at the gates of the US National Security Agency near Washington as a car tries to drive onto the site of the secretive government body before crashing into a concrete barrier. | | | | Despite the scams and regulatory crackdown, Australians aren't afraid of buying into crypto-coins. | | | | Prominent Indigenous leader Noel Pearson accuses Malcolm Turnbull of being duplicitous for privately encouraging Aboriginal leaders to consult the Australian public on enshrining an Indigenous voice in the constitution before publicly rejecting the concept. | | | | Nationals are backing leader Barnaby Joyce as he fends off a push from some members for him to quit, and Labor pounces on him during Question Time to ask questions about his living arrangements. | | | | As NSW announces it is preparing to withdraw from the Murray-Darling Basin Plan, SA's Water Minister says the Federal Government should threaten to withhold funding to stop upstream states walking away. | | | | The gun shop behind a billboard branded controversial by advertising experts says its got every right to be there, but the local community is split over its message. | | | | Mt Isa traffic controller Christopher Petersen says the "pack of sooks" in southern Queensland complaining about the heat need to harden up a bit. | | | | Omega-3 is the good kind of fat. But it may be time to ditch your supplements for a diet rich in oily fish. | | | | Michael Smedley was a happy and healthy baby boy, a "very well-looking newborn", according to hospital notes. But just five months after he was born, Michael died due to traumatic head injuries in suspicious circumstances in Alice Springs. | | | | A couple of dolphins spotted in the Brisbane River as far inland as Victoria Bridge and even putting on a show for a lucky few are just on the hunt for food. | | | | Adelaide is getting a State of Origin game in 2020, but will the glorious game be wasted on them? Take our quiz to test your rugby league expertise. | | | | A former military dog trainer says he "unintentionally" killed nine-year-old Maelys De Araujo during a wedding party in the French Alps and hid her body near his house before later dumping it in a remote ravine. | | | | Every year as hundreds of millions of people across China return to their home towns and cities for the Lunar New Year, a familiar series of awkward questions play out in many households and young people are feeling the pressure. | | | | In what some are describing as the greatest snowboard halfpipe competition ever, Australia's Scotty James is more than satisfied to walk away with Olympic bronze in Pyeongchang. | | | | South Africa's ruling party moves to replace the defiant President Jacob Zuma as early as Thursday, while police raids his business associates at the centre of corruption scandals that have infuriated the country. | | | | US President Donald Trump's personal lawyer says he paid $US130,000 out of his own pocket to porn actress Stormy Daniels, who allegedly had a sexual relationship with Mr Trump in 2006. | | | | A six-month trial of SMART drumlines along the New South Wales Mid North Coast shows the devices are "removing the threat of great white sharks from popular beaches" and protecting swimmers, researchers say. | |  |
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