| | | | Foreign Minister Julie Bishop confirms Australian security contractors sustained minor injuries when a car bomb targeting a convoy of four Australian vehicles was detonated in Kabul. | | | | Europe foreshadows tariffs on US products known around the world in response to President Donald Trump's threat to unleash a trade war over steel and aluminium. | | | | A "self-absorbed" man is sentenced to 19 years' jail for what a judge described as a "chilling, horrendous" and "merciless" knife attack on his estranged wife and her male friend in her Geraldton home. | | | | The deadly Siberian weather system nicknamed "The Beast from the East" continues to cause chaos across Europe, with four skiers dying in an avalanche in France and heavy snow stranding travellers in the United Kingdom. | | | | Police make a breakthrough in a seven-month murder investigation, arresting and charging a 25-year-old man with the murder of Donna Steele, whose body was found in crocodile-infested waters in far north Queensland. | | | | People are being warned against taking matters into their own hands when it comes to dealing with backyard wasps, as unprecedented numbers swarm in the ACT. | | | | It turns out recycling is not so simple, and there are major problems in the Australian industry. Industry leaders say there are some very simple ways it can be repaired. | | | | Tasmania's former Attorney-General and leader of the Upper House, Vanessa Goodwin, dies after a battle with cancer, aged 48. | | | | Champion mare Winx wins her 23rd consecutive race in her Autumn comeback with a comfortable win in the Group 1 Chipping Norton Stakes. | | | | A long-awaited downpour has brought plenty of joy to north-west Queensland, but the heavy rains have also brought flash flooding and damage, with predictions a further 300mm could fall in some areas today. | | | | It is a remark made by Prince Philip that sent heads shaking and jaws dropping across the country, but was it really racist? | | | | Abu Bakar Bashir remains in jail but his declining health has prompted calls for the Muslim cleric to be granted house arrest, even clemency. | | | | In 1988, an unlikely group of NT icons took their fight for gay rights almost 3,000 kilometres from Alice Springs to the Sydney Mardi Gras. | | | | LeBron James's Cavaliers go down to the 76ers but the NBA great has some kind words to say about Aussie rookie Ben Simmons on social media. | | | | Prince Harry and Meghan Markle want to celebrate their big day with members of the public, but the invitations aren't going to just anyone. | | | | The Danish toymaker, which manufactures billions of pieces of Lego every year, is set to start using plant-based plastic in a bid to tackle waste and environmental damage, but the change will only affect a small percentage of its product. | | | | A rainbow fog will once again descend on Brisbane when the city's Indian community celebrates its second annual Holi Festival of Colours. | | | | The victims of a violent home invasion in New York by rugby league player Matthew Lodge say they feel betrayed by the NRL for allowing him to play while their court ordered compensation remains unpaid. | | | | Nathan Lyon, Mitchell Marsh, and Mitchell Starc all shine bright as Australia dismisses South Africa for 162 to take a firm upper hand in the first Test, Geoff Lemon writes. | | | | The installation was placed near the theatre where the Academy Awards will be held to show that "whilst many thought the 'casting couch' was a thing of the past it was clearly still a part of the Hollywood culture", one of its creators said. | | | | Tasmania's political leaders join thousands of other people casting their votes at polling booths to elect the next state government. | | | | Eddie Woo will share his engaging and unique classroom style with other teachers as part of a program the NSW Government hopes will inspire other maths educators to think outside the box. | | | | While Anna Van Netten never served on the frontlines in battle, she faced personal conflicts at the many military bases she called home. | |  |
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