| | | | A stock market sell-off grips Australia and the Asia-Pacific, with investors on edge about a potential US-China trade war after Donald Trump signs a presidential memorandum that could impose tariffs on up to $US60 billion of Chinese imports. | | | | The markets swooned, China vowed it will fight to the end and trade focussed economies are aghast, but is the latest Trump trade salvo the start of something really nasty or more of the same? | | | | The Melbourne Magistrates Court is told a number of charges against Cardinal George Pell will be dropped because one of the complainants is medically unfit to give evidence. | | | | At least 130 whales are dead after a mass stranding at Hamelin Bay, 315 kilometres south of Perth, as a major rescue operation gets underway to save a handful fighting to stay alive. | | | | Extreme Tropical Cyclone Marcus, newly crowned Cyclone Nora and two tropical lows are all on the Bureau of Meteorology's radar as storm activity ramps up around Australia's north. | | | | The mother of a Hunter Valley girl who was tortured and murdered by her stepfather will spend at least 18 months in jail, after a judge noted she too was a victim of terror. | | | | In 2013, Donald Trump said Bush administration officials who launched the invasion of Iraq should have "zero standing". Now he's just made one of that war's chief architects his National Security Adviser. | | | | Six vintage Maserati sportscars meant to take part in an Australian tour will be sent back overseas because it's unclear if they contain asbestos. | | | | Secretive online forums are sharing "revenge porn" images of Australian women with their names and locations attached — and there's not a lot the authorities can do about it. | | | | The Great Pacific Garbage Patch contains up to 16 times more waste than previous surveys were able to detect and is growing exponentially, according to a new study. | | | | A tiny mummified skeleton with a cone-shaped head found in Chile, believed by some to be the remains of an alien, is actually the remains of a female human baby with a handful of rare genetic mutations, a study finds. | | | | Food safety guidelines will be ramped up to try to win back consumer confidence following the outbreak of listeria in rockmelons, the Australian Melon Association says. | | | | Tickets to former US president Barack Obama's speech tonight at the Art Gallery of NSW are hot property in the Harbour City, but just how you get one remains a Sydney secret. | | | | In an ironic twist, the citizenship crisis that caused the Coalition so much grief could facilitate the passage of Malcolm Turnbull's company tax cuts, writes Michelle Grattan. | | | | Delete Facebook but the internet already knows a lot about you because you either told it personal information or didn't know you were giving away. | | | | Western Bulldogs captain Katie Brennan files proceedings with the Australian Human Rights Commission over her suspension from Saturday's AFLW Grand Final, arguing the rules are discriminatory towards female players. | | | | Almost 19 years after the notorious Columbine High School shooting in the US, survivors reflect on the lessons learned while being divided on gun control and student activism in the wake of recent massacres. | | | | The passage of time has an effect on our skin that is unavoidable and irreversible, but our lifestyle, environment and bad habits also play a role in how old we look, writes Michelle Rodrigues. | | | | The magazine made headlines for its startling acknowledgement that "for decades, our coverage was racist". The historian who prompted the move explains his research, and why change is still needed to make the iconic publication more inclusive. | | | | Pat Cummins comes to the fore when it counts for Australia, as the tourists muscle their way into the third Test against South Africa in Cape Town. | | | | The hunter becomes the hunted when a kookaburra gets its claws on a snake, bashing it against a wall as it makes a meal out of the reptile in a video captured on the Sunshine Coast. | | | | The word "Viking" conjures images of big burly men who wore helmets with horns and travelled the seas stealing land and fighting in violent wars. But what if that was all a lie? | | | | Scientists go to painstaking lengths to test long-held beliefs about the structure of hair to get an answer to one of life's curly questions. | | | | Have you ever thought kids' menus at restaurants are beige, boring and predictable? Well, a Melbourne father of three is on a mission to change that. | | | | It takes four days of patient gluing, shaping and sanding for these surfers to realise their dream of riding their own wooden surfboard. | |  |
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