| | | | A former US serviceman opens fire at a California veterans home he was released from two weeks ago, after undergoing treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder. | | | | When Pardoo Station in Western Australia's Pilbara changed hands two years ago, few could imagine the radical change the new owner had planned. Millions of dollars have been spent tapping into a "hidden underground" water supply to transform the arid country into a series of lush, green oases. | | | | When Sasha Petrova came back from a summer holiday, something was off in her apartment. It wasn't until police knocked on her door that the awful truth was revealed. | | | | Snake wrangler Brydie Maro won't have a word said against snakes, even the massive python she had to remove from under a house after it ate the family pet. | | | | As Kylie Minogue gears up to release her 14th studio album this April, Australia's pop princess will be bracing herself for interviews that run like a Greek tragedy, writes Jenny Valentish. | | | | When quantum physicist Michelle Simmons was named Australian of the Year, it was rare recognition for women at the highest levels of science. But it's not easy for female academics. Many feel the system prevents them from progressing to leadership roles, in part because of the struggle to balance family life with competitive research. | | | | Ask any Francophile, and it's the romantic, sophisticated cultural and culinary capital of the universe. In reality, the "City of Light" spends more time shrouded in cloud and smog than just about anywhere else in Europe. And then there's the rats, writes Anne Bagamery. | | | | The second day of the Port Elizabeth Test was as good as the first, South Africa battling disciplined Australian bowling to take the edge, writes Geoff Lemon. | | | | Solomon Islanders face a bleak future as a rhinoceros beetle marches across its fertile plains, killing coconut palms by the millions. | | | | Nick Xenophon is a political enigma in South Australia and at the March election, the former senator is out to redefine the state's political landscape. But where is his SA Best party most likely to succeed? | | | | Family pets are often victimised alongside humans in violent households. Now Australian women are trying to raise awareness of the impact domestic violence can have on animals. | | | | The production company behind the Oscar-nominated film has agreed to pay the $76 million to settle claims it benefited from a massive Malaysian corruption scandal. | | | | Hundreds of doctors in Quebec have called for a planned pay rise to be cancelled and the money diverted instead to nurses and improving state-run health services. | | | | Sally Zou was on the guest list for a party celebrating Christopher Pyne's 25 years in Parliament, but did not front the Liberal fundraiser on the eve of the South Australian election despite the two being "good friends". | | | | Valdimir Putin says he does not care about alleged Russian meddling in US presidential election, because the actions were not connected to his Government. | | | | Donald Trump has tweeted that a "deal with North Korea is very much in the making", but the White House says the President will not meet with Kim Jong-un without assurance he will "actually be getting something" from it. | | | | The burger-flipping robot that's supposed to revolutionise the fast-food industry is taken offline after working just one day at a restaurant in California. | | | | The Syrian army has effectively put two big towns in Eastern Ghouta under siege by advancing into the area linking them to each other and to the rest of the rebel enclave, a war monitor says. | | | | A survey of Australian parents finds almost twice as many fear what their kids get up to online than other adolescent vices like drinking and smoking. | | | | Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull confirms Australia will be exempt from US President Donald Trump's new steel and aluminium tariffs, but denies the two leaders are working towards a new "security agreement". | | | | Speaking to the BBC from his hospital bed, Mhlengi Gwala said two men held him down while another, wielding a chainsaw, tried to cut his legs off. | | | | As authorities start to get a clearer picture of the scale of the destruction caused by February's magnitude-7.5 earthquake, there are growing calls for PNG's government to order a formal inquiry into what caused it. | | | | The story of an elderly man who died alone, except for the company of his two pet dogs, is tragic. But there has been a happy ending for the loyal pooches Indigo and Blue. | |  |
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