| | | | Several people are killed and cars crushed when a newly installed pedestrian bridge spanning several lanes of traffic collapses at Florida International University in Miami-Dade County, officials say. | | | | The leaders of the US, France and Germany join Britain in blaming Russia for poisoning a former spy with a powerful nerve agent, saying it is the first offensive use of a nerve agent in Europe since World War II. | | | | South Africa demands Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton retract his comments that the country's white farmers are being "persecuted" and deserve protection with special visas from a "civilised country". | | | | How do you balance your desire to have kids with concerns about their impact on the environment? We get a range of perspectives on this thorny question. | | | | Forget about the Greens — can Labor overcome demography to claim the Batman by-election? | | | | School children are posting mean comments, messages and photos about their peers using fake Instagram accounts, known as "finstas", in an effort to ruin reputations, the eSafety Commissioner says. | | | | Amy Dawes wants forceps during childbirth banned after the instruments caused severe injuries that still impact her life, but the Australian Medical Association says that could cause more grief for mothers and babies. | | | | The two Australians were reportedly working as military trainers at a shooting range in the south-east Asian nation. | | | | Thousands of Syrian civilians flee, crossing by foot to army positions in the first mass exodus from the besieged enclave since Syrian government forces launched an assault to capture it a month ago. | | | | While many NRL players jump from club to club, Billy Slater's 300th game with the Melbourne Storm is an increasingly rare reminder that one-club champions still exist. | | | | Take a quick look at the presidents, plutocrats and populists from across South-East Asia who will sit down together at this weekend's ASEAN summit. | | | | To most observers, Tasmania might not seem politically ahead of the curve. But that's soon to change on the island state, with women about to outnumber men in Parliament. | | | | Protesters who shut down part of Adani's north Queensland coal port have questioned why they were collectively fined almost $80,000 — more than six times what the mining company faces for dumping coal-polluted water. | | | | The discovery of advanced tools and evidence of pigment use indicates humans developed sophisticated behaviour in ancient Africa during a time of vast climate swings. | | | | The Biennale of Sydney turns 21 this year but instead of what should amount to a consolidatory, coming-of-age moment, the event has the pallor of a festival struggling for relevance, writes national arts reporter Michaela Boland. | | | | Graphene — which has shown promise for applications in electronics, solar cells and medicine — could also be used as a colourfast hair dye that's less damaging than conventional dyes, scientists say. | | | | The Commonwealth Bank is facing a lawsuit alleging discrimination over its touchscreen EFTPOS machines, which blind and vision-impaired people say are preventing them from conducting transactions safely. | | | | One of the Federal Government's most highly paid public servants is axed from his job as Australian Border Force Commissioner over his conduct with a younger female staffer. | | | | Imagine giving up something you love for years because a terrible accident leaves you a different person. | | | | Farmer Marc Deas, who moved to Australia from South Africa 12 years ago because he feared for his family's safety, says there is a strong appetite for farmers to leave. | | | | Almost three decades after the attack, a crocodile victim and the son who rescued her are reunited with the surgeon who saved her life. | | | | The father of one of Cardinal George Pell's alleged victims brands the senior Catholic's defence barrister as "insulting", after being accused of "making up" allegations during a heated courtroom exchange. | | | | Lee Moran expresses "deep regret" he was not there to prevent the alleged murder of his eight-year-old son, Brodie, who died at Tootgarook on Victoria's Mornington Peninsula last week. | |  |
By China correspondent Bill Birtles | |  |
By Offsiders columnist Richard Hinds | |  |
By national arts, culture and entertainment reporter Michaela Boland | |  |
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