| | | | A man has driven a van into a group of people sitting outside a restaurant in the old city centre of Muenster in Germany, killing two of them and injuring 20 before taking his own life, police say. | | | | The Campbell sisters complete a one-two of sorts in the 50m final, while Ashleigh Gentle helps Australia to triathlon relay gold at the Commonwealth Games. | | | | As Tony Abbott and other prominent Coalition MPs make the case that Australia should be building more coal-fired power stations, Conservatives in Britain are pushing a very different agenda. | | | | Tran Van Giap was seven years old and likely to lose his eye when by "a miracle" he met the Australian doctor that would change his life forever. | | | | As China crackdowns on the standard of waste it will import, many Australians are still confused about what can and can't be recycled. | | | | In the 1980s on Victoria's Phillip Island, a little-known state government decision was made to secure the future of the resident little penguin population. But the decision came with considerable heartache. | | | | The Samoan head coach wants her out while others back her right to compete, as controversy heats up over New Zealand transgender weightlifter Laurel Hubbard. | | | | A major "stuff up" and a one-two-three in the pool saw Australia's para-athletes gobble up the spotlight on day three of the Commonwealth Games thanks to a potent cocktail of sporting drama. | | | | One woman told senators that her doctor had shown 'an unusual eagerness' to perform mesh surgery, while another said her doctor popped up 'like a Jack in the Box' at the prospect, write Sophie Scott and Alison Branley. | | | | The torso armour Russell Crowe wore for his Oscar-winning role in Gladiator eclipses expectations at a Sydney auction, selling for $125,000, part of the movie memorabilia auctioned by the Australia-based New Zealander for his divorce settlement. | | | | The Australian Taxation Office is facing calls for curbs on the "draconian" powers it has been accused of using to target small businesses. | | | | Chinese citizens are increasingly surrendering their personal data for services and could soon be subject to the country's social credit system. But are they willingly giving up their privacy? | | | | A crash between a transport truck and a bus carrying a junior hockey team in Western Canada has left 14 people dead and others seriously injured according to local media. | | | | Orthodox Easter celebrations on the Greek island of Corfu are marked by a strange old custom referred to as the "Botides" — where large clay jugs filled with water are thrown from the balconies of homes in the centre of town, smashing into pieces on the streets below as thousands gather around to watch. | | | | A 30-year reunion of Australia's second all-Indigenous cricket team gives players hope their contribution to the national sport will finally be recognised. | | | | Malcolm Turnbull would never, ever have entertained matching Tony Abbott's sorry record of 30 consecutive negative Newspolls. But he has, so what happens next? | | | | Joe Heaton, 86, never had any doubt that when the Tathra bushfire came he would stay to defend his home — a historic cottage dating back to the establishment of the Snowy Mountains Scheme. | | | | Prince Charles is returning to the Northern Territory, which has a history of hosting the royal family dating back to 1956 when Prince Philip went crocodile hunting in Darwin. | | | | With Auslan interpreters translating lyrics and wheelchair accessible venues, Melbourne's first Abilty Fest is a festival making music accessible for everyone. | | | | Seven people who have eaten frozen pomegranate purchased at Coles have been diagnosed with a unique strain of hepatitis A, prompting a recall of what the company behind the product describes as "a relatively small batch". | | | | Following the death of her 17-year-old cousin in a car accident last week, weightlifter Tia-Clair Toomey was battling more than her opponents as she won Commonwealth Games gold. | |  |
By Luke Pentony at the Gold Coast | |  |
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By national medical reporter Sophie Scott and Specialist Reporting Team's Alison Branley | |  |
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