| | | | US President Donald Trump says a planned summit with Kim Jong-un is back on for June 12 in Singapore, after meeting with a senior envoy from Pyongyang who delivered a letter from the North Korean leader. | | | | Federal MPs will soon disperse for their mid-year break, but in this colourful Parliament — where no-one seems aligned to anyone for any length of time anymore — the last two sitting weeks offer genuine surprises galore, writes Laura Tingle. | | | | A 32-year-old Chinese national who was killed in a head on collision on the Pacific Motorway south of Brisbane this morning was in the rear passenger seat and wearing a seat belt. | | | | Victoria plans to trap and rehome or euthanase 1,200 feral horses in the state's high country to combat "severe damage" to fragile ecosystems in the Alpine National Park. | | | | Ducati test rider Michele Pirro is hospitalised after being flung in to the air when his bike's rear tire lifted off the ground in a spectacular high-speed crash at the Mugello circuit. | | | | The Texan rapper's tour of Australia and New Zealand is cancelled after a Melbourne woman accuses him of drugging and raping her after a concert five years ago. | | | | Australia has a silent crisis on its hands and the threat is looming just beneath the surface of the country's most fertile food bowls. Now farmers are looking at new ways to deal with the problem. | | | | More than 20 people have been detained in a dramatic crackdown on illegal gaming, at what is suspected to be an illegal casino running out of an inner-city Brisbane home. | | | | Researchers aren't speculating on a reason for the drop, though historically, teens often shun services once they become mainstream — and used by their parents. | | | | The discovery of a Ptolemaic coin in far north Queensland has historians pondering how it travelled from the Egyptian desert to the depths of the rainforest. | | | | The Suns host the Cats following the Demons' convincing win over the Bulldogs and the Hawks tight triumph over Port Adelaide, before the Dreamtime at the 'G and the Eagles versus Saints take centre stage. | | | | The grandson of a 69-year-old woman killed in a stabbing attack at her Bega home is under police guard in hospital. | | | | There are many ways in which we can misjudge dogs by assuming that they are little furry humans. Here are ten common misconceptions that stem from assigning human values and needs to dogs, write Paul McGreevy and Melissa Starling. | | | | For many hours, Dorothy Gale's Oz nightmare appeared to come true in Germany after flooding swept away zoo fences. But it turned out authorities were led on a wild cat chase. | | | | An explosion of rage saw Novak Djokovic mangle his racket at Roland Garros overnight, but the former champion proved the fires are still burning as he battled for nearly fours hours to conquer Spaniard Roberto Bautista Agut and reach the fourth round. | | | | Bert van Marwijk has spoken on occasion about his tactical plans for the Socceroos' World Cup campaign, but a 4-0 win over the Czechs not only put them on display, but proved his team is up to putting them in action. | | | | Maritime authorities are warning boaters to watch out for ocean debris after 83 shipping containers fell from a cargo ship off the coast of New South Wales. | | | | Despite an intimate working knowledge of the justice system, Bri Lee faced a series of hurdles pursuing her sexual assault case and says it almost "broke" her. But women can triumph just by speaking out and calling perpetrators to account, she says — no matter the outcome. | | | | The Australian Medical Association vows to get on the "front foot" to push for Indigenous constitutional change after endorsing the Uluru Statement. | | | | Donald Trump tweets it is a "total double standard" that US television station TBS has not cancelled Samantha Bee's show after the comedian said Ivanka Trump was a "feckless c***" on controversial immigration policies. | | | | Honda Motor Co admits that a Takata airbag inflator ruptured in a fatal car crash earlier this week in Malaysia, as millions of vehicles' units remain unrepaired. | | | | When Donna Rankin's youngest daughter Shannon duck-dived in the pool spa, she never surfaced. Every day for the next year, a meal would be left at Donna's door by the generous community of Forster. Now, Donna is using her skill with a paint brush to spread the healing power of art. | | | | A photographer prince's yearning for his Mediterranean homeland inspires "mesmerising" landscapes in first solo show opening in Melbourne. | |  |
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