| | | | Vladimir Putin is playing a game of chess with the West and he's always thinking a few moves ahead, according to senior intelligence officials. | | | | An ABC investigation reveals an alcohol black market has infiltrated the shelves of liquor stores, where unsuspecting consumers pick up a bargain and drink the evidence. | | | | This week's strategy meeting gives Telstra a chance to arrest its tumbling fortunes and plug its $3bn revenue black hole caused by NBN's roll out, writes Stephen Letts. | | | | A public memorial for 22-year-old Melbourne comedian Eurydice Dixon, who was killed in inner-city Melbourne last week, is vandalised, as thousands prepare to hold park vigils across Australia. | | | | If you heard it once during Australia's weekend of "nice efforts" and "against the odds bravery", you heard it three times. But the "gallant" performances leave open the door to anguished second-guessing and imagining about what might have been, writes Richard Hinds. | | | | Amazon's facial-recognition technology is getting so cheap it's being used to find A-listers on the red carpet. Is that a good thing? | | | | A Gold Coast grandfather leaves behind a treasure trove of more than 80,000 records in what is thought to be Australia's biggest collection. | | | | World Cup heavyweights Germany had not lost an opening game at a World Cup since 1982 or been defeated by Mexico since 1985, but the Central Americans see those records tumble after a brilliant counter-attacking performance. | | | | A coronial inquest starts today into what went so horribly wrong on Dreamworld's Thunder River Rapids ride and how a similar tragedy can be prevented. | | | | In an attempt to make life for parents of premature babies a little easier, one hospital is introducing technology allowing parents to log in from home and see their babies in the nursery. | | | | Despite bipartisan support, it appears unlikely the Federal Government's much touted crackdown on live export animal abuse will become law anytime soon. | | | | A migrant rescue boat turned away by Italy and Malta arrives at the Spanish port of Valencia, ending a gruelling voyage which has made it a symbol of Europe's failure to agree on immigration. | | | | Hours after Optus chief executive Allen Lew offers an apology for the telco's malfunctioning World Cup coverage and pledges to fix the issues, even more streaming issues render yet another game unwatchable for many. | | | | Houthi forces are fighting to keep control of the airport in Yemen's main port city of Hodeidah, as Saudi-led coalition air strikes hit the compound, in an offensive that could be a turning point in the three-year conflict. | | | | A bid by the UK Parliament to make upskirting — taking photographs up women's skirts — a criminal offence in England and Wales is blocked by a single MP. | | | | Artist Mike Parr returns to the surface after spending three days in a steel box under one of Hobart's busiest roads as part of the Dark Mofo festival. | | | | Shooting breaks out at an all-night art festival in New Jersey, sending people fleeing for safety as one suspect is killed and 22 people injured, authorities say. | | | | Police praise an 11-year-old girl who was allegedly kidnapped and sexually assaulted at a park in Newcastle last week, describing her as a "hero" who displayed "remarkable strength" and "bravery". | | | | Labor Leader Bill Shorten says if the Liberal Party wins the next election it will be "emboldened" to privatise the ABC, adding that Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull is "afraid of his party". | | | | Experts say the presence of the croc so close to town is a wake-up call for those who think large salties are not in the waters around Darwin during the cooler dry season. | | | | A six-year-old girl has died after she and her sister were hit by the reversing hatchback as they were using a pedestrian crossing in a Nambour supermarket carpark. | | | | Socceroos captain Mile Jedinak admits his disappointment at his team's 2-1 World Cup loss to France, but refuses to engage in the ongoing debate over the use of VAR in the match and tournament. | | | | Redclaw crayfish farmer Andrew Gosbell has been driven to distraction by his irrepressible 88-year-old father's ongoing misadventures. | |  |
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