| | | | Barnaby Joyce's colleagues want clarity over his future in the Federal Parliament, with one of them declaring he needs to make a call on it, and soon. | | | | Rescue workers struggle in perilous conditions to find bodies under rivers of ash and mud that swept down from Guatemala's Fuego volcano, as the number of fatalities from an eruption that partially buried buildings rises to 62. | | | | US President Donald Trump says he has committed no wrongdoing but has the "absolute" power to pardon himself over the Russian investigation, echoing sweeping arguments put forth by his lawyer Rudy Giuliani. | | | | Fifty years ago today, Americans waited anxiously for news on whether Robert "Bobby" Kennedy would pull through after being shot in the head in a hotel pantry after midnight. Hopes of ending US involvement in the Vietnam war hinged on his survival, writes John Barron. | | | | Kaspar the robot is being trialled in Australia to help children on the autism spectrum improve their social skills. | | | | Is Rudy Giuliani correct about President Donald Trump's power to pardon himself under the US Constitution, if he were so inclined ... which apparently he isn't? Well, put it this way — nothing says he can't, writes Sandeep Gopalan. | | | | The US Supreme Court rules in favour of a Colorado baker, however it leaves for another day the larger issue of whether a business can invoke religious objections to refuse service to gay and lesbian people. | | | | Big wave surfer Zeb Critchlow recounts how he and his friend used a jet ski amongst massive waves to rescue two fisherman from an overturned boat and tried desperately to find the third. | | | | State of Origin features a Queensland captain born in NSW, while other star players will miss out on league's showpiece because of strict rules that dictate who is allowed to play. | | | | Online gamers are called out by the head of the National Broadband Network as a major cause of congestion on the fixed wireless network. | | | | Residents of London's Grenfell Tower housing block should have been told to get out quickly rather than stay in their flats as flames engulfed the building and killed more than 70 people a year ago, a public inquiry has heard. | | | | Statistical evidence informing NBA tactics has piqued the interest of AFL coaches, with teams now prioritising their own versions of 'layups and three pointers'. Confused? It's a case of simple mathematics. | | | | Tony Morphett, who is one of Australia's prolific screenwriters and the man behind hit TV shows including The Sullivans, Blue Heelers and Packed to the Rafters, dies aged 80. | | | | With a decade of experience explaining tricky stories about terrorism, disasters and domestic violence to child audiences, Behind the News presenter Sarah Larsen says it can pose a difficult, but important, job. | | | | Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte sparks anger and jokes after kissing a woman while on an official visit in South Korea, as feminists denounce what they called his "perverted way" of taunting his female critics. | | | | It might seem like a tool from another time but the humble typewriter still plays a crucial role in New Delhi, where it's a key to a cushy government job and a way of life on the streets. | | | | Leading Indigenous artist Dan Sultan says he is "seeking professional help" after singing out of tune and forgetting the words to songs during a show in Cairns. | | | | Serena Williams pulls out of the French Open with a pectoral muscle injury shortly before her fourth round match against Maria Sharapova. | | | | Former One Nation senator Fraser Anning says he will join Bob Katter's Australian Party, and predicts that remaining One Nation senator Peter Georgiou won't last very much longer with Pauline Hanson. | | | | Qantas chief executive Alan Joyce says the company intends to meet Beijing's request and change the way it refers to Taiwan on its website, listing it as a Chinese territory and not an independent nation. | | | | Former Tasmanian senator Jacqui Lambie tells Monday night's Q&A panel Pauline Hanson should "kiss and make up" with One Nation senator Brian Burston or sack him. | | | | Kim Jong-un replaces North Korea's top three military leaders in the lead-up to his historic meeting with US President Donald Trump, in a move which some analysts say will help the country engage internationally. | | | | On the evening of June 3, 1989, Michael Li and his family barricade themselves in their home near Tiananmen Square, and listen to the sound of guns, tanks and screams from the streets outside. | |  |
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