| | | | "We are seeing the Wild Boars in the flesh now," declares the head of the mission to rescue a boys soccer team and their coach from a flooded cave, with the operation put on hold for at least 10 hours as rescuers prepare to bring out the rest of the group. | | | | Teams will soon start the next phase of the rescue operation after four boys were successfully rescued from the cave complex in Thailand on Sunday. Follow for live updates. | | | | The woman who was exposed to the nerve agent Novichok in Wiltshire in southern England dies in hospital, British police say. | | | | Everything you need to know to understand Australia's private health insurance system, personalised for you. | | | | Racing Victoria has been accused of not acting soon enough to uncover a recent doping scandal described by a judge as one of the "darkest and longest chapters in Australian turf history". | | | | This World Cup has been a joy to watch: chaotic, joyful and packed with drama. But the beautiful game has also shown its ugly side, with the treatment of the referees coming into sharp focus. | | | | Cave divers from the UK lead the rescue of 12 boys and their football coach. Here's what we know about them. | | | | The merger of AustSafe Super and Sunsuper raises questions about the dealings of superannuation powerbrokers, whose decisions on what to pay for assets and how to manage them impacts all Australians through the costs of services we rely on. | | | | Ten people have been killed and 73 injured in a train accident in north-west Turkey, local broadcasters quoted the health ministry undersecretary as saying. | | | | George is nearly 90 and hasn't worked in more than 20 years, but when the "ATO" called threatening arrest unless he paid $20,000, he panicked. The person behind that call was a scammer, and thankfully no money was exchanged, but it doesn't always work out that way. This is what you need to look out for these coming months as scammers fire up for tax time. | | | | As the English fans party and sing of football's homeward journey, it can be easy for Australians to get swept up in the Three Lions' World Cup fever — and, as Richard Hinds writes, that's perfectly OK. | | | | A not-for-profit grocery store opens in Melbourne stocked with donated produce that is given away rather than being thrown away. | | | | Drought-stricken farmers in the New South Wales town of Gunnedah are offered water from the public pool as the Federal Government holds national talks on drought assistance. | | | | Most people know smoking causes lung cancer and heart disease, but less than a third of us realise it can also cause acute leukaemia and rheumatoid arthritis. These are the findings of new study, raising the question of whether cigarette warning labels need a refresh to fix this. | | | | In a move to encourage more students to take maths and science classes, the Federal Government will today announce a plan to ensure teachers in those subjects have studied maths and science at a university level. | | | | The chairman of Industry Super Australia writes to the Business Council of Australia's members accusing one of its staff, former Liberal Party director Andrew Bragg, of promulgating "propaganda" against the industry funds. | | | | Former Rio Tinto executive Stern Hu's release from a Chinese prison last week came as a jolt, an embarrassing reminder that somewhere along the way, we lost our way. We became more concerned with free trade than freedom, writes Ian Verrender. | | | | Most people couldn't read or write, sanitation was almost non-existent, and life was short and tough, yet despite this, our love for the Middle Ages continues to grow. | | | | John Edwards wrote letters to his former wives and relatives and asked that they be read upon his death, before shooting dead his two teenage children, police reveal. | | | | What makes one person see getting fit and healthy as achievable and another see it as unsurmountable? There's no magic pill for motivation — but there are ways you can stack the odds in your favour. | | | | Next week, a summit between the presidents of Russia and the United States will take place for the first time in eight years. | | | | US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo brushes off North Korean charges he used "gangster-like" diplomacy in negotiations in Pyongyang, suggesting Kim Jong-un follows Vietnam's path in overcoming past hostilities with the United States. | | | | Authorities say the death toll is set to rise with dozens more people missing and critically injured, with Hiroshima Prefecture hit the hardest by numerous landslides that killed at least 15 people. | |
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