| | | | A bridge on a main highway linking Italy with France collapses in the Italian port city of Genoa during a sudden, violent storm, killing at least 26 people as vehicles plunged 45 metres into an industrial zone below. | | | | In a provocative first speech to Parliament, Queensland Senator Fraser Anning calls for a return to a "European Christian" immigration system and a ban on Muslims migrating to Australia. | | | | The debate in the Coalition party room about the latest attempt to solve the climate wars was not just a victory for the Prime Minister but a sign of Tony Abbott's waning influence with his colleagues. | | | | Donald Trump lashes out at former aide Omarosa Manigault Newman, referring to his longtime colleague, who had been the top African-American in his White House, as a "crazed, crying lowlife" and a "dog". | | | | Homes and cars have been firebombed in suburban family streets as Melbourne's war between rival underworld crime figures escalates. | | | | Would you trust your parents to find you a life partner? Sydney student Meera Patel did, and she marries in January. But her arranged marriage looks dramatically different to how it might have just a generation ago. | | | | There was great concern when the giant Australian cuttlefish population off South Australia's Upper Spencer Gulf dipped a few years ago, but the tentacled organisms seemed to have turned their fortunes around, writes Bronwyn Gillanders. | | | | If you're going to call someone a fascist, it helps to know a little about fascism. For example, all who seek to take over the state or curtail their adversaries' freedom of speech of may not rightly be called "fascists", writes Matthew Sharpe. | | | | Stephanie had to fight to prove she was the victim of domestic violence and her partner was the aggressor, and new research suggests her experience is disturbingly common. | | | | Simon and Markus rent a house that has a serious mould problem. They say it's impacting on their health, but their landlord is reluctant to fix it — so what can they do? | | | | Before going out to buy your first colony, here are some tips, tricks and common mistakes novice beekeepers make. | | | | Five years ago Tony Abbott announced a massive plan to fix mobile coverage in the bush. An ABC investigation has discovered almost one in six towers funded under round one are not yet operational. | | | | Reasons for not eating your veggies include a lack of access to fresh produce, not liking the taste or a perceived lack of time or cooking skills — but there are simple ways to overcome these barriers. | | | | Adelaide and Melbourne are among the most dangerous cities to live in during the summer months, with residents more at risk of death during an extreme heatwave, a recent study has found. | | | | Former treasurer Wayne Swan says that real private sector wages have grown by just 1 per cent under the Abbott and Turnbull governments, which he says equates to only one year of growth under the previous Labor government. RMIT ABC Fact Check finds his claim to be in the ballpark. | | | | Australia's pork producers are warned they may face criminal cartel charges if they collectively cull piglets to reduce pork supply. | | | | Tumours targeted with stripes of radiation release molecules that attack neighbouring cancer cells in what physicists call the "bystander effect". It means patients could get the same treatment for half the dose. | | | | A Labor MP launches a blistering attack on Cambodian strongman Hun Sen, calling members of his regime "gangsters and thugs" ahead of a key meeting today between Julie Bishop and the daughter of a jailed opposition leader. | | | | A man is arrested on suspicion of terrorist offences by heavily armed police after driving his vehicle "at speed" into anti-terrorism barriers outside London's Houses of Parliament, injuring a number of pedestrians. | | | | One of the biggest names in video game streaming is facing a backlash for saying he doesn't stream with female gamers in order to avoid rumours. | | | | Covering nearly one-third of the continent, in deserts with poor soils, humble Australian spinifex grasses contain nano-sized particles that can amp the performance of a range of everyday items, researcher Nasim Amiralian writes. | |  |
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