| | | | Prime Minister Scott Morrison warns Wentworth by-election voters to think "carefully" before voting for independent candidate Kerryn Phelps, after a new poll placed her far ahead of Liberal opponent Dave Sharma. | | | | The 21st century's "Nazi 2.0" is moving from dark corners online into public debate. Here's how the threat is different to its predecessor, writes Kaz Ross. | | | | Schools are swept away in Mandailing Natal District and more than 500 homes damaged as torrential rain sparks flash floods and landslides. | | | | Over several decades, the US Supreme Court has gradually become more polarised. Now, with the appointment of a clearly partisan Justice in Brett Kavanaugh, every decision it makes will be questioned, writes Matt Bevan. | | | | Despite a record of human rights abuse and nuclear testing, North Korea maintains diplomatic relations with 164 countries — 25 of them with embassies in Pyongyang. | | | | In an Australian first, newborn babies are now being routinely screened for the genetic condition spinal muscular atrophy, and one professor says the impact on families "is going to be profound". | | | | In regional towns across Australia sport is an important thread binding communities together, but for veterans living with injuries and PTSD, being on a team is even more important. That connection can be a lifeline. | | | | Jamal Khashoggi's Apple Watch was connected to a mobile phone left outside when he entered the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, according to two Turkish officials. | | | | A sugar producer in Queensland plans to plant 4,000 hectares of blue agave on the Atherton Tablelands as part of a biomass refinery project. | | | | Before he was a famous author, John Marsden was a suicidal student. His life's work has been about empowering teenagers, from his popular books to his trailblazing schools. | | | | Francisco Jose Cox Huneeus and Marco Antonio Ordenes Fernandez are expelled from the priesthood amid the global Catholic sexual abuse crisis. | | | | My Huong Le moved from Sydney to Vietnam after finding her birth mother. But 14 years later, a text message from a stranger revealed the truth: this woman wasn't who she said she was. | | | | Investigative journalist Oliver Bullough is working to unravel the intricate global web of wealth and power that he says helps the super-rich and corrupt rule the world. Welcome to "Moneyland". | | | | At least seven mountaineers have been killed after their camp on a Himalayan peak in Nepal was hit by a snowstorm, police say, in the country's worst climbing disaster in two years. | | | | Why do so many privileged girls, whose fathers work to give them overseas holidays, ski trips and the latest smart phones, feel like they're missing out? The answer lies in the struggle of many dads to play a more meaningful role in their growing daughters' lives, writes Madonna King. | | | | Lindsey Buckingham accuses his former bandmates of breach of contract for cutting him out of their North American tour and the millions of dollars he would have earned from it. | | | | The botched sinking of ex-HMAS Tobruk by a government contractor, which left the ship on its side and needing modifications to make it safer, will not be fixed after the risks of damaging it are deemed too high. | | | | The US first lady says she has "more important things to think about" than the allegations her husband cheated on her with a porn star, and explains why she wore a jacket that said "I really don't care, do u?" on a trip to visit migrant children. | | | | Australia's richest horse race, The Everest, is won by Redzel for a second consecutive year following a week of controversy surrounding the projection of its barrier draw on Sydney's Opera House. | | | | Calvin Klein's Obsession for Men could be the tonic to help Indian authorities capture a six-year-old tigress nicknamed Avni, which is believed to have killed 13 people in the past two years. | | | | Search-and-rescue teams begin finding bodies in and around a town of about 1,000 people that was nearly wiped off the map when Michael blew ashore, as the death toll reaches 16. | |  |
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