| | | | FBI agents arrest a man in Florida suspected of sending at least a dozen parcel bombs to high-profile critics of US President Donald Trump days ahead of congressional elections. Agents also seized Cesar Sayoc's van, which was emblazoned with a photo of Hilary Clinton with a bullseye superimposed on her face | | | | Come inside one of the most important fossil sites in South-East Asia. What archaeologists find in this cave — deep in the heart of Borneo's rainforest — could shed light on one of the biggest mysteries in human history. | | | | A sense of outrage and injustice can be a powerful weapon — just look at Hannah Gadsby and Nanette. Feminist and author Anne Summers has some advice on using your anger to effect change. | | | | Why will Australians pay $30 for a plate of pasta, but complain that dumplings are dearer than in Asia? The answer is complicated. | | | | Understanding dark energy may be the key to figuring out the most vexing mystery in physics, the problem Albert Einstein spent the last 40 years of his life trying to solve. And UQ astrophysicist Professor Tamara Davis is at the forefront of a worldwide effort to discover its secrets. | | | | Chinese nationals are buying Australian vineyards and wineries at unprecedented levels, with up to 10 per cent of the iconic Barossa Valley now in Chinese hands. | | | | Has anyone ever met a sexy nurse? Or a sexy librarian? Or sexy zombie for that matter? There are unspoken rules in dressing up for Halloween, and not dressing up as a woman forced to testify in front of the planet about an alleged sexual assault should be one of them, writes Andrea Lee-Greenberg. | | | | The upcoming bank reporting season is expected to confirm profits are sliding as royal commission costs mount up and assets are ditched. Just how bad is getting for the once powerful big four oligopoly? | | | | Banned bibles, burnt crosses, exhumed coffins, an estimated 1 million Uighur Muslims reportedly held in re-education camps — nomination aside, religion is a dangerous pursuit in President Xi Jinping's China in 2018. | | | | Before Justice Michael Wigney entered the Federal Court in Sydney on Monday, an official told a packed public gallery to turn their phones off. This is not the theatre. The court has, however, seen plenty of drama this week. | | | | Independent Kerryn Phelps's record swing have made headlines in the past week, but cementing her place on Canberra's crossbench at a general election may be more difficult. | | | | Shane Josephs thought Rhys Kelly was supplying drugs to his teenage children, so he knocked on his ex-brother-in-law's front door and stabbed him through the throat when he answered. | | | | Sydney Airport confirmed the incident, which happened when a plane on the runway below failed to get out of the way as the Royal couple returned to Australia from a tour of Fiji and Tonga. | | | | Oodles of nurdles were spilt into the ocean when a ship was hit by a storm in South Africa last year. Now, these lentil-sized plastic pellets are at the centre of an impending environmental headache. | | | | An Air Niugini flight that crashed in the Pacific last month, killing a passenger, was being co-piloted by a 35-year-old Australian, according to a preliminary report released by the Micronesian Government. | | | | Turkey amps up the pressure on Saudi Arabia over the murder of dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi, demanding to know the location of his body and who gave the order for his killing. | | | | Police allege they found Robert Glen Sirl with an underage foster child when they went to arrest him over separate rape charges. | | | | British police arrest a man suspected of trying to steal a Magna Carta from its display case at Salisbury Cathedral. | | | | Australian households may be being duped into buying extended warranties for appliances with retailers convincing them the goods only have a 12- to 24-month warranty, consumer group Choice warns. | | | | In less than a week India will officially unveil the world's tallest statue, modelled after a key member of the nation's fight for independence and measuring twice the height of the Statue of Liberty. | |  |
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