| | | | Confidence grows among US President Donald Trump's fellow Republicans that Brett Kavanaugh will win Senate confirmation to the US Supreme Court, after the filing of an FBI report on accusations of sexual misconduct by the judge. | | | | The Netherlands says it disrupted an attempt by Russian intelligence agents to hack the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, when it was verifying the substance used in the Salisbury attack on former Russian spy Sergei Skripal. | | | | When UA839 was running low on fuel, it gave Sydney a taste of what it's like when emergency strikes. But if a plane were to get in trouble in peak hour, the ramifications could be a lot worse. | | | | The world remains vulnerable to another financial meltdown as a result of "side effects" from the extraordinary measures taken to prevent a global depression in 2008, the IMF says. | | | | Former ASIC forensic investigator Glen Unicomb says accounting firms hired to audit and approve sensitive company reports — PWC, Deloitte, EY and KPMG — should face the financial services royal commission to prove their independence. | | | | Critics have wasted no time engaging in personal attacks on Tony Abbott over his new Indigenous envoy role, but that won't solve the problems facing this generation of Indigenous children, write Anthony Dillon. | | | | Two of the biggest clubs in UK rugby are coming together this weekend to celebrate the career of Rob Horne, whose playing days were ended earlier this year when an on-field collision left him without the use of his right arm. | | | | The South Australian industrial town of Port Augusta used to be known for its two coal-fired power plants, but since they closed it has set its sights on becoming the renewables capital of Australia, or even the world. | | | | The Nobel Peace Prize is set to be announced tonight and one of the bookies' favourite pairs may come as a surprise — controversial North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un and South Korean President Moon Jae-in. | | | | Two of Cristiano Ronaldo's major sponsors, Nike and EA Sports, both express "concern" over the rape allegation faced by the football star, while his club Juventus release a statement in support for its "great champion". | | | | One of the lead investigators into the death of 17-year-old Aboriginal boy Mark Haines in 1988 engaged in unrelated fraudulent practices while he was the chief detective at Tamworth Police Station, the ABC can reveal. | | | | Two executives from Tourism and Events Queensland spent more than $27,000 of taxpayers' money to visit the Burning Man festival in Nevada, government figures reveal. | | | | With all of NSW in drought the children of farming families must roll up their sleeves and work on their farms as they return home from boarding school for the holidays. | | | | An inquest hears rumour, innuendo, a missing car and a drug house are linked to the suspected murder of Marlon McDonald. | | | | Aid mobilisation for survivors has gathered pace, but communities in remote areas have been cut off, leaving people increasingly desperate to fulfil basic needs as aid has only just begun to trickle through. | | | | In the fierce debate over school funding, new commentary suggests the Government should continue to subsidise private schools to keep it affordable because "there is a common good in giving parents a choice". | | | | Viral videos of two-headed snakes and two-faced kittens might make you wonder how real this phenomenon is. Here's some of the science behind what you're seeing. | | | | Having a sense of home, a place that provides us with an internal compass and a map, can be crucial to our mental wellbeing. When our home is lost or destroyed, the psychological distress and grief can be profound and long-term, writes Richard Yin. | | | | Cricket administrators who took for granted the sport's standing as the national past time now need to convince the once baked-on constituency it should still care, writes Richard Hinds. | | | | The role has been vacant since August, but Attorney-General Christian Porter says Chin Tan will take up the role next week. | | | | Travellers entering New Zealand who refuse to disclose passwords for their mobile phones and other digital devices during forced searches can now face prosecution and fines of up to $NZ5,000. | | | | The Commonwealth Bank's Dollarmites program, cots that put children's lives at risk, and a toaster that leaves your bread slightly warm and dry are among the seven products to earn a gong at this year's Shonky awards. | |  |
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