| | | | A man and woman are assisting homicide detectives with their inquiries over the death of a baby girl whose body was discovered on Surfers Paradise Beach overnight, less than a kilometre from the schoolies celebrations hub. | | | | Donald Trump suggests California copies Finland by "raking" forest floors to avoid a repeat of the deadly fires affecting the state. But Finland doesn't use that strategy to manage its vast forest reserves. | | | | The Commonwealth Bank's chief executive tells the banking royal commission some mortgage brokers are receiving millions of dollars a year in commissions thanks to rising property prices and that CBA wanted to move to a flat fee model. | | | | The mother of murdered Cairns woman Toyah Cordingley says life will never be the same again, as police reveal a search of Lake Placid and Caravonica west of Cairns in far north Queensland has led to the discovery of items of interest. | | | | Behind the UK government's rhetoric of "global Britain", there is no such thing as the "British people" in a political sense any more, writes Ben Welling. | | | | NSW Police confirm rugby league star Jarryd Hayne is being interviewed by detectives over an alleged sexual assault on the night of the NRL grand final. | | | | While a new Cold War is not yet here, the lack of cooperation at the APEC summit is another worrying step towards a serious rift in global relations, writes Nick Bisley. | | | | BHP settles a longstanding tax dispute with the ATO for $529 million, for taxes alleged to be owing between 2003-18. | | | | German teenager Sophia Floersch survives a horrific crash after losing control in the Macau Grand Prix, flying over the barriers and into a photographers' bunker at high speed. | | | | A Liberal MP deletes a tweet showing Shane Jacobson holding a sticker and seemingly supporting the Coalition in the Victorian election, after the actor contacts his office to request its removal. | | | | A Chinese author of erotic fiction is sentenced to more than 10 years in jail for writing and selling a novel that featured gay sex scenes. | | | | Former Trump campaign impresario Steve Bannon is back on the campaign trail — but this time Europe is in his sights, with plans for a new nationalist and populist bloc to tap in to disenchantment with the EU. | | | | As an investigation into the brutal slaying of a former KGB agent outside his Gold Coast mansion 18 years ago is reopened, the ABC traces two suspects and uncovers new evidence that may finally help solve the enduring mystery. | | | | A Russian fisherman films a sea creature resembling a legless centipede, with the clip showing it writhing in his hand as it turns its face inside out, twisting it to resemble something of a smile. | | | | Exasperated peak Aboriginal bodies are repeating a call for a greater input into the Government's refresh of its Closing the Gap strategy, saying a formal request in a letter sent last month was ignored by all states bar one. | | | | A teenager who was "mobbed" by up to seven sharks while spearfishing off the coast of Nhulunbuy was dragged to safety by a group of quick-thinking friends, who stemmed the bleeding for a harrowing two hours until emergency services arrived. | | | | Fresh allegations of inappropriate care have been levelled at for-profit disability services provider Total Support Services. | | | | The death of kayaking guide and extreme sportsman Adrian Kiernan in Nepal is being felt around the world, as those who braved rivers with the Tasmanian react with shock. | | | | Exit poll data from the 2018 midterms has given us a look at the shape of the American electorate. And women, along with young people, are a rising force in US politics. | | | | Jenny Leong launches a case against NSW Police after an officer allegedly posted offensive references to her race and ethnic background on social media, saying the public needs to be assured the force takes racism seriously. | | | | Police name the man who died at a Hobart beach from a suspected stingray puncture wound as a former Navy seaman and plumber, while an expert in the marine species urges calm despite increased numbers of the animals in Tasmanian waters. | | | | Tom Cruise won't appear in any more Jack Reacher films, which will instead be "rebooted" as a TV adaption of the book series with an actor that appeals more to fans, author Lee Child says. | | | | With access to extra-curricular activities hard to come by in western Queensland, Rachael Webster drives an average of 400 kilometres every week just so her daughter Lucy can take dance lessons. | |  |
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