| | | | In March 1918 on a French battlefield, Australian troops encountered a young French boy kneeling over a family member killed by shellfire. It was the beginning of an extraordinary journey. | | | | Imagine Australia is suddenly drawn into a war. More than 2 million men enlist and 750,000 are casualties — that's the equivalent of what happened 100 years ago. Follow the journey of four fictional characters whose stories represent some of the young lives shattered by the Great War. | | | | On the 138th anniversary of the death of Australia's most famous outlaw, one question remains — where in the world is Ned's head? | | | | In the first public acknowledgement that tapes of the slaying exist, Turkey's President says the audio recordings were shared with Saudi Arabia, the United States and the United Kingdom. | | | | Melbourne's inner-city community is remembering "one-in-a-million" Pellegrini's Espresso Bar co-owner Sisto Malaspina, who was killed by a terrorist on Bourke Street yesterday. | | | | Speak to Reserve Bank and things are looking pretty rosy. Speak to some big investors and there is money to be made shorting Australia. So who is right? | | | | Myanmar's women are turning to martial arts in a country where they are marginalised and protections against sexual harassment and assault virtually non-existent. | | | | Two people die in Southern California fires, bringing the number of deaths in massive blazes raging across the state to 11. An expected narrow window of calm weather is giving firefighters — some who have worked for two days straight — hope of slowing the flames. | | | | From Sao Paulo to Bangalore, researchers have watched Cape Town deal with a crisis that could unfold in their own drought-prone cities. Australian cities need to pay attention. | | | | Critics have panned the long-awaited Freddie Mercury biopic, but audiences are loving it. How could they be so out of step? | | | | Fiji is set to hold its second general election since the 2006 coup led by Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama who has led the country ever since. Given the country's coup legacy, there are lingering concerns about what could happen if the election results don't please certain individuals. | | | | World War One became a defining moment for Australia, delivering a newfound national confidence. But historians say it also opened deep divisions that threatened to tear the country apart. | | | | There is really something more important going on at the moment in politics than the wisdom of Scott Morrison's bloke strategy and "Scomobile" bus, writes Laura Tingle. | | | | A New Yorker sets up shop just inside an open doorway in a back alley in Ho Chi Minh City, taking out a set of scales, zip ties, some scissors and ziplock bags. He's here for hair. | | | | The former first lady's upcoming memoir describes the struggle she and her husband Barack Obama faced to conceive their daughters, and how Donald Trump's "bigotry and xenophobia" put her family's "safety at risk". | | | | Sri Lanka could hold an early election on January 5 after the President dissolved parliament in a bid to stave off a deepening political crisis, sparked by his dismissal of the prime minister that opponents say is unconstitutional. | | | | Michael Daley is the new NSW Labor leader, convincingly beating water spokesman Chris Minns 33 votes to 12 in a vote at NSW Labor headquarters. | | | | China is building up the African nation of Zambia, but people are worried about what is riding on the deal with Beijing for the Zambians. | | | | Suspended Test duo Steve Smith and David Warner draw an unprecedented crowd for their Sydney grade cricket match at Coogee Oval. | | | | The United States is halting refuelling of aircraft from the Saudi-led coalition engaged in Yemen, ending one of the most divisive aspects of US assistance to the Saudi war effort. | | | | In one corner is Geoffrey Rush, a household name and an actor in high-demand. In the other a young actress, Eryn Jean Norvill, outed as the alleged victim of inappropriate behaviour by Mr Rush. The stakes are as high as they come. | | | | It can be hard to get comfortable without an air conditioner in the tropics, but there are ways of using it without blowing out your electricity bill. | |  |
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