| | | | Argentina's navy says searchers deep in the Atlantic have found the missing submarine ARA San Juan, which disappeared with 44 crewmen aboard almost a year ago to the date. | | | | The brutal murder of Saudi dissident Jamal Khashoggi in Turkey and the poison attack on Russian double-agent Sergei Skripal prompted global outrage and diplomatic blow-back — so why would a government go for such spectacular assassinations? | | | | Look closely — both these boys have scars on their necks. This is the story of how they got them and how their recovery forged a new friendship in the face of a "catastrophic" situation. | | | | The head of a rural women's group warns remote workplaces are producing "horrific" cases of sexual harassment and assault — but corporations aren't paying attention to the issue. | | | | I asked an engineer working in the Swiss waste industry where their landfills were located. He replied there weren't any. It's time we got rid of them too, writes Paul Klymenko. | | | | Beneath the glitzy high-rises of central Hong Kong, the city is struggling with its ageing population, some of whom are gathering rubbish into their 90s to make ends meet. | | | | An intrepid group of adventurers treks thousands of kilometres across Siberia and faces bears and freezing temperatures in a race against time to preserve a forgotten part of Russia's dark past. | | | | The social video app TikTok seems built in a lab to bemuse anyone over the age of 21, but for some Australians, it offers a path to fame and fortune. | | | | The private car is the default transport option for many busy Australian families. This reduces physical activity and increases greenhouse gas emissions, with unhealthy results for the children being ferried and for the environment, write Hulya Gilbert, Andrew Allan, Carolyn Whitzman and Johannes Pieters. | | | | How soon should you tell a date about a hidden chronic illness or mental health issue? Should it be on your Tinder profile, or is it a conversation for further down the track? Kylie Maslen knows how hard it can be. | | | | A country pub slapped with a gag order of sorts after a neighbour complained about its live act causing a racket still can't pump up the volume, despite the complainant moving on. It illustrates the power imbalance that is crippling the entertainment scene in NSW. | | | | It's being described as a possible game changer for farmers and even the pastoral industry in northern Australia — the resurgence of cotton. | | | | For mainstream Jewish communities, the belief that Jesus is the Messiah is offensive and theologically flawed. That hasn't stopped Messianic Judaism from growing internationally. Today, the controversial faith welcomes Jews and "gentiles" alike. | | | | Even before cases of strawberry sabotage crippled sales and cost the industry millions of dollars, Australian growers were despairing over dumping tonnes of perfectly good fruit that was too small or odd-shaped to find a market. | | | | A man stung by a stingray while swimming at a Hobart beach dies despite attempts by paramedics to resuscitate him, with onlookers at the scene too shocked to speak. | | | | The Socceroos escape with a 1-1 draw against South Korea after Massimo Luongo's scrappy equaliser in the dying seconds in a wet Brisbane. | | | | It is not yet known how much US money will be pumped into the Manus base, but Vice-President Mike Pence says the Trump administration wants to "protect the sovereignty and maritime routes of Pacific Island nations". | | | | In a rain-hit match shortened to 10 overs each, Australia falls apart in its chase against the big-hitting Proteas on the Gold Coast. | | | | One year since the royal commission into youth detention handed down its recommendations to overhaul the youth justice sector, the daily conditions experienced by young people inside Don Dale remain largely unchanged, advocates say. | | | | A "very dangerous" thunderstorm packing giant hail and destructive winds tears through parts of south-east Queensland on Saturday evening, bringing down trees and damaging homes. | | | | About 50,000 demonstrators, part of a grassroots movement dubbed the "yellow vests", cause logjams on highways and block roundabouts as they rail against fuel tax hikes introduced by President Emmanuel Macron. | | | | The magazine's founders say they experienced "a flood of judgement" after Australia voted to legalise same-sex marriage last year, and a number of advertisers withdrew their support. | | | | Scattered confrontations break out during Christmas parades in the Netherlands, where a debate about Santa Claus's sidekick Black Pete, often played by white people in blackface, is becoming increasingly fierce. | |  |
By Paul Klymenko | |  |
By music and pop culture reporter Paul Donoughue | |  |
By Hulya Gilbert, Andrew Allan, Carolyn Whitzman and Johannes Pieters | |  |
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