| | | | It is understood Prime Minister Scott Morrison will announce the decision to recognise West Jerusalem as Israel's capital today, but will not immediately move the embassy from Tel Aviv. | | | | Scott Morrison has been announcing things this week, sometimes several things in one day. But it looks like is a Prime Minister with a list of things to tick off, but not necessarily in a way that sorts anything out, writes Laura Tingle. | | | | Two Canadians detained on December 10 face a tense period of interrogation, a former ambassador to the country says, with experts claiming they have been taken "hostage" by Beijing in retaliation to the arrest of a key Huawei executive. | | | | Donald Trump's former personal lawyer Michael Cohen, who was sentenced to prison this week over campaign finance and other charges, says he "gave loyalty to someone who truthfully does not deserve loyalty". | | | | Tropical Cyclone Owen is the first for the Australian summer and he is starting the season with a bang. | | | | An afternoon storm causes flash flooding in streets across Melbourne, prompting emergency services to issue a warning, only a day after a deluge isolated homes in the Mallee town of Birchip. | | | | Off the Great Australian Bight, deep beneath the surface is a reef you might not know about. It's bigger than the Great Barrier Reef, more populated with wild sea life, and it's open for drilling. | | | | What can an art critic, a Russian playwright and the film 500 Days of Summer teach us about the dangers of oversharing on social media? | | | | As Australia and India battle each other in the second Test, they are also facing a shared enemy — an unpredictable, untameable pitch that is making every delivery absolutely must-watch. | | | | The baby business is booming in Ukraine and the number of Australian children born through the country's surrogates tripled in the past year so how does the industry handle the ethics, the demand and the politicians wanting to shut it all down? | | | | A weekend of Australian 'classics' highlighting the importance of language and the transmission of cultural knowledge. | | | | Carman's Muesli founder Carolyn Creswell's approach to meal time may seem strange, but the logic of business is increasingly entering the family home. | | | | Is it really possible to avoid gluten if you like a frothy? Do different types of beers have different levels of gluten? And how accurate are the tests? | | | | Germany says a failure to curb climate change could cost the world "a lot more" than the trillions of dollars the US President claims he is saving by quitting the 2015 Paris accord. | | | | Today, if you live on the coast, you can see more whales in 10 minutes than a boy like me saw in years. I'm not exaggerating. Last year I had a close encounter while paddle-boarding, writes Tim Winton. | | | | A man who stabbed a woman to death in a Brisbane hotel room in 2014 after meeting her through an arranged marriage website is sentenced to life in prison. | | | | New York artist reveals the final four images taken during his "Return of the Nude" photoshoot in wintry conditions in Melbourne this year. | | | | The Government is borrowing to cover day-to-day operational costs including public servants' wages, with the Territory's net debt projected to increase tenfold to $35.7 billion by 2030. | | | | In a year where there seemed to be quite a bit of bad news, the world searched for "good" more than ever before. | | | | Thought to be an ancient version of backgammon, the game acted as a "social lubricant" for nomads. | | | | A man who sexually assaulted a sleeping woman while seated between her and his wife during an overnight flight in the US is sentenced to nine years in prison. | | | | Teacher error and "significant process failures" are being blamed, after some final year students at an elite Melbourne school were not taught the complete curriculum in a subject. | |  |
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