| | | | An 8-year-old boy from Guatemala has died in US Government custody early on Christmas Day, according to US immigration authorities, marking the second death of an immigrant child in detention this month. | | | | As many of us head to the shops in search of bargains, what we're not thinking about are those extra fees that we may incur by using our debit or credit cards at the checkout. | | | | It is overcrowded, but without any rhythm or regularity, and domestic cricket has all but disappeared from public visibility. We should divide the summer into three, writes Rodney Tiffen. | | | | Toasty temperatures will sweep through parts of South Australia, Victoria and New South Wales over the holiday period, with the mercury expected to be 12 degrees higher than normal. | | | | Using her Christmas broadcast to encourage people to treat others with respect, the Queen says the message of goodwill and peace on earth is "needed as much as ever". | | | | Amazon didn't trigger a "retail apocalypse" in the last 12 months, but analysts say the online giant is still on track to disrupt the local retail landscape. | | | | Residents of Sydney's Opal Tower are told there is no risk of the building collapsing, but those living in 51 of the apartments are still not able to go home after a large crack was found on the 10th floor. | | | | Manning the phones in the NORAD Tracks Santa program, US President Donald Trump tells a 7-year-old boy that believing in Santa at that age is "marginal". | | | | It's been 30 years since the Daintree rainforest was World Heritage-listed, signalling the end of one industry and the birth of another. | | | | Twenty years ago the sun was shining as the yachts set off in the annual race but an intense east coast low was about to brew in their path. What have we learnt and could these conditions happen again? | | | | You may or may not have just given your child a mobile or gaming device for Christmas. Either way, it's a good time to think about how technology will be used in your family this year. | | | | From Aquaman to The Avengers, superhero films give us moral teachings and Messiah-like figures with a side of butt-kicking action. | | | | A state governor and her husband, her predecessor as governor and a federal senator, were killed when their helicopter went down in a paddock just a few kilometres from a heliport. | | | | The couple, who were held in custody for two nights and the subject of intense media speculation, say the way they were portrayed was "disgusting" but close family and friends never doubted their innocence. | | | | A couple in their 70s have been killed when they were hit by a car as their horrified daughter looked on in a Christmas Eve accident in the north Queensland city of Townsville. | | | | As Mr Trump likens the US Federal Reserve to a "powerful golfer who can't score", Japanese stocks and other Asian markets fall by unusually large margins. | | | | Thailand, which has a history — until 1930 — of using marijuana for pain relief, approves the plant for medical use and research, the first legalisation of the drug in a region with some of the world's strictest drug laws. | | | | Mission Australia's Christmas Lunch in the Park has been held in Perth every year since 1975, providing a meal and festive cheer for the city's most vulnerable residents. | | | | Egypt has the world's highest rate of obesity, but the President's comments have not landed well, with many people pointing out the country's inequities when it comes to fresh food. | | | | Christmas traditions and celebrations are underway around the world, with pilgrims flocking to Bethlehem's largest event in years while Pope Francis urges Christians to forgo greed, gluttony and materialism. | |  |
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