| | | | In a Twitter tirade, US President Donald Trump vents his frustration at US immigration law, the globalisation of labour and a number of Central American countries that he says have been "taking advantage of the US for years". | | | | It was a major conversation starter around summer barbeques in 2017, but the mainstream hype around cryptocurrencies has died down alongside prices in 2018. | | | | Sidney Torres IV is a property developer and reality television star who, unlike a similar figure in the White House, isn't elected to public office. But that hasn't stopped him tackling law and order in New Orleans. | | | | When a Four Corners reporter took to the streets in 1961 to canvas public opinion on domestic gender roles, men and women alike (mostly) agreed: husbands should chip in with the chores on the weekend. | | | | With the technology reaching a tipping point, several companies are clamouring — sometimes by way of the courts — to create a hologram performance that can be as engaging as a human one. | | | | As one Australian batsman after another sacrificed his innings to a rash shot or momentary lapse of concentration, the patience, perseverance and skill applied at length by India's top order on that supposedly "easy" pitch became more pronounced. | | | | Finally — some time for some real reading. Spend some time with the ABC's best long-form journalism, which not even this era of disruption can gainsay, writes Virginia Trioli. | | | | From the Sun King's Hall of Mirrors to the lobbies of grand hotels, the chandelier has outlived trends in interior design to remain a symbol of wealth and power. | | | | In the small town of Bothwell, on Tasmania's central plateau, there's an indoor golf game being hailed the oldest electronic computer in the world. | | | | From Hobbits to heroes: Australian children recommend some of their favourite books to read during the holiday break. | | | | What's the difference between a mostly sunny and a partly cloudy day? Should you cancel that picnic if showers are forecast? Test your knowledge of Australian forecasting with this weather quiz. | | | | The first major Australian batting collapse of the summer arrives, and so does the vocal public response. But in this strange, in-between summer, what can actually be done? | | | | An international jury will convene this afternoon to consider whether 2018 Sydney to Hobart line honours winner Wild Oats XI breached race rules by turning off its automatic identification system during the race. | | | | For the 11th straight year, Barack Obama tops a Gallup poll of the man most admired by Americans, while his wife Michelle ends a 17-year run by Hillary Clinton. | | | | A woman's body is found at a Munster home in the fourth suspicious death in WA since Boxing Day, with a man who police say was disoriented and running around naked taken into custody nearby. | | | | Police increase their presence at a bayside beach after a group of youths allegedly stole mobile phones and purses from the bags of swimmers before smashing a bottle over the head of a 19-year-old man. | | | | Chinese schools are beginning to track students to prevent them from skipping classes or falling asleep in class — and a facial recognition system prevents cheating. | | | | The grandmother of a seven-year-old boy killed in a crash between two trucks on Queensland's Gore Highway says her family now has a "lifetime of heartache" ahead of it. | | | | Naval officers board two suspicious boats in the Arabian Sea, locating a cache of drugs intended for the international narcotics trade and dumping them at sea. | | | | The head of the beleaguered Chinese telco warns the US-China trade war could become "more intense" and nations that block Huawei from their 5G telecom networks would have "less deftness, flair, and expertise". | | | | Authorities say the body of the 14-year-old girl was found about 215 metres below Horseshoe Bend, which overlooks the Colorado River near the Arizona-Utah border. | | | | An electrical fire at a power plant in Queens causes a spectacular light show for residents in New York City. | |  |
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