| | | | An Australian kickboxer convicted of the murder of a Hells Angels drug trafficker is expected to be released from jail in Thailand today, despite an ongoing appeal. But local police say he will be re-arrested immediately on separate charges. | | | | After being denounced by hundreds of scientists, the Chinese Government and even his own university for editing the genes of twin girls, He Jiankui has seemingly disappeared. | | | | They insist they are not American-style preppers, but a number of British people are stockpiling supplies over fears for what a no-deal Brexit scenario could mean for the UK. | | | | Mention "family portraits" at this time of year and you're likely to conjure awkward images of reindeer jumpers. But one artist is giving them a dazzling update, to celebrate different types of families. | | | | Special counsel Robert Mueller and his team have managed to remain remarkably tight-lipped about the sprawling Russia probe, but some experts believe the long-running investigation could finally be reaching its end game. | | | | Visitors to some of the south coast's most popular holiday spots, including Hyams Beach and Green Patch, are being warned not to fish or swim due to contamination by chemicals used in firefighting foam at a facility in nearby Jervis Bay. | | | | This weekend the Matildas learn their group opponents at next year's World Cup Finals. Coach Alen Stajcic insists whatever the draw produces, a genuine title challenge awaits. And he is certain his exceptional squad has long shared that belief. | | | | You're probably familiar with El Nino, but there's another climate driver in town, and researchers say it has an even more powerful influence on Australia's long-term droughts. | | | | At 82, Geoff Meyers died never getting the redress payout he had hoped would provide some recognition for the sexual abuse he suffered as a ward. In the first five months of the scheme, 2,000 people have made applications, but only 20 survivors have received any form of redress. | | | | As Rishabh Pant swung for the skies and teammate after teammate drove haphazardly to their dismissal on day one in Adelaide, Australia must have hardly believed its luck. Now the challenge is to cash in. | | | | Security agencies will gain greater access to encrypted messages after a Labor backdown allowed the Federal Government to pass its legislation on Parliament's final sitting day. | | | | More than 65,000 security personnel will be deployed across France this weekend, and dozens of museums, tourist sites and shops will be closed, as officials fear another wave of violence and rioting. | | | | Climate change denial prevents effective action on emissions, and leads to other lies and evasions by our leaders who support big coal and other polluters. Our government hit a new low point this week, by admonishing those who care, writes David Shearman. | | | | Western Australia's north is preparing for the highest intensity heatwave you can get over the weekend as an arc of extreme temperatures stretches all the way down to Australia's south-east. | | | | Low-income residents of a regional South Australian city are using an innovative solar scheme to shave money off their power bills. | | | | It's not just the outcome of the banking royal commission weighing on the Big Four — worries about future earnings are crushing sentiment. | | | | A judge orders the former Adelaide archbishop be released from home detention after quashing his conviction for concealing child sexual abuse, prompting outrage in court from one abuse survivor. | | | | Political comedy Vice leads the way for Golden Globe movie nominations with six nods, followed by musical A Star is Born, starring Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper, and historical comedy The Favourite. | | | | Tasmanian woman Kerri Morley has given new meaning to the pledge "lest we forget", by fighting to have her great grandfather's service during World War I recognised. | | | | On the 20th anniversary of the worst yachting disaster in Australia's history, it emerges that one man predicted the disastrous loss of life which befell the 1998 Sydney to Hobart yacht fleet, 17 years before it happened. | | | | Photographs taken inside a warehouse before it was destroyed in one of Melbourne's worst industrial fires suggest it was stocked with chemical drums in the three weeks before the blaze — which blanketed parts of Melbourne in smoke, polluted a creek and was blamed for making neighbours sick. | |  |
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