| | | | A person is dead, two more are in hospital and a major police operation is continuing in Sydney's southern suburbs where officers are at several crime scenes including Arncliffe, Rockdale and Yagoona. | | | | Some residents are concerned they'll be asked to move back into Sydney's Opal Tower apartment building, with engineers still investigating "a number of design and construction issues" with the building, which has remained vacant since a crack formed in concrete before Christmas. | | | | After big centuries to Cheteshwar Pujara and Rishabh Pant, India finally declares to leave Australia with a tricky late session to bat. Follow the action in our live blog. | | | | Disgraced politician Andrew Broad says he decided to quit politics to avoid becoming a "laughing stock" in his first public comments since revelations he used a dating website to meet a younger woman while overseas. | | | | As the US government shutdown continues, many federal workers are struggling with the resulting economic uncertainty. The ABC's North America correspondent Conor Duffy, whose wife is a federal employee, reflects on the impacts. | | | | Residents have been left without water for a day after a breakdown at a local treatment plant and as western NSW sweated through a heatwave. | | | | After another poor day in the field against India, Australia's bowlers and coaching staff held an "aggressive" post-play discussion about tactics. | | | | "Me me me millennials", "phone zombies" and "selfie addicts" are the target of a new recruitment campaign being rolled out by the UK Ministry of Defence in a bid to boost recruitment numbers. | | | | The British Government faces its own struggle to 'stop the boats', with a Royal Navy patrol ship being sent to the English Channel to deter migrants from attempting the crossing from northern France. | | | | The driver of a fuel tanker makes a lucky escape after his vehicle bursts into flames on the Princes Highway near Wollongong, forcing nearby homes and a childcare centre to be evacuated. | | | | A cool change sweeping up through Tasmania helps ease bushfire conditions, and smoke is dissipating over Hobart from a massive wilderness fire burning uncontrolled in Tasmania's south-west, but firefighters say "we're not out of the woods yet." | | | | The Australian share market recovers most of its losses, after Apple's worst trading day in six years sparks a sell-off in global markets. | | | | It sounds like a spa resort — with a gym, cafe, sauna, recording studio and a grand auditorium — but the building where a man was stabbed to death on Thursday is the largest Scientology centre outside the United States. | | | | Melbourne and Adelaide are being scorched by a mass of hot air that was generated thousands of kilometres away in north-west WA. So what is it about this region that triggers such extreme heat? | | | | Krystal Whipple is on the run after allegedly using a stolen car to run over and kill a Las Vegas nail salon owner who chased after her for failing to pay for a $US35 manicure. | | | | Beachgoers urge swimmers to take care at two popular coastal New South Wales tourist spots, amid fears of razor clams in the shallows. | | | | There are fears Tropical Storm Pabuk, which is expected to make landfall in the west of the country today, could be the worst storm to hit Thailand in 30 years. | | | | While Cameron Bancroft and Steve Smith both made reference to the specifics of the Cape Town ball-tampering incident in their media outings last month, David Warner opts to speak about the positives of his year-long exile from professional cricket. | | | | The Democrats have voted to end the partial government shutdown without providing US$5 billion ($7.14 billion) in funding for President Donald Trump's promised border wall. | | | | Up to 270 shipping containers fall from one of the world's largest cargo ships into the North Sea, attracting treasure hunters and clean-up volunteers alike to beaches in the Netherlands. | |  |
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