| | | | Victory is completely out of sight as Australia is still 386 runs behind India's enormous first-innings total as bad light and rain end play early on day three of the fourth Test at the SCG. | | | | A body found by a woman walking her dog is believed to be that of missing 23-year-old Georgia Wallace, who was last seen on December 29. | | | | NSW firefighters warn residents of South Maroota, north-west of Sydney, of an out-of-control bushfire that is threatening homes and being fanned by strong winds. | | | | US President Donald Trump is considering declaring a national emergency to get a wall built on the southern border of the US, after a meeting with congressional leaders at the White House to discuss the Government shutdown failed to reach an agreement. | | | | Controversial Queensland independent senator Fraser Anning turns up at a far-right rally which sees hundreds of police descend on Melbourne's St Kilda Beach in a bid to prevent violence breaking out. | | | | Russian researchers claim Jeanne Calment's daughter assumed her mother's identity decades before her reported death at the age of 122 in 1997, but the claim has been dismissed by a French expert. | | | | Onshore winds are bringing in bluebottles at a number of east coast beaches, with more than 13,000 stings treated in Queensland over the past week alone. | | | | The founder of the online flight booking portal that collapsed in December, throwing the travel plans of thousands of people into uncertainty, says her family is "distraught" and "rattled". | | | | China's armed forces must strengthen their sense of urgency and do everything they can to prepare for battle, President Xi Jinping tells a meeting of top brass. | | | | Amy Bivone sparked a viral controversy when she was turned away from a convenience store for trying to pay in 50-cent pieces — but that's just one of the laws surrounding Australia's coinage you might not know about. | | | | An apparent bid to embarrass America's youngest ever congresswoman on the day she was sworn in backfires, with a viral video of the "commie know-it-all" dancing garnering support from the likes of Russell Crowe and Zach Braff. | | | | After sending commentators into joyous fits with his drop kicks, Sydney-born punter Michael Dickson caps a stellar rookie year in gridiron with a spot in the NFL All-Pro team. | | | | Matthew Wing, 48, had been planning to kite surf towards Coronation Beach, north of Geraldton, but failed to arrive, sparking a search involving boats and aircraft. | | | | Interviewing 200 14-year-old girls, many issues race to the fore. One of those is the link between instant gratification and the epidemic of teen anxiety, writes Madonna King. | | | | With his team battered and broken against India, Australia captain Tim Paine manages to maintain a skerrick of humour as he cheekily answers a journalist's mobile phone during an otherwise sobering SCG press conference. | | | | One person is signing up to take part in Veganuary every 3.5 seconds, pledging to leave animal products off their plates for 31 days. So what's driving their decision? | | | | Beekeeping is usually about making honey but there is another way of operating with a different goal in mind. | | | | In what Poland's President calls a "crushing tragedy", five 15-year-old girls celebrating a birthday party die after becoming trapped in an Escape Room building which caught fire. | | | | Firefighters in Victoria who lost a truck, trailer and bulldozer in "a very serious situation" yesterday are hoping cooler weather will help efforts to put out a suspicious blaze in Gippsland that threatened homes in extreme heat and difficult fire conditions. | | | | The 1960s Amphicar was a perky car with a steel body, folding roof and propellers tucked behind the rear engine. A car that doubled as a boat sounded like a brilliant idea — but it never really took off. | |  |
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