| | | | An 18-year-old Saudi woman who fled her family saying she feared for her life has been granted asylum in Canada, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says, as Thai officials confirm the teen is en route to Toronto. | | | | Chris Ikonomidis' performance on the wing stood out for Australia against Palestine, but with Trent Sainsbury suspended for the Syria clash, should Graham Arnold also rest Tom Rogic to avoid a suspension for the round of 16? | | | | Unsolicited text messages from Clive Palmer's United Australia Party promising to "Make Australia Great" earn the ire of voters, who are left questioning how he got their number. | | | | Verbally abused and threatened in stores, Chinese personal shoppers — known as daigou — are feeling the brunt of what they claim are "biased" media reports and negative public perception. | | | | Newly elected Rashida Tlaib is part of growing calls for the US President's impeachment, which looks more likely now the Democrats have control of the House. | | | | A doctor who examined the woman nearly nine months before she gave birth said there was "no change" to her health, and experts say it's possible she displayed no outward signs. | | | | Police are pleading with the drivers not to assume that others are going to come forward with information about missing woman Monika Billen, as they concentrate search efforts around popular Central Australian tourist site Emily Gap. | | | | The Fathering Project was formed when a doctor noticed the dying men he was treating regretted not spending enough time with their kids. The not-for-profit is using this revelation to help dads get more involved in their kids' lives. | | | | Marina Benjamin used to describe her insomnia as a "wicked" curse. Now, she likens it to falling in love. This is how she embraced her sleeplessness. | | | | In the #metoo era, do we really need a Barbie movie? Especially one where Barbie is played not by Rhianna or Hannah Gadsby but a pretty blonde lady who's been drinking the Dream House Kool-Aid, writes Emma A. Jane. | | | | There's a crucial difference between the young Saudi woman granted refugee status in Thailand this week and the Melbourne footballer locked in a Bangkok prison. The latter is a pawn in the multi-billion dollar sports industry's power-play, writes Tracey Holmes. | | | | A Gold Coast snake catcher who came to the rescue of a carpet python covered in hundreds of ticks and swimming in a backyard pool, says he's never seen anything like it in 26 years of business. | | | | A teacher in South Africa is suspended after a backlash over a photo showing her students sitting in racially separate groups at a school in the country's North West Province. | | | | A truck carrying aerosol cans erupts in flames on the Hume Highway at Yass north of Canberra, backing up traffic as further explosions ignited inside the truck. | | | | Jayme Closs, 13, went missing from her Wisconsin home in October and there had been no sign of her until today, when local police announced she had been found and a suspect taken into custody. | | | | India has a less-than-ideal preparation for the start of the ODI series against Australia, with two of its players facing possible bans over sexist comments made in a TV interview. | | | | China's national space agency releases the first panoramic images of the far side of the Moon, showing the grey moonscape, a lander and a rover, since its world-first landing earlier this month. | | | | Lady Gaga says she will remove her 2013 duet with R Kelly from streaming services and apologises for working with the R&B star in the wake of sexual misconduct allegations made against him. | | | | Police are investigating a complaint of indecent assault on a four-year-old girl at the public toilets at one of the Sunshine Coast's most popular beaches last Friday. | | | | Actor Craig McLachlan is charged with one count of common law assault, eight counts of indecent assault, and one count of attempted indecent assault by Victoria Police. | | | | A group of thieves, including a security guard in on the job, are on trial in Berlin for allegedly using a wheelbarrow and ladder to steal a 100-kilogram gold coin worth $4 million from a German museum in a daring late-night heist. | |  |
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