| | | | Tired but smiling, an 18-year-old Saudi runaway who said she feared death if deported back home arrives in Canada, which had offered her asylum in a case that attracted global attention after she mounted a social media campaign. | | | | Several councils around the country — including Melbourne's Yarra and Darebin — have already been stripped of their power to host citizenship events after voting to move the ceremonies to a less contentious day. | | | | Australia crashes through the Indian top order to make a difficult Indian chase impossible in the opening ODI at the SCG, despite an heroic effort from the tourists' Rohit Sharma. | | | | A New York Times report citing unnamed former law enforcement officials says FBI agents and some top officials launched an investigation into the President after FBI director James Comey was fired in early 2017. | | | | Australia has been in the grips of a national veterinarian shortage as vets leave the profession due to long working hours, "emotional blackmail" and prolonged stress. | | | | Wang Weijing has been in the Polish office of Huawei since 2011, but the company says his "alleged actions have no relation to the company". | | | | Modern cancer treatments are increasingly targeted and specific. But when doctors can't work out where it started, treatment becomes extremely difficult and outcomes are poor. | | | | Rather like a computer game, once you escape one level of the Brexit game the next is even harder. But unlike a computer game, you can't turn Brexit off, as a weary country is finding, write Nick Rowley. | | | | New South Wales is behind international guidelines and Australian benchmarks when it comes to diagnosing and caring for children with juvenile arthritis, the state's leading arthritis charity says. It's calling for more funding and education for health professionals to recognise the symptoms early. | | | | Life on the road as a show worker is hard work, but means lots of time with family, and the kids still have to put on a uniform and go to school — in a classroom that rolls along with the carnival. | | | | The death toll could yet rise after the blast left 10 people critically injured and another 37 with minor injuries, while rescuers spent hours reaching those trapped under rubble. | | | | An explosion in demand for air conditioners around the world is alarming climate change experts and now a treaty has come into effect to limit the environmental damage. | | | | A 65-year-old competitor dies during the Pier to Pub ocean race at Lorne on Victoria's Great Ocean Road, despite lifesavers and paramedics attempting to revive him. | | | | Alex De Minaur breaks through for his first ATP title with an impressive win over Andreas Seppi in the Sydney International final, while Ash Barty fell agonisingly short against Petra Kvitova. | | | | Contractors have a window of only five days to get rid of up to a million rotting fish in a far west NSW river as experts warn their continuing presence could trigger a second wave of deaths. | | | | Visitors are still going to unstaffed national parks across the US and in many instances locals are pitching in to keep facilities clean and remove rubbish. | | | | The Republic of Macedonia will officially become 'North Macedonia' after Greek pressure has foiled its attempts to join NATO and the EU under its current moniker. | | | | Steve Smith is set for elbow surgery, which could delay the ex-Australian skipper's return to national team cricket when his ball-tampering ban ends in March. | | | | US police remind drivers not to take part in the so-called Bird Box challenge after a 17-year-old girl causes a two-car crash after allegedly pulling a beanie over her eyes while driving. | | | | Iraq War veteran Tulsi Gabbard announces she is running for president in 2020, with the 37-year-old congresswoman set to court controversy over her meeting Bashar al-Assad in Syria and her anti-interventionist foreign policy positions. | |  |
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