| | | | Democrats are set to waste no time flexing their new power in the US House of Representatives as they try to pass legislation that would end a 13-day partial government shutdown while ignoring President Donald Trump's demand for $5 billion for a border wall. | | | | Some people cross the street to avoid them, but a new report has revealed Australia's charity muggers, or "chuggers", raised millions last year with one expert describing them as "a very attractive avenue" to make cash. | | | | It sounds like science fiction — a naval gun capable of firing a projectile at 2.5 kilometres per second — but does the technology stack up to the military bravado? | | | | Real-world etiquette doesn't transfer easily to the digital realm. So is it time for a new social contract for online messaging to prevent friends leaving your messages on read? | | | | Legendary Scottish comedian Sir Billy Connolly has reportedly spoken frankly about his fight with Parkinson's disease in a new documentary series, saying he feels he is being prepared for "some other adventure which is over the hill". | | | | 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? | | | | Lin Lee Wood's life might've passed in obscurity if her daughter Ruby had not been murdered. Hers is an untold story of the difficulties Chinese Australians faced at the turn of the 20th century. | | | | The Chinese National Space Agency lands a spacecraft on the far side of the Moon for the first time — part of an ambitious push to explore its resources and potential as a space base. | | | | In an unprecedented public reckoning, nearly 50 dioceses and religious orders publicly identify child-molesting priests, and 55 more announce plans to do the same in the next few months. | | | | Senator Elizabeth Warren has just thrown her hat in the ring. Then there's talk of Joe Biden, Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton. And what about Michelle Obama and Kanye West? The list of potential challengers is crowded. | | | | A 24-year-old employee, believed to be a Taiwanese man, is dead after being stabbed in the neck with a knife at the Church of Scientology's headquarters in Sydney. | | | | Victorians are warned to prepare themselves for a hot Friday, with temperatures in the mid-40s forecast for much of the state before a cool change in the afternoon causes a drop of up to 20 degrees. | | | | The streaming service releases a statement after hit movie Bird Box inspires the latest internet craze and has people attempting to do things blindfolded. | | | | A Perth man whose angry interaction with a household spider prompted a passer-by to call the police says it was the most embarrassing day of his life — but hilarious as well. | | | | Police are on the hunt for two sex offenders, including a man who raped a woman and stomped on her head, leaving her with lifelong injuries. | | | | DNA evidence collected from a distant relative helped Chinese police bring in the married father of two, who was convicted of a series of gruesome killings targeting women and girls over a 14-year period. | | | | Jo Song-gil disappears with his wife and children after leaving the embassy without notice in early November, according to reports. If confirmed, he will be the latest in a slowly growing list of diplomats looking to flee North Korea. | | | | From writer's block to bidding wars: five Australian writers who achieved breakthrough success in 2018 share the stories behind their first published novels. | |  |
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