| | | | After hours of uncertainty, Thai officials say a young Saudi woman hoping to seek asylum in Australia amid fears she will be killed for renouncing Islam won't be sent home against her will. | | | | The former House of Cards star appears in court to face a criminal charge that he sexually assaulted the teen after plying him with alcohol at a bar in Nantucket more than two years ago. | | | | In a region where 6,000 elephants live among 30 million people, encounters like this are claiming dozens of lives a year. Now radical solutions are needed to restore the herds' ancient migration corridors. | | | | A man who was run over by a car while sleeping inside his tent at a music festival on New Year's Day claims he told festival organisers his campsite was not safe. | | | | A South Australian farmer has stumbled across a "fairly large" brown snake devouring another of its kind on his property. | | | | A US guided-missile destroyer sailed near disputed islands in the South China Sea as US officials joined talks in Beijing during a truce in a bitter trade war. | | | | Abdullah Zalghanah was speechless when he was reunited with his family again for the first time in seven years — he last saw his youngest son, who turned 11 earlier this month, when he was just four years old. | | | | An Australian stinger expert says a rare, giant bluebottle with multiple tentacles and a particularly nasty sting could be causing a spate of emergency department presentations in Queensland. | | | | The idea adults in midlife face a dark night of the soul — or desperately escape from it, hair plugs flapping in a convertible's breeze — is deeply rooted. But what does the evidence say? | | | | Yusaku Maezawa promises large prizes to followers who share his message boasting of the volume of sales his online clothing retailer is making, earning many more retweets than a man who just wanted free chicken nuggets. | | | | An "alarming" number of Australians are playing Russian roulette with their fertility because of a common misconception around the age a woman is when egg production begins to diminish, experts warn. | | | | Indigenous actor and dancer Rubeun Yorkshire was arrested during a family outing at a Perth beach and spent five days behind bars over unpaid fines, in an incident his supporters say was racially motivated. | | | | The SES is urging northern Queensland residents to get ready for more heavy rain as a tropical low approaches coastal communities, but says rescue crews are prepared for the deluge. | | | | Jim Yong Kim, who was at odds with the Trump administration's policies on climate change, announces he will resign effective February 1, more than three years ahead of his term's expiration. | | | | Check out this amazing imagery of lightning reaching out across the sky on the weekend. What causes these spectacular strikes? | | | | India has completed its successful ambush of Australia, outplaying its opponents completely for a breakthrough series win. Australia must now plot its path forwards very carefully to avoid history repeating. | | | | A perfect storm of breeding conditions has led to a bumper mosquito season in coastal areas of NSW. Here's why you might be feeling drained, and what you can do to keep the blood-suckers at bay. | | | | Sandra Oh makes a powerful statement about racial representation in the film industry during the opening minutes of this year's awards ceremony, paying homage to films such as Crazy Rich Asians, BlacKkKlansman and Black Panther. | | | | Stephen McWhirter, a Scots Guardsman who appeared in the British Army's Lord Kitchener-style recruitment posters, says he plans to quit the Army after receiving backlash from his colleagues. | | | | Catapulting both herself and her employer's brand into some serious spotlight, a promotional model dubbed "Fiji water girl" becomes a viral sensation after photobombing a slew of celebrity red carpet snaps at the Golden Globes. | |  |
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