| | | | Saying there's "an invasion of drugs, invasion of gangs, invasion of people" at the southern border, US President Donald Trump makes official his declaration of a national emergency in order to secure funding for his border wall. | | | | As the Morrison Government attempted to turn defeat in the Parliament into a political victory this week, two major developments in the policy and politics of border protection were largely overlooked, writes Laura Tingle. | | | | When she infamously cut off her husband's penis nearly 26 years ago, Lorena Bobbitt became an endless source of jokes for late-night TV hosts and shock jocks. But in the age of #MeToo, women like Lorena and Monica Lewinsky are reclaiming their stories. | | | | As China's economy slows, labour workers — increasingly under threat of unemployment and unpaid wages — mobilise with protests and worker strikes increasing across China. | | | | A former director of the Canadian intelligence services wants his country to work with Australia, New Zealand and other "middle powers" to condemn and counter bad behaviour from Beijing. | | | | In Australia, reports suggest the number of Catholic women abused by priests vastly outnumber the survivors of child sexual abuse. As these women find their voice, the leadership of the church will face another crisis of legitimacy and round of public inquiries, writes Kathleen McPhillips. | | | | Jerusalem, like much of Israel, has too many feral cats. But instead of removing the animals, the feline-loving city is set to spend about $40,000 a year subsidising the purchase of cat food for volunteers to distribute. | | | | He's starred in countless memes and viral videos, but this week the Canadian Prime Minister found himself cast in a less comfortable role: the subject of a scandal that could damage his Government during an election year, writes Alex McClintock. | | | | There are hundreds of buildings around Australia covered in combustible cladding, but fixing the problem is expensive and the only government scheme is yet to hand out a single loan. | | | | The Darwin Council expresses sympathy to the family of a child who died from what is thought to be "misadventure" at a suburban park, but is yet to say if a safety review of the play equipment will be conducted in the wake of the incident. | | | | An ugly clash between a WA farmer and animal activists has prompted calls for calm, but farmers say they've been on edge since the launch of a map revealing the locations of properties around the country. | | | | The Bureau of Meteorology releases a special climate statement, due to north Queensland's big rain, officially calling the event "exceptional". | | | | PNG is drawing a line under a controversial decision to buy luxury cars for a leaders summit by selling them off to the highest bidders, but now it's a question of who in the country has that kind of money and wants to spend it on a vehicle for which mechanical backup will be hard to find. | | | | The role of a sports coach is complicated. With more expected of those who hold the elite positions, it's now a role that carries greater responsibility, accountability and scrutiny. Three experts, Mick Malthouse, Lisa Alexander and Matt Elliott, explain just what it takes to be a modern-day coach. | | | | A new generation of Malays on Christmas Island, a people who once faced systemic discrimination, are moving past the island's dark colonial past to define their own future. | | | | Is mandatory sentencing the best way to determine what punishment fits the crime? | | | | Farmers from drought-struck Queensland and Victoria are quitting mainland Australia and moving to the more stable, wetter climate in Tasmania. | | | | Ghostly images reveal a sleeping giant at the bottom of the ocean — a WWII aircraft carrier that helped turn the tide of World War II. | | | | Recalling the moment a young mountain lion clamped its jaws onto his wrist and clawed at his face, Travis Kauffman says he let out a "barbarian yell" and jammed his foot onto the animal's neck, holding it there until the cat stopped thrashing. | | | | The TV personality caused controversy in 2016 when she called for a ban on Muslim immigration, but the New South Wales Civil and Administrative Tribunal found her comments did not meet the definition of racism. | | | | George Clooney, Robert De Niro, Brad Pitt and almost 500 other Hollywood luminaries sign a letter denouncing the decision to hand out four Academy Awards during ad breaks. | |  |
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