| | | | Former FBI acting director Andrew McCabe says US President Donald Trump conducts himself in "an incredibly corrosive way", and the fact the FBI is investigating the President's links with Russia is "head-spinning". | | | | Poor government relations with China appear to have cost former trade minister Andrew Robb a lucrative job post-politics — and he's not shy about pointing the finger at who he holds responsible. | | | | Foreign Correspondent discovers Venice is facing multiple threats, but the sheer weight of visitors is the one that many native Venetians find most overwhelming. | | | | Authorities recover the damaged black box from an Ethiopian Airlines jet that crashed en route from Addis Ababa to Nairobi, killing all 157 people on board, as China and Indonesia ground their fleets of the type of plane involved in the incident. | | | | Michael McCormack rose to the Nationals' top job in much the same way Steven Bradbury won Olympic gold — an unexpected fall and a open path to the top. But now Barnaby Joyce is back and few know how his power play will end, writes Brett Worthington. | | | | As a federal election and what should be the southern wet season approach, attention is returning to the drought. So where are we at? | | | | Russell Bateman, the founder of the exclusive fitness club for thin women, is criticised over "disgusting" promotional videos showing a group of models using Kenya's Maasai people as props in their workout routine. | | | | Kelly Catlin, who won a silver medal with the US women's pursuit team at the 2016 Olympic Games as well as three successive world titles, dies at her home in California. | | | | A broken seat on the second lap of the 2019 MotoGP opener in Qatar prematurely ended Jack Miller's race, as the Australian fell 10 places after standing up and removing the seat from his Ducati. | | | | The Democrats have lined up a wide field to challenge Donald Trump in 2020. Now we wait to see who can push him from the spotlight, writes Micheline Maynard. | | | | Susi Johnston's husband had been having an affair and transferred tens of thousands of dollars into his mistress's account in the days after he allegedly killed his wife on their WA farm 10 years ago, a court hears. | | | | It took just 90 minutes for fire to race up 20 storeys of the Grenfell Tower, thanks to its combustible aluminium composite panels. But there are ways of making buildings safe — and not all involve tearing off and replacing cladding. | | | | Four Islamic State fighters attempt suicide attacks as Western-backed fighters surround the last patch of territory in Syria occupied by IS, capturing the jihadist group's abandoned camp inside the village of Baghouz. | | | | Up to a quarter of a million Australian residents are hoping Brexit could help them in a long-running dispute over frozen pensions. | | | | It's 7:10pm on Friday and footy takes centre stage at Canberra's UNSW Oval, but the game was the type of faux pas that makes one doubt the AFL's commitment to — and vision for — its national women's competition, writes Kate O'Halloran. | | | | Significant housing development planned for the Wollondilly Shire is prompting fears the semi-rural region on the outskirts of southern Sydney will turn into "wall-to-wall" housing. | | | | The search is set to resume for Trevor Salvado and Jacinta Bohan, who have spent four nights missing on Victoria's Mount Buffalo. | | | | A Norwegian MP calls for a state-owned Norwegian oil and gas company not to start drilling in the Great Australian Bight, while a scientist says noise from the project could hurt marine life. | | | | A truckie who was allegedly high on ice when he was pulled over by police for driving his three-trailer road train erratically on the Stuart Highway in the Northern Territory has been slammed for "besmirching the reputation of the entire industry". | | | | Bangladesh says moving refugees will ease chronic overcrowding in its camps, but humanitarian groups say the island is vulnerable to frequent cyclones and may not even be habitable. | | | | Should souvenirs featuring one of the most profane words in the English language be sold at family-oriented events? The debate over the Top End's "CU in the NT" slogan is polarising Territorians. | | | | Harry Macklowe says he hung a banner featuring himself and Patricia Landeau on the side of the Manhattan building he owns as a "proclamation of love", after the gesture was criticised as a petty swipe at his ex-wife of 58 years, Linda. | |  |
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