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Amazon unveils Prime Air delivery drones
JAY GREENE 8:34am Jeremy Clarkson stars in a new video showing off Amazon's upcoming autonomous delivery vehicles.
Travel
Canada places to eat: Seven ways to taste Canada
8:30am Look beyond the country's culinary clichés, though, and you'll find star chefs, winemakers, distillers and bartenders doing exciting things with surprising ingredients.
Business
Oil futures shed 11pc in November as OPEC holds steady
MARK SHENK 8:23am Oil capped its largest monthly loss since July as the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries prepares to meet in Vienna this week.
Basketball
Kobe Bryant retires: Oklahoma City Thunder's Kevin Durant takes a swipe at media
DANIELLE RENDINA 8:14am Durant used Bryant's announcement as an opportunity to blast the media for their treatment of the Lakers' veteran.
Video Company Reports
Smart Parking awarded contracts
8:07am Smart Parking Limited (ASX:SPZ) reports the awarding and extension of two contracts in New Zealand.
Video Company Reports
Navitas appoints Chief Financial Officer
8:05am Navitas Limited (ASX:NVT) appoints former iiNet CEO David Buckingham as Chief Financial Officer.
World
Turkey shot down jet to protect oil: Vladimir Putin
DENIS DYOMKIN 8:03am Turkish President calls Russian accusation "slander" and has said Turkey will not apologise for shooting down Russian warplane.
Video Sports HQ
Lance Franklin breaks silence on mental illness
8:02am New-look Franklin speaks publicly for the first time about taking a break from the AFL, ahead of his return to training. Video courtesy ABC News 24.
Video Football
Three-man Ballon d'Or shortlist revealed
8:01am Football superstars Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi and Neymar make up the three-man shortlist for the 2015 Ballon D'Or award.
Video Cricket
Chris Cairns a free man after not guilty verdict
8:01am Former NZ cricketer Chris Cairns speaks outside Southwark Crown Court in London after being found not guilty of perjury.
Queensland
Pacific Pines neighbours nab teen who hit home
7:55am Teenager crashed car into house on Gold Coast.
Video Football
Wenger positive despite Arsenal injury crisis
7:51am Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger is remaining positive about the Gunners' prospects for the season, despite having nine players out injured.
Soccer
Manchester United goalkeeper Victor Valdes' wife Yolana Cardona slams club
SEAN GIBSON 7:50am Yolanda Cardona was upset that neither she nor her long-term boyfriend Victor Valdes were invited to the 'United for Unicef' fundraiser.
Video National News
Mexico confirm van belongs to Australian surfers
7:49am Officials confirm the torched van discovered in Mexico belongs to Adam Coleman, one of two Australian men who vanished while on a surfing holiday. (Vision courtesy ABC News 24)
Video National News
Navy sorry for sailor funeral after murder of girlfriend
7:48am The chief of the Navy has apologised for giving a sailor who murdered his ex-girlfriend a funeral with full military honours. Video courtesy ABC News 24.
Video AFL Real Footy
Brad Scott signs contract extension
7:43am Brad Scott believes the side's stability will boost its finals chances as North Melbourne secure its head coach until the end of 2018.
Video World News
Launching a bid for climate breakthrough in Paris
7:43am World leaders launched an ambitious attempt on Monday to hold back the earth's rising temperatures as they met in Paris.
Video Cricket
'Fearless' West Indies ready for Hobart Test
7:37am Usman Khawaja is back running on the training paddock in Brisbane as Australia's next Test opponents, the West Indies, begin training ahead of the three match series.
Video Rugby Union
Thousands gather for Jonah Lomu memorial
7:24am Tributes were paid to All Blacks legend Jonah Lomu during a public memorial at Eden Park as the giant winger made one final journey to the home of rugby in New Zealand.
Queensland
Queensland parliament's last sitting week extended
7:21am Extra day added for legislation like civil partnerships.
Video Sports HQ
Kobe Bryant 'at peace' with retirement call
7:18am Los Angeles Lakers great Kobe Bryant says he has accepted the fact he no longer wants to play basketball, after announcing that he will retire at the end of the NBA season.
Celebrity
Pirelli Calendar 2016 given feminist makeover with Amy Schumer, Serena Williams
EBONY BOWDEN 7:15am The Pirelli calendar, known for its images of half-naked supermodels, has been given a radical overhaul.
Queensland
Group stab man in face in East Brisbane
7:12am Man in hospital after daylight attack at East Brisbane.
Video Environment News
Drone video captures melting ice sheets
7:10am Arctic glaciers and the North Pole ice cap have retreated, in recent years, further than ever before with temperatures there rising faster than anywhere else on the planet.
Video World News
No apology for Russian jet downing
7:09am Turkey's prime minister has said his country will not apologize to Russia for shooting down a warplane operating over Syria that crossed into Turkish airspace.
Victoria
Man cheats death while trying to take photos of trains at Hawksburn station
MARISSA CALLIGEROS 7:01am Driver tried to stop train but was unable to before it reached man standing on tracks at underpass.
Markets
need2know: RBA decision awaited
7:01am Local investors may start the day in a holding pattern ahead of the RBA's latest policy decision.
Currencies
China's renminbi is approved as a main world currency
KEITH BRADSHER 6:59am The IMF has approved the Chinese renminbi as one of the world's main central bank reserve currencies, a major acknowledgment of the country's rising financial and economic heft.
Video Rugby Union
Ex-All Blacks perform haka for Jonah Lomu
6:54am Jonah Lomu's former All Blacks teammates perform an emotional haka in honour of the rugby legend at his public farewell at Eden Park on Monday.
Wests Tigers
Robbie Farah set to stay at Wests Tigers, according to reports
6:52am The Robbie Farah saga is set to be over in the next 48 hours, with the Tigers reportedly set to announce the star hooker will remain at the club until the end of 2017.
NSW
Navy chief sorry for giving military funeral to Kate Malonyay killer
JULIE POWER 6:48am The chief of the Australian Navy has apologised for giving a full military funeral to a sailor who killed his girlfriend, Kate Malonyay, in 2013, and then killed himself by jumping to his death.
Video NSW News
Stereosonic drug death 'extremely frustrating'
Police worried drug warnings are being ignored after Sylvia Choi's suspected drug overdose on Saturday night at Stereosonic music festival. (Vision courtesy ABC News 24)
World
The eerie disappearance of Beverly Giannonatti, her son Greg and an 11kg gold bar
YANAN WANG "I feel the outcome is not going to be good," sheriff says.
Video World News
Australia's climate commitment
Malcolm Turnbull promises to contribute one billion dollars over the next five years to fight climate change and to ratify the second commitment period of the Kyoto protocol.
Markets
Morgan Stanley prepares to cut fixed-income staff
AMBEREEN CHOUDHURY, MICHAEL J. MOORE AND HUGH SON Morgan Stanley is planning a reduction of as much as a quarter of its fixed-income staff after years of revenue declines and insufficient returns.
Victoria
Duo nabbed with drugs, loaded sawn-off shotgun in car in Reservoir
MARISSA CALLIGEROS Two alleged drug dealers have been nabbed in Melbourne's north with a cache of drugs and a loaded sawn-off shotgun in their car.
Markets
Why the unicorns are dying
ALEX POLLAK Start-ups are exciting, but they're not for everyone.
World
Kids' data at risk as toymakers' tracking information is hacked
ANDREA PETERSON As toys go high-tech, hackers are zeroing in on a particularly vulnerable target – children.
Consumer Security
Kids' data at risk as toymakers' tracking information is hacked
ANDREA PETERSON As toys go high-tech, hackers are zeroing in on a particularly vulnerable target – children.
Cricket
Chris Cairns breaks down in tears following not guilty verdict in perjury trial
Chris Cairns has been moved to tears, speaking of his relief at being found not guilty after an eight-week London trial over match-fixing allegations.
World
Torched van in Mexico belonged to Australian surfers Adam Coleman and Dean Lucas
MEGAN LEVY A burnt-out van that was discovered in an area of Mexico renowned for its violent drug wars has been confirmed as belonging to one of two Australian men who vanished while on a surfing holiday in the...
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National
Girlfriends of missing surfers Dean Lucas and Adam Coleman en route to Mexico
The families of two missing Australian surfers in Mexico are hoping dental records and cuttings of dreadlocks from the pair will help determine if two charred bodies found inside a burnt-out van are...
World
Mother tried to sell baby on Gumtree for $477
A mother pleaded guilty in a South African court on Monday to having tried to sell her baby on the Internet for 5,000 rand ($477), the online news service News24 said.
Markets
Copper edges higher, checked by China's economic outlook
Copper got only a modest boost from Chinese producers' plan to cut output as gains were capped by a strong US dollar.
Currencies
IMF approves yuan entry into global currency basket
ANDREW MAYEDA The IMF will add the yuan to its basket of reserve currencies, an international stamp of approval of the progress China has made integrating into a global economic system.
UN Climate Conference
Paris UN Climate Conference 2015: Malcolm Turnbull blazes the path of least resistance
PETER HANNAM Turnbull opts for a safe speech at Paris climate conference, knowing he has little to gain from stirring opponents of climate change action within his Coalition at this point.
UN Climate Conference
Paris UN Climate Conference 2015: Tackling warming 'inspires us', Turnbull tells summit
TOM ARUP AND PETER HANNAM, PARIS Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has declared to the Paris climate summit that Australia was "not daunted" by the challenge of a warming planet and would ratify the second phase of the world's...
World
Freed Papua activist vows to reinvigorate movement for independence from Indonesia
RANDY FABI AND AGUSTINUS BEO DA COSTA Released after more than a decade behind bars, Filep Karma says he is prepared to go back to prison if necessary.
Mining & Resources
Iron ore plunges below $US43
Increasing fears of oversupply pushed iron ore prices down 3.5 per cent to below $US43 a tonne, the lowest since spot pricing was introduced seven years ago.
AFL News
Young Saints collapses in AFL training
St Kilda defender Hugh Goddard will spend the night in hospital after suffering heat exhaustion during AFL pre-season training.
Queensland
Art Series Hotel Group to run Howard Smith Wharves boutique accommodation
CAMERON ATFIELD A boutique art-themed hotel will open under the Story Bridge in 2017 as part of the $100 million redevelopment of Brisbane's Howard Smith Wharves.
Blunt Instrument
John Birmingham: Thank god for earthly angels when death comes calling
JOHN BIRMINGHAM There are those among us, rare indeed, who hold our hands as we pass through pain, fear and confusion.
Latest News
ANZ says modest growth more likely in 2016
SU-LIN TAN Home owners spooked by the cooling market have little fear about a housing crash, with house prices predicted to fall no more than 10 per cent.
Public Service
The Belcher review: an overdue corrective to Abbott's war on 'red tape'
PADDY GOURLEY It's trendy to say the public service needs to be 'agile'. What a load of absolute twaddle.
Business
Related-party super rip-offs amount to $740 per member per year, Industry Super claims
PETER MARTIN Expensive related-party transactions by for-profit super funds cost members as much as $740 a year, analysis has found.
Markets
'Australia headed for recession': Yanis Varoufakis, former Greek finance minister
MARK MULLIGAN Australia is headed towards recession, according to former Greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis, due to weak domestic investment and the slowdown in China.
