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2 Sep 2016 - 11:25am

French city Nice suspends burkini ban

A Nice court finally suspended the burkini ban on Thursday after authorities in the French Riviera resort had defied a ruling by the country's highest...
2 Sep 2016 - 10:50am

Sony open to working with robots

Sony CEO Kazuo Hirai says he believes technology will move beyond smartphones and that the tech giant is open to working in robotics.
2 Sep 2016 - 9:18am

London mayor wants G20 climate action

London Mayor Sadiq Khan has joined forces with city leaders from around the world to call on governments to take urgent action on climate change.
2 Sep 2016 - 5:25pm

Father of dead Syrian boy Alan Kurdi begs for help a year after tragedy

The father of Aylan Kurdi, the three-year-old Syrian refugee boy whose body washed ashore on a Turkish beach a year ago, on Thursday denounced the world's failure...
2 Sep 2016 - 8:08am

Turkey removes 8,000 security personnel

About 8,000 security personnel have been removed from duty in Turkey in the latest round of purges since July's failed coup.
2 Sep 2016 - 6:10am

Rescuers pull 1725 migrants from Med

Around 105,000 migrants have arrived in Italy between the beginning of this year and August 26, according to the International Organization for Migration.
1 Sep 2016 - 10:28pm

Breivik appeal hearing set for January

The appeal case against a ruling that found Norway had violated the human rights of mass murderer Anders Behring Breivik will be held in January.
1 Sep 2016 - 10:44am

Iceland unearths rock to appease angry elves

Iceland has been forced to bow to pressure from elves and uncover a supposedly enchanted elfin rock after highway workers accidentally buried it -- infuriating...
1 Sep 2016 - 9:26am

1 in 3 UK students leave school overweight

Size XL school uniforms are becoming the new norm in the UK, a leading cancer charity has warned.
1 Sep 2016 - 8:50am

Moderate drinking no impact on fertility

Drinking moderately does not seem to affect a woman's fertility, a study suggests.
1 Sep 2016 - 9:38am

France's far-right Le Pen back Trump

France's far-right leader Marine Le Pen says she backs Donald Trump because Hillary Clinton as US president would mean war and hardship.
1 Sep 2016 - 7:27am

Big cocaine haul at French Coca-Cola plant

A cocaine stash worth almost 50 million euros ($A74.2 million) has been uncovered in a Coca-Cola factory in France.
1 Sep 2016 - 10:54am

Tomato battle drenches Spanish town in red

Thousands of people have pelted each other with of ripe tomatoes, creating a red, mushy mess in the annual Tomatina street battle in eastern Spain.
1 Sep 2016 - 5:58am

16 injured in emergency landing in Ireland

Fourteen passengers and two flight crew have been been treated in hospital in Ireland after a plane was forced to make an emergency landing.
1 Sep 2016 - 6:38am

Brexit means Brexit,' says UK PM

British PM Theresa May has told cabinet colleagues that "Brexit means Brexit" and there will be no attempt to stay in the EU.
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2 Sep 2016 - 7:16am

Comment: Turnbull government loses discipline and votes in House chaos

The government has ended its first parliamentary week deeply embarrassed after losing a number of House of Representatives votes because of complacency and bad...
1 Sep 2016 - 8:14pm

'Father of reconciliation' Pat Dodson slams racial superiority in maiden speech to Parliament

Western Australian Labor Senator Pat Dodson has vowed to quash racial injustice and push for greater equality between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians in...
1 Sep 2016 - 9:11pm

This retired judge wants to trade places with a refugee on Nauru or Manus

Retired judge, Jim Macken offers to spend his final days on Nauru or Manus Island in exchange for one refugee being sent to Australia.
1 Sep 2016

Does this family really deserve to be deported?

The Chiongs will be kicked out of Australia this week unless there is a miracle. They're among 59 families caught up in Australia’s greatest immigration scandal –...
1 Sep 2016 - 9:22am

New MP Tim Wilson tears up over same-sex marriage during maiden speech

New Liberal MP Tim Wilson has told parliament his interest is public policy and he has no love of the game of politics
31 Aug 2016 - 6:06pm

‘I only want to die’: 145-year-old Indonesian may be the oldest person on earth

Official Indonesian documentation has verified Mbah Gotho was born in 1870, making him the oldest person in the world.
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31 Aug 2016 - 8:28pm

'I have been an Australian for 26 years and Muslim for 6 years; I hold the same values'

Insight guest Scarlett Kayis writes of her experience converting to Islam in a conservative part of Queensland, and how it affected her vote this election.
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