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Kristin Anderson was deep in conversation with acquaintances at a crowded Manhattan nightspot and did not notice the figure to her right on a red velvet couch - until, she recalls, his fingers slid under her miniskirt, moved up her inner thigh, and touched her vagina through her underwear.

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Could a "high-pressure economy" reverse some of the damage done in the recession?

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Uncertainty? What uncertainty? Goldman Sachs analyst Elad Pashtan sees a rosy outlook.

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Donald Trump's run for the presidency has left the Republican Party in a quandary of their own making.

​A British court ruled in favour of Goldman in a $US1.2b dispute with Libya's sovereign wealth fund.

Australia's telecommunications sector finally got back what it does best this week -  sledging each other in public over   

The price of copper slipped to a one-month low on Friday after the US dollar gained.

Eight years after his own presidential bid failed, Rudy Giuliani has emerged as Donald Trump's unflinching chief apologist, cheerleader and rhetorical attack dog.

Bank of England governor Mark Carney said politicians set objectives, technocrats enact policy.

Wells Fargo posted quarterly profit that beat analysts' estimates as loan-loss provisions improved.

Citigroup posted third-quarter profit that beat analysts' estimates as bond-trading revenue surged.

JPMorgan posted profit that beat analysts' estimates on a 48 per cent surge in fixed-income revenue.

A royal convoy has carried the body of Thailand's King Bhumibol past thousands of weeping Thais to his riverside Grand Palace in Bangkok.

Ivanka Trump returned to the campaign trail in Philadelphia as new polling showed Hillary Clinton trouncing her father in the city's key suburbs.

When Canada was designing its current C$20 bank note, it considered ditching its depiction of the reigning British monarch if Queen Elizabeth dies or abdicates.

In a dank flat in south-western France, 23-year-old Nasir stares at a living room wall bare except for a list of emergency numbers. Here, he contemplates life outside the Jungle migrant camp in Calais.

The United States will further ease trade, travel and financial restrictions on Cuba as President Barack Obama seeks to make the opening up of the communist-ruled island irreversible.

David Gonski and friends fork out millions to support public school students in less affluent areas.

Relatives of one of the 21 Chibok schoolgirls freed by Islamist militant group Boko Haram after two-and-a-half years in captivity in north-east Nigeria said on Friday they could not wait to be reunited.

As old, stolen bodies return to Australia, Britain is being repaid in virtual reality.

A motorist is dead after a fatal collision at Goldsborough, north-west of Melbourne on Friday evening.

A man with severe disabilities who has been in state care since 1999, was ordered by Centrelink to prove his eligibility for a disability pension.

The legendary investor says there are plenty of opportunities to make some serious money.

The Turnbull government's plans to introduce laws to keep unrepentant terrorists in jail beyond their sentences could be delayed after police raised concerns that the proposed laws aren't co-ordinated with existing bail-like regimes for terrorists.

Andrea Kennedy has helped lift her 96 kilogram husband up their flight of stairs for nearly a week.

$11.6m upgrade to revamp flood-damaged infrastructure.

As soon as you put on Clear Thinking's virtual reality headset, which plays a simulation of a psychotic episode, all you want to do is take it off.

LNP says name 'strike fear' in to hearts of southerners.

President Vladimir Putin is seeking to lock in gains from the Syrian battlefield, where forces backed by Moscow are laying siege to the city of Aleppo, before a new US president takes office.

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The dispute comes just days after Premier Mike Baird reversed his plan to ban the sport.

Eighty per cent of boys at the controversial Don Dale Youth Detention Centre had been sexually abused, those attending a public meeting in Darwin have been told.

Police are known to chase down criminals, but Canberrans may be surprised to learn how often their work goes beyond enforcing the law.

"The resourcing has been hopeless and this has been going on for years."

Angry ratepayers believe the green waste bins promised by Labor will be a waste of money when most garden waste is already recycled.

While today's election is too close to call, political watchers are variously predicting a big crossbench holding the balance of power, or even a majority Liberal government.

The government's top legal adviser says he will ignore a "radical" directive from Attorney-General George Brandis.

Babies, those ever-present campaign props, were wheeled out for the cameras on the last day on the hustings for Labor and the Liberal leaders on Friday.

All the promises the minor parties are making that they will probably never have to deliver on.

All three leaders agree Saturday's poll is the most important since self-government.

Drum roll please. The winner of the best election poster from the ACT election has been decided.

As a footy-mad girl on the NSW south coast, Wallaroos captain Ash Hewson could only dream of the opportunities young girls now have to play rugby.

Tourist made decision 'to climb to certain death', court hears

Des Hasler has survived to coach Canterbury in 2017, with club legend Steve Mortimer instead the casualty at Friday's emergency four-hour board meeting called to resolve the club's future.

Anti-Islam, anti-immigration party registered despite objections.

Mike Baird's popularity had him at one point in the realm of the gods – but this week, he crashed back to earth.

An Australian breast cancer researcher is calling for more ethnic-based studies into the disease to aid screening and treatment.

Christian Lealiifano sat with his shattered family moments after being diagnosed with leukaemia and told them, "we'll get through this together". The last thing he expected was sister Sally to save his life.

"Justin would be considered first class; Brandis would be considered a plodder": the feud has set tongues wagging at the Sydney bar.

An immense buh fire in the state's north-west that has razed over a million hectares is now burning a wildlife sancturay described as 'a showcase for conservation in northern Australia.'