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America decides

President-elect Donald Trump gives his acceptance speech on Wednesday.

TRUMP PULLS OFF STUNNING VICTORY

Live
1 hr ago

President-elect Donald Trump.

How Trump staged his cataclysmic upset

COMMENT
1 hr ago

Donald Trump speaks in Denver on November 5.

In Britain, Europe, and now US, tomorrow doesn't look 'cool'

ANALYSIS
Nick Miller
1 hr ago

The Monash Business School polled 36 leading economists on whose presidency would be best for Australia. None said Trump.

Trump win will be disastrous for Australia

COMMENT
Peter Martin
15 mins ago

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull delivers a statement to the media on the US election after President-elect Donald Trump ...

Turnbull tries to reassure Australians over Trump victory

35 mins ago

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump responds to supporters during a campaign rally in Raleigh, N.C., Monday, ...

Late surge pushes Trump through White House door

Paul McGeough
1 hr ago

Electoral college map

Live results: Donald Trump defeats Hillary Clinton

'Terrifying', 'barking mad', 'dropkick': our politicians on Trump

Trump underestimated: ASX plunges after a rollercoaster day

1 hr ago

Heartbroken mother's tribute to daughter killed on way to work

What Asian schools are doing better than ours

Injured worker describes 'chaos' at Barangaroo as crane dangles

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton listens to a members of the audience after speaking at a rally at ...

Clinton's march to White House ends in heartbreak

ANALYSIS
Nick O'Malley

Gone: Cronulla's Ben Barba tested positive for cocaine and has parted ways with the Sharks.

FitzSimons: Barba was stupid but he shouldn't be banned

COMMENT

Not all big mansions were created equally - and apparently some of them were built pretty badly.

When bigger isn't better: Why McMansions are plain terrible

E93M9P Tourist woman photographing a selfie in Palma de Mallorca Cathedral on holidays

The nine dumbest ideas in tourism history

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Delicious things you can make with a can of chickpeas

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'You got it right America,' says Pauline Hanson

Read as much as you like on SMH for free, as the US votes

"Individually people love their own kids but as a nation we just don't like them."

Sorry kids, Australia is just not that into you

This house recently sold in Belfield

Suburb within 15km of CBD with median house price under $1m

Sansa Stark, seen here reuniting with brother Jon Snow, was one of the most important characters of <i>Game of ...

Is this the plot to Game of Thrones' new season?

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French foreign minister Jean-Marc Ayrault.

How world leaders reacted to Donald Trump's win

Chris Johnston and Reuters
15 mins ago

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump responds to supporters during a campaign rally in Raleigh, N.C., Monday, ...

The world gulps as Americans opt for fateful choice

ANALYSIS
Mark Kenny

Attendees react to election results during a 2016 U.S. presidential election night watch party at La Plaza de Cultura y ...

America's boiling anger: How the pundits got it so wrong

ANALYSIS

The question for the Turnbull Government is: does the rise of Trump mean it should turn to the right?

Not laughing anymore: Trump turns it around in New York

Josephine Tovey
17 mins ago

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks to the US Chamber of Commerce in Washington, in March.

Canada immigration website crashes as Trump wins election

Students work in a classroom at a middle school affiliated with the Jing'An Teachers' College in Shanghai.

What Asian schools are doing better than ours

Kelsey Munro

Injured Barangaroo office worker describes 'chaos'

Matt O'Sullivan

Mother's moving tribute after daughter killed crossing road

Nick Ralston

Children born by planned early caesreans had the highest risk of developmental delays.

Why planning an early birth puts babies at risk

Kate Aubusson

An artist's impression of a redeveloped Gipps Street at Burwood.

Can inner Sydney take another 55,000 people?

Bill Bayeh arrives at court on Wednesday

'Illiterate' Kings Cross identity fined for entering casino

The man admitted to having sex with the teenage girl at Thirroul Beach.

Sydney man admits to sex with girl, 14, on South Coast beach

Shannon Tonkin

Dreamworld CEO Craig Davidson addressing the media on Wednesday.

No reopening date set for Dreamworld amid safety reviews

QLD

Barbara McCulkin with one of her daughters.

McCulkin sisters' father confronted alleged killer, court hears

QLD

The man being revived at Mettam's Pool on Sunday morning.

Abalone fisherman dies in hospital days after being caught in reef

WA

Oregano has become a staple in kitchens with the growing popularity of Mediterranean cooking.

Supermarket oregano makers caught mixing in other leaves

Esther Han

Foreign Affairs Minister Julie Bishop and Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull.

Donald Trump's triumph rocks Canberra

Mark Kenny
6 mins ago

'Barking mad', 'dropkick': Australian MPs on President Trump

Michael Koziol

World gulps as Americans opt for fateful choice

ANALYSIS
Mark Kenny

Jerry Springer knew the winning formula a long time ago.

President Trump: the day America became The Jerry Springer Show

COMMENT

Race Discrimination Commissioner Dr Tim Soutphommasane seeks to rationalise why there are so few formal complaints of ...

Human Rights Commission split on section 18C

Then prime minister Kevin Rudd and opposition leader Malcolm Turnbull in 2009.

Poor Turnbull begs Triggs to protect his human rights

SATIRE

Guests at the presidential election event at the National Press Club watch the results come in.

US embassy partygoers shocked, stumped over world being Trumped

An MP uses a pen in the Hungarian national colours to vote against the government's proposed ban.

Hungarian MPs reject PM's bid to bar asylum seekers

1 hr ago

Police at Russell Square underground station, London, on the day it reopened after the July 7, 2005 attacks.

Five trapped as London tram overturns, injuring dozens

An Indian counts currency notes of 1000 and 500 denomination in New Delhi, India. The notes will be withdrawn from ...

India scraps 500 and 1000 rupee bills overnight

A replica of the long lost nuclear bomb.

A diver looking for sea cucumbers may have found a nuclear bomb

bushfires were the most commonly occurring type of disaster event in the study.

The hotspot that is a magnet for natural disasters

COMMENT

Donald Trump wins the US election.

God save us all: Herald letter writers on the US election

LETTERS EXTRA
11 mins ago

Malcolm Turnbull is proposing a permanent ban on refugees of any race, and is strengthening a naval and legal wall ...

How Turnbull is breaking the law with cruel plan

COMMENT

European companies get about 17 per cent of their total revenue from North America.

European stocks sink as Trump victory fuels global trade concerns

14 mins ago

Investors endured a roller-coaster ride on Wednesday.

A step into the unknown: Economic trouble looms

1 hr ago

Aldi is taking business away from rivals Woolworths and Coles.

Entrepreneur Dick Smith has bone to pick with Aldi

The ASX slumped almost 2 per cent as investors braced for a Donald Trump US election victory.

ASX fell as President Trump rose

1 hr ago

Whistleblower law reform 'needed in Australia'

CommBank cops historic 'first strike' as shareholders revolt

Aristocrat's shares lose $1b as boss walks

Colin Kruger, CBD

Are CBA, Dreamworld and Rio playing the Trump card?

COMMENT
Colin Kruger, CBD

This house recently sold in Belfield

The only suburb in 15km of the CBD with median house price under $1m

Not all big mansions were created equally - and apparently some of them were built pretty badly.

'Terrible fake balcony' World's worst McMansions slammed

Melbourne home.

I'm messy, my partner is a minimalist. This is our home

Bad news for investors with apartment rent to fall in Sydney, valuer WBP says

Bad news for investors with NSW unit rents to fall, valuer says

The Block 2016 final room reveals

The Block recap: anger as one team confronts the judges

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Crunches can help definition, but many elite athletes feel no need for them.

Want to get a shredded eight pack? You should read this first

Boot Camp

James Cockington with a vintage magazine he has collected.

The treasure-hunter's guide to op shops and garage sales

QUIRKY INVESTMENTS

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How I paid off my home by 36

COMMENT
Nicole Pedersen-McKinnon

The Toenail People's Melissa Harrison left her career in the oil and gas industry.

Growing apace: 'I'm making toenail cutting sexy'

Roslyn Campbell is a woman with a plan.

Not your usual crowdfunding campaign

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Things of nightmares in Planet Earth II

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NYC shows off anti-vote fraud technology

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Crane hanging 51 floors above Barangaroo

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Trump makes final campaign stop

A likeness of Hillary Clinton is kissed by a supporter outside the Jacob Javits Center while attending a rally for ...

US Elections 2016

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the circus

New episodes of The Circus fast tracked from the U.S. every Monday.

The difference between fine and gross motor skills

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Ten activities to aid toddler development

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Shock value: Amy Adams shines as an art gallery director who believes grotesque is good.

Tom Ford's Nocturnal Animals leaves you wanting more

Sandra Hall

BEVERLY HILLS, CA - OCTOBER 24: Rosalind Ross (L) and director Mel Gibson attend the screening of Summit ...

Mel is still not off the hook despite Hacksaw Ridge success

Garry Maddox

Lena Headey appears in a scene from Game of Thrones.

Is this the plot to Game of Thrones' new season?

SPOILER ALERT
Ebony Bowden

Bondi Hipsters' Christiaan Van Vuuren in the Brotopia skit.

Bro! Bondi Hipsters lay into 'male-only' thinkers in new skit

Rob Moran

Alec Baldwin as Donald Trump in final election sketch on Saturday Night Live.

I wonder if there's something wrong with Trump: Baldwin

Galapagos snakes from Sir David Attenborough's <i>Planet Earth II</i>.

Iguana vs snakes chase lauded as 'greatest scene in doco history'

Rob Moran

Roxy and Brent, it wasn't meant to be.

First Dates' Roxy reveals the truth of her foot fetish date

Rob Moran

2GB presenters Alan Jones and Ray Hadley with station shareholder John Singleton on November 8.

Alan Jones forced off air indefinitely over health concerns

Peter Munro

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - NOVEMBER 07: Comedian Nick Cody poses for photo on November 7, 2016 in Melbourne, Australia. ...

How to get a laugh from car bombs and dead grandmas

Sarah Thomas

American artist Nick Cave's HEARD.SYD will be performed by 60 dancers in horse costumes in Pitt Street Mall and ...

Heads or tails? Jockeying for position inside Nick Cave's dancing horses

Andrew Taylor

Winning words: Lisa Gorton's <i>The Life of Houses</i> shared PM's Literary Award.

PM's Literary Awards judges split three of the $80,000 prizes

Jason Steger

"Individually people love their own kids but as a nation we just don't like them."

Sorry kids, Australia is just not that into you

COMMENT
Paul Chai

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie.

Brangelina split: No end in sight as Pitt files response

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump looks at his wife Melania as they cast their votes.

Donald Trump caught spying on Melania as she voted

Jenna Clarke

Taylor Swift voting on Tuesday in the US election.

The 'I Voted' sticker is the new must-have accessory

Amy Croffey

Jerry Emmett with Hillary Clinton after she cast her ballot.

Voting for a women was the 'greatest thrill of my life'

Nicole Economos

Meghan Markle.

Meghan Markle: 'I knew I had to say something of value'

Beyonce wore a J'Aton dress to perform with the Dixie Chicks at the 2016 Country Music Awards in Nashville.

Before Beyonce, these Aussie designers were snubbed

Jenna Clarke

"The past week has seen a line crossed": Kensington Palace issued the rebuke on behalf of Prince Harry.

Prince Harry rebukes sexist, racist 'abuse' of girlfriend

Jenna Clarke

Afraid frightened woman peeking through her fingers on grey. Shy teen girl covering face with hands.

Is this why everyone is so anxious?

Sarah Berry

man holding a knife and a fork ready to eat a beef steak

The everyday diet to defeat dementia

Chloe Lambert

Chloe Esposito plans to relax and enjoy herself during City2Sea.

The trait that gives you competitive edge

Sarah Berry

Wattleseed creme brulee at French Saloon in Melbourne.

Australia's 19 best desserts of the year

Eat-in or takeaway, Thirsty Bird's food is served in packaging.

Do burgers travel well? Food delivery services put to the test

Dan Lepard's classic cream cheesecake.

Dreamy cream cheesecake with chocolate biscuit crumb

Dan Lepard

Pink or blue balloons were supposed to reveal the gender of the Krummels' baby.

The moment a gender reveal party goes very wrong

That is one way to prepare for the holidays.

Mum bans her kids from the living room for a whole month

Ariane Beeston

Kim and Ryan Constable share their bed with their four children: Corey, 11, Kai, 9, Maya, 6, and Jack, 5.

Mum, dad and four kids co-sleep in one giant bed each night

CU in the NT shirt.

The nine dumbest ideas in tourism history

Ben Groundwater

Galapagos snakes feature in surprising abundance during the series <i>Planet Earth 2</I>.

I went to the terrifying snake island from Planet Earth 2

Craig Platt

Luxury resorts often cater to guests wanting a massage treatment in the outdoors.

A $120 massage in Bali vs one that costs just $7.50

Melissa Singer

4chan

Fake news spreads online as US votes

Tim Biggs

The Freeview FV app lets Australians watch live television on the go.

Hands on with Freeview FV streaming TV app

COMMENT
Adam Turner

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.

Assange says US benefited from Clinton email leaks

Tim Johnson

HTC Vive

HTC Vive: a guide for Australians

Chris Jager

adobe

Adobe subscriptions to raise by 10 per cent

Tim Biggs

2017 Kia Sorento.

What long haul SUV should I buy?

Cameron McGavin

Ford's Mustang EcoBoost Convertible

She says, he says: Ford Mustang EcoBoost convertible

Daniela Intili and David McCowen

Last year's Best Family Car champion, the Ford Mondeo, faces stiff competition from the new Skoda Superb and Kia Optima.

What is the best SUV alternative?

Peter McKay

The NSW Police have added a BMW i8 to its fleet.

Police car you won't hear coming

Stephen Ottley

2017 Holden Astra.

New Astra targeting Mazda3, Golf

David McCowen

Tesla will start charging customers for use of its Supercharger network after they reach 400kWh.

Tesla to charge for use of its Supercharger network

Drive Staff

Milestone: Israel Folau will run out in his 50th game for the Wallabies on Saturday against Scotland at Murrayfield.

Folau unfazed by try-drought as he nears 50th cap

Tom Decent

Gone: Cronulla's Ben Barba tested positive for cocaine and has parted ways with the Sharks.

Barba was stupid but he shouldn't be banned

COMMENT
Peter FitzSimons

Released by his NRL club: Ben Barba.

How Barba could avoid drugs ban

Adrian Proszenko, AAP

NATADOLA, FIJI - OCTOBER 07: Robert Allenby of Australia chips during day two of the 2016 Fiji International at Natadola ...

'I still stick by my story': Allenby on Hawaii drugging drama

A-League expansion on the cards: Football Federation Australia held a meeting with Tasmanian bid representatives in ...

FFA decides on Tasmanian A-League bid after meetings

Dominic Bossi

Better: Nick Kyrgios has the backing of Australian No.3 John Millman.

Kyrgios will return a better person and player, says Millman

Phil Lutton

The best: Daniel Ricciardo has received high praise from Fernando Alonso.

Ricciardo is Formula One's best in 2016, says Alonso

Andrew Tate

At full flight: Israel Folau leaves the Welsh defence in his wake on Saturday.

Folau wary of wounded Scots in milestone match

Tom Decent

Usman Khawaja

Australian cricket: what, exactly, IS the problem?

Rohan Connolly

The DRS has been under fresh scrutiny, in part due to the dismissal of Australian all-rounder Mitch Marsh in Perth.

Calls to overhaul Decision Review System

Chris Barrett

Shane Warne has approached Cricket Australia.

Warne in talks about coaching T20 team

Chris Barrett

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