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The 29-year-old internet celebrity "said he didn't want to live a life like mine", says Chinese billionaire Wang Jianlin.

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The deal signals Damascus's biggest victory over insurgents fighting to unseat President Bashar al-Assad in nearly six years of civil war.

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The Saudi woman was going out for breakfast when she decided to make a statement. Violating the country's moral codes, she reportedly stepped out in public wearing a floral dress, black jacket and ankle boots - but without wearing a hijab or abaya, a loosefitting garment.

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The widow of the Bali police officer allegedly murdered on a Kuta beach has said she did not "want a dime" from suspect Sara Connor and in dramatic court scenes called for the Byron Bay woman to receive the maximum punishment.

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A man whose body was found at a Housing NSW complex in Mangerton last year had been savagely beaten and – once dead –thrown from a second-storey apartment and left to rot inside a shared laundry for 13 days, a court has heard. 

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A bushfire that raged on multiple fronts at Abermain in the NSW Hunter region on Tuesday is being treated as suspicious, with arson shaping as the most likely cause of the blaze.

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It may be news to Trump that the principle of "One China" strikes at the very heart of Beijing's "core interests".

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Rapper Kanye West, who recently declared that if he had voted in the recent presidential election, it would have been for Donald Trump, has been spotted entering Trump Tower.

Base metals win out over bulks as Morgan Stanley's top picks for next year on bets of rising demand from the US and China.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has pledged to legalise and regulate recreational use of the drug.

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Goldman has turned from bearish to 'more' bullish as copper has defied its expectations.

Chinese rebar futures rose 2 per cent on Tuesday to trade near a 32-month high, sustaining recent strong gains.

Rick Perry will head the Energy Department, an agency whose name he forgot during a presidential debate even as he vowed to abolish it.

Rupert Colville, a spokesman for the UN human rights council, said his office received reports that pro-government forces had killed at least 82 civilians.

The Australian National Dictionary Centre has picked the word of the year and it tastes good

It was the middle of December, there was a paucity of glitz and glamour, but there was something about Tuesday's low-key presentation of the 2012 Brownlow Medal to Sam Mitchell and Trent Cotchin that felt right.

Up to 50 people were involved in a brawl at St Kilda beach which left five people in hospital.

A Malaysian man working as a fruit picker has drowned in the Ovens River near Myrtleford in the state's north-east.

They have the same name, achieved similar study scores and were both ranked within the top two per cent of the state this year.

The Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission will launch a Registered Charity Tick on Wednesday to help donors can see whether a group is compliant.

The abrupt closure of the giant Hazelwood coal plant next year is expected to push up annual electricity bills by an average $78 across the country.

A Canberra lawyer on trial accused of fraud had the trust of his client's mother, who found herself in an unknown environment looking for anybody who could help, a prosecutor has told the court.

A Westpac customer lost an appeal on Tuesday to have the bank pay him damages after he got caught up in an armed robbery.

A Transperth bus has crashed down an embankment in Ascot late Tuesday afternoon.

As Year 12 students receive their final results, they plan a future after school

A generation of parents no longer remembers the risks and potential for serious consequences from the disease.

Average residential electricity prices in south-east Queensland are expected to decrease slightly over the next two years.

Brisbane's foreign investment strategy has placed the Queensland capital fourth in a global list of cities vying for international business, compiled by an offshoot of the London-based Financial Times.

Around 140 sand mining workers on North Stradbroke Island will today learn from Employment Minister Grace Grace what they will be paid by the Queensland Government in its multi-million compensation for sand mining closing in 2019.

A man charged over a violent abduction attempt in Red Hill has pleaded guilty. 

A million gigabytes of ATO data lost in latest public service tech wreck.

A meteor shower expected to burst across Perth skies on Tuesday night would normally provide stargazers with a spectacular celestial show but that pesky supermoon is back to steal the limelight.

The ACT Opposition has told Labor it is out of touch with punters at the racetrack as it called on the government to back away from plans to defund the greyhound racing industry.

The ACT Legislative Assembly's newest gay politician has thanked Andrew Barr for paving the way for him to serve in the territory's parliament without facing discrimination.

The Greens' Caroline Le Couteur has once again hit out at developer-driven planning decisions.

An associate judge responsible for the bulk of the ACT Supreme Court's civil cases is set to replace outgoing Justice Richard Refshauge when he retires after more than eight years on the bench next year. ​

Report reveals the growth rate of renewable energy jobs in the ACT is six times higher than any other state or territory.

Education Minister James Merlino congratulates students.        

Another bastion of male exclusivity has fallen. On Tuesday, the Carbine Club voted to break with 55 years of tradition to admit two women. They are Peggy O'Neal, the president of Richmond football club, and Nicole Livingstone, an Olympic silver medalist in swimming and now a media figure.

A measles outbreak that tore through a Melbourne school might have been stopped early if schools faced financial penalties for failing to keep records of unvaccinated students, a report authored by Victorian health department staff argues.

A West Australian man has been found guilty of murdering, burning and burying a young father over a $3000 gun debt.

Queensland Resources Council chief executive Ian Macfarlane said he was delighted to see the budget surplus.

Police have made a public plea for assistance to help find a man they believe was the last person to see a father of two alive before he was fatally stabbed in Coolbellup.

 You've probably never heard of the state high school that outperformed almost every Victorian school to achieve three perfect scores in further maths.

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Senior surgeons say they are using "sticky tape" to fix surgical instruments during operations because of shortages of staff.

An emergency bushfire warning has been issued for residents in Abermain, near Cessnock, as two blazes threatens homes in the region.

Cronulla grand final hero Andrew Fifita is poised to escape with a fine rather than further suspension after the NRL issued a breach notice over his support for one-punch killer Kieran Loveridge.reach notice by the NRL over his support for convicted killer Kieran Loveridge.

Two Melbourne City Council candidates have been charged with offences stemming from October's election.