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President-elect Donald Trump has given wide-ranging interviews with the German newspaper Bild and The Times of London.

Trump lashes out with multi-edged attack on Europe

Trish Thompson was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer at Liverpool Hospital but underwent a surgery at Bankstown Lidcombe ...

The little-known cancer with the worst survival rate of all

Children in Finnish schools ranked the best in the world. Photos: supplied

'Dream' school in forest shows world how to get most out of children

1 hr ago

court

Teens confronted alleged gang rape victim in street: court

Investors who bought in while cranes were in the skyline would have done well during the Sydney boom.

Sydney suburb gets new skyline as architecture firm cashes in on boom

1 hr ago

Julie Snook (left), Amber Sherlock (middle) and Sandy Rea all wore tops on air on Channel Nine - causing Sherlock to ...

Presenter defends Nine newsreaders amid 'unfair' backlash

Paramedics plead with doctors at top Sydney hospital to take patient

BREAKING
Kate Aubusson

Pain at the bowser as petrol prices make biggest leap in two years

Esther Han

30 dead after Turkish Airlines jumbo crashes into village

Debt levels trigger warning about Australian banks

Man charged over 'serial attacks' on women on Sydney streets

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - JANUARY 16: Alex De Minaur of Australia celebrates a point in his first round match against ...

Australia's latest teen sensation had secret weapon in the stands

35 mins ago

A photo of "stain 91", which was found in Robert Xie's garage and which matched the blood of at least four victims of ...

How 'stain 91' broke open murder investigation

Shannon Noll has released new single Who I Am, which is all about getting back on top.

Noll forges ahead with tour despite arrest at strip club

1 hr ago

Australia's Ashleigh Barty hits a backhand to Germany's Annika Beck during their first round match at the Australian ...

Ash Barty wins singles match at Open for first time

Live
37 mins ago

Joseph Fiennes as Michael Jackson, Stockard Channing as Elizabeth Taylor and Brian Cox as Marlon Brando in in Sky Arts' ...

'Shameful' Michael Jackson skit axed after family's angry tweets

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Passenger plane's close call

Flight times are getting longer for a number of reasons, including fuel costs.

Why flights take longer now than they did 40 years ago

'Alkalise' with lemons or just eat more unprocessed foods?

'Too loaded': The big problem with clean eating

Alec Baldwin as Donald Trump on Saturday Night Live.

'A golden opportunity': Baldwin makes his SNL return as Trump

Meghan Markle has been an actress for more than 12 years, yet most people heard her name for the first time when Prince ...

Prince Harry's girlfriend 'meets the Duchess of Cambridge'

Once a scammer steals credit card details online, they can launder the money on eBay before too many red flags go off.

'I got the shock of my life': How Mary spotted a scam

Sydney's Australia Day program unveiled

Naomi Neilson

Serial sex attacker on CCTV chasing woman on Sydney street

Andrew Denton addressed the National Press Club on Wednesday.

Why politicians don't want to back assisted dying legislation

COMMENT
Sean Nicholls

A security guard attempts to stop photographs of the buckled span on the Skytrain viaduct in Sydney's north west in October.

Secret emails reveal 'safety threat' on Sydney's $20b rail line

EXCLUSIVE

Scattered clouds dot the sky at sunrise as surfers make their way to the water south of the Huntington Beach Pier, a day ...

Sydney Now: Warning for swimmers, fishers

The levy on car parks in Sydney's CBD amounts to $2350 a year.

Levy on car parks 'stings car sharing and small businesses'

Matt O'Sullivan

Blackwall Reach has been a popular Cliff jumping spot for generations.

Man dies jumping off popular Perth cliffs

WA

Back in 2009, the on-court temperature at Rod Laver Arena passed 40 degrees.

Intense heat: Tennis stars set to swelter through a scorcher

VIC

Daniel Meyers show the injuries sustained after being mauled by two dogs in a public housing block.

Numerous complaints about dogs months before they did this

ACT

The thieves stormed the jewellery store on Toorak Road in October 2016.

Jewellers set for crisis talks with cops after frightening robberies

VIC

Senator Arthur Sinodinos is a confidant of Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull.

PM mulls cabinet secretary role while considering Sinodinos for health job

Heath Aston
1 hr ago

Half of our 12,000 refugees to be settled by just one Sydney council

Fergus Hunter
1 hr ago

Hanson invited to Trump's party, Burston to represent her

Michael Koziol

Japan's giant abattoir ship Nisshin Maru on Sunday with a harpooned minke whale on the deck.

Japan kills inside whale sanctuary as activists lose the hunters

24 mins ago

Bill Shorten says Centrelink's automated debt recovery system is a 'toxic mix of incompetence and cruelty'.

Shorten throws support behind federal ICAC following Ley scandal

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - JANUARY 13: Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull announces the resignation of Sussan Ley's from his ...

Turnbull slips further in midst of Centrelink, entitlements furore

Weekend comments by Tony Abbott are set to end any hope he had of a return to a Turnbull cabinet.

Abbott slapped down as Turnbull opts for 'minimalist' reshuffle

Muhammad Rizieq Shihab, also known as Habib Rizieq, addresses protesters outside Indonesian police headquarters.

Indonesia's police deny they are afraid to tackle hardline Islamic leader

Jewel Topsfield
17 mins ago

President-elect Donald Trump has given wide-ranging interviews with the German newspaper Bild and The Times of London.

Trump derides NATO, dismisses EU, talks up Brexit and warns BMW

Jay Y. Lee, co-vice chairman of Samsung Electronic, surrounded by members of the media as he leaves the special ...

Korean political crisis escalates as Samsung chief awaits fate

Turkish Airlines planes stationed at Ataturk International Airport.

Turkish cargo jet crash kills at least 30 in Kyrgyzstan

Illustration: John Shakespeare

Obama's black and white paradox

COMMENT
Nick O'Malley
1 hr ago

William Doyle

Lessons for Australian schools from Finland

WIlliam Doyle
1 hr ago

Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone in summer favourite <i>La La Land</i>.

Hollywood's hot tips ruin the movies

Joel Meares

Chinese manufacturers make around 40 billion pens a year.

China finally invents a ballpoint pen of its own

COMMENT
Adam Minter

Alcoa's Portland smelter.

Deal set to keep Alcoa plant operating

19 mins ago

Gina Rinehart and Andrew (Twiggy) Forrest: dream duo?

What's your big investment idea for 2017?

Stronger commodity prices saw mining giant BHP Billiton's stock rocket to a 17-month high, closing up 1.9 per cent to $26.77.

ASX pushed higher by miners

1 hr ago

Pound tumbles as 'hard Brexit' fears rise

21 mins ago

Biggest weekly jump in petrol prices in two years

Can US banks boost the ASX?

1 hr ago

Woolworths appoints Tesco veteran as supermarkets boss

The UCLA study showed that mothers who described their homes as "messy" were more likely to have elevated levels of ...

Behind closed doors: The at-home challenges facing families

The 1979 Melbourne train carriage that Jeanette Hergenhan turned into a rainforest retreat.

Rainforest refuge: The woman who lives in a 1979 train carriage

Country Kitchen by Lisa Gabrielson Design.

After you've picked your tiles, which way should you lay them?

Tennis champion and former Olympian Rennae Stubbs is a commentator for the Seven's Summer of Tennis.

How Sydney prices cost Rennae a home at the eleventh hour

LOS ANGELES, CA - JANUARY 06: Actress Portia de Rossi (L) and tv personality Ellen DeGeneres attend the People's Choice ...

Ellen and Portia 'shopping' for a new house in Australia

Shane Warne rocked up in black jeans and t-shirt.

Warnie misses the style memo at the Portsea Polo

Men's Style

The 2012 Hennessey Venom GT Spyder Owned by Steven Tyler.

Million dollar babies: 10 rare luxury rides that could be yours

Cars

Gina Rinehart and Andrew (Twiggy) Forrest: dream duo?

What's your big investment idea for 2017?

Marcus Padley

Super funds need liquid assets to meet compliance.

Want DIY super? Beware the liquidity trap

George Cochrane

Inner-city congestion costs Australian businesses $3.37 billion annually, according to recent data.

Traffic congestion could ruin the delivery economy

Caroline James

First lady Michelle Obama is perceived as a succesful leader.

The one factor that determines leadership success

James Adonis

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SNL goes below the belt

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What happens on Inauguration Day

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Nutella maker fights back on palm oil claims

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Nintendo makes the big Switch

6 mins ago

A cat stands behind a structured glass door as it wants to get entrance in Frankfurt, central Germany,

World of Photos

Triple 9 - STAN

Dirty cops and the Russian Mob face-off in all star action thriller Triple 9 - now streaming on Stan

Sherlock

Brand new season of Sherlock now streaming, Only on Stan.

Meghan Markle opens up about racial abuse online

Mary Ward

The difference between fine and gross motor skills

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Shannon Noll has released new single Who I Am, which is all about getting back on top.

Shannon Noll forges ahead with tour despite arrest

1 hr ago

Joseph Fiennes as Michael Jackson.

'Shameful' Michael Jackson skit cancelled

Ebony Bowden

Nick Cave and collaborator Warren Ellis took a stroll around Ballarat the night before the gig and sampled the local ...

A heartfelt homecoming for Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds

Martin Boulton

FILE - In this Jan. 2, 2016 file photo, Amber Heard, left, and Johnny Depp arrive at the 27th annual Palm Springs ...

Johnny Depp sues his former managers for $33 million

Rob Moran

The everyday lives of the Kardashians continues to captivate, 10 years on.

How 10 years of Khloe, Kim and Kourtney has changed television

Ebony Bowden

Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone in <i>La La Land</i>.

Love or loathe La La Land there's more to come

Nicole Kidman as Sue Brierley in <i>Lion</i>

Nicole Kidman on sudden loss and connection to Lion

Garry Maddox

Alec Baldwin as Donald Trump on Saturday Night Live.

Alec Baldwin returns to SNL to mock Trump's 'pee pee' moment

Rob Moran

"In the space of one verse, he can sing the same note in three different ways": Moses Sumney's level of control was ...

Otherworldly, beautiful: Moses Sumney is hard to ignore

Reviewed by Jonathan Seidler

Opera singer Diego Torres who is a Mexican Australian and who will be singing two dramatic roles for Opera Australia. ...

Twice a night puts Diego in very exalted company

Elissa Blake

Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith's retro futuristic electronic music was never less than pleasant.

Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith review: pleasant but nothing special

Bernard Zuel

Zoe Saldana

No Zoe Saldana, Hollywood did not bully Trump. Here's why

COMMENT
Natalie Reilly

A group of men surround a young woman and shout 'black top, black top' requesting she remove her top. She didn't remove ...

The behaviour that cannot be excused or ignored

COMMENT
Clementine Ford

Channel Nine presenter Bec Judd spoke to Fairfax Media about 'whitegate' in the Jaggad Marquee at the Alfa Romeo Portsea ...

Bec Judd weighs in on Amber Sherlock and 'whitegate'

Amy Croffey

Winnie Harlow attends the Denver Nuggets v Indiana Pacers match as part of the NBA Global Games London 2017 at The O2 ...

Winnie's denim bomber wins whatever sport she's watching

Melbourne Cup winning jockey Michelle Payne arrives at the 2017 Australian Open party at Crown.

Celebrities, players kick off the Australian Open in style

Danielle Brooks.

I saw my billboard and said, 'Dad, I made it'

Danielle Brooks

Nick Kyrgios on Sunday night with his mother, Norlaila, and sister, Halimah

Outside Court: Reluctant star gets party started

Melissa Singer

Meghan Markle has reportedly met the Duchess of Cambridge.

Meghan Markle meets the Duchess of Cambridge: reports

Mary Ward

Carrots: Don't slice away the goodness, keep the skin on.

Diet tweaks for a healthier 2017

Paula Goodyer

Nutella: A jam or nut butter on toast?

How Nutella plans to 'trick' you into thinking it's healthier than it is

Caitlin Dewey

'Alkalise' with lemons or just eat more unprocessed foods?

Why clean eating is now a dirty word

Dr Giles Yeo

Now there's no excuse for left-over chicken this Christmas.

9 BBQ chook recipes from top Aussie chefs

It's just the beer talking...

What your beer says about you

Pasta alla gricia

Weekly meal planner with an easy, delicious pasta dish

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Why we hold babies on our left (it's not about being right-handed)

Can these songs help you through the last weeks of school holidays?

School holidays top ten playlist - for parents

There are ways to avoid falling into the 'dadsplaining' habit.

Kids, let me tell you all about how dadsplaining works

Flight times are getting longer for a number of reasons, including fuel costs.

Why flights take longer now than they did 40 years ago

Hugh Morris

Wilsons Bluff

The record-breaking part of Australia few of us ever see

Daniel Scott

Air France Boeing Dreamliner 787

French style: First Air France Dreamliner takes off

Craig Platt

Returned boxes of Samsung Electronics' Galaxy Note 7 smartphones are placed at a shop of South Korean mobile carrier in ...

Samsung fans stay put despite explosive 2016

Live videos: a slippery slope.

Two weeks to remove footage of girl's death

When detached from the console, the Joy-Con can be fitted with straps that make them comfier to hold and stop you ...

Hands on with Nintendo Switch: everything you need to know

Google's Pixel and Pixel XL could step in to fill the gap left by the Note7.

Most Aussie Note7s have been returned

Gizmodo

The latest Fetch TV Mighty update lets you watch your recordings on a Fetch TV Mini set-top box in the bedroom, so you ...

Fetch TV adds multi-room streaming

COMMENT

2016.12.23 2018 Lexus LS.

Electric LS accidentally confirmed

Daniel Degasperi

The Volkswagen I.D. Buzz concept was one of the stars of the show.

Six best cars from Detroit show

Stephen Ottley

The Holden manufacturing plant at Elizabeth, Adelaide, South Australia will close October 20, 2017.

Holden confirms shutdown date

Stephen Ottley

The Mercedes-Benz Generation EQ concept has been revealed ahead of the 2016 Paris motor show.

Mercedes goes cold on hydrogen

David McCowen

2016 Abarth 124 Spider.

2017 Abarth 124 Spider reviewed

David McCowen

Electric cars like the Chevrolet Bolt (pictured) have the potential to dramatically change car design.

GM design boss: 'Shackles are off'

Stephen Ottley

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - JANUARY 14: The crowd watch on during the Big Bash League match between the Sydney Sixers and the ...

Why McCricket should never become the biggest game in town

Andrew Webster

WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND - JANUARY 16: Kane Williamson of New Zealand celebrates his century with teammate Henry Nicholls ...

Record-breaking Kiwis win the unwinnable Test

Mark Geenty
1 hr ago

Bernard Tomic. In action second up on Margaret Court Arena.

Clinical Tomic strolls into second round of Australian Open

Live
Staff reporters
37 mins ago

Alex De Minaur, 17, was among the Australian winners on day one of the Australian Open.

Teenage sensation De Minaur in five-set thriller

Michael Chammas

Left of image, Josh Cartwright rides Senior Council into Go The Journey, who cannons into House of Wax.

Jockey's Morphettville 'brain fade' as girlfriend wins race

Patrick Bartley

Bangladesh captain Mushfiqur Rahim, pictured here celebrating a century with teammate Shakib Al Hasan.

Bangladesh captain 'fine' after taken to hospital from bouncer

Tennis racquet and ball

Spectators banned for setting off flares

UPDATED
Tim Doutre

Grand slam debut: Destanee Aiava.

Destanee must wait, for now, for maiden grand slam match win

Linda Pearce

Man of the match: Mohammad Hafeez on his way to a commanding 72 at the MCG on Sudnay.

Pakistan grind out victory after solid start

Andrew Wu

DHARAMSALA, INDIA - MARCH 18: Mitchell Marsh of Australia looks dejected after being dismissed by Mitchell McClenaghan ...

Marsh out of ODI series with shoulder injury

Andrew Wu

Composed: India's Kedar Jadhav, right celebrates his ton with captain Virat Kohli.

India chase England's record score with ease

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