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18 Feb 2017 - 9:09am

Turnbull quashes calls to exempt big banks from $50 billion tax cut

Coalition backbenchers have reportedly called for Australia’s major banks not to receive the government's proposed $50 billion corporate discount.
18 Feb 2017 - 7:59am

White House denies plan to use US National Guard to round up migrants

The White House is denying a report that the Trump administration has considered using the National Guard to round up unauthorised immigrants.
18 Feb 2017 - 12:00pm

NSW residents survey bushfire damage

Residents whose homes were destroyed in a southern NSW bushfire have been allowed to return.
18 Feb 2017 - 11:49am

Trump calls media 'enemy of the American people'

US President Donald Trump has once again taken to Twitter to slam the media, labelling them 'enemies of the American people'.
18 Feb 2017 - 8:01am

Pakistan 'kills 100 militants' after blast in Sufi shrine

Pakistani forces said Friday they had killed more than 100 'terrorists' after 88 people died in an attack claimed by the Islamic State group on a Sufi shrine...
18 Feb 2017 - 9:37am

Turkey car bomb kills child, wounds 17

A car bomb has killed a child an wounded 17 others in the Turkish province of Sanliurfa.
18 Feb 2017 - 7:43am

Australia still ill-prepared for influx of Chinese tourists over next decade

Australia’s still in desperate need of more hotels and infrastructure to accommodate an expected spike in the number of Chinese tourists, according to the...

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18 Feb 2017 - 8:44am

Turnbull focuses on US refugee deal over NZ offer

The New Zealand and Australian prime ministers have discussed immigration policy as they continue to push ahead with Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations.
18 Feb 2017 - 9:44am

Germany bans internet-connected 'spying' doll

German regulators have banned an internet-connected doll called 'My Friend Cayla' that can chat with children, warning Friday that it was a de facto 'spying device'.
18 Feb 2017 - 11:26am

Hundreds of migrants storm Spain's Ceuta fence

Hundreds of migrants stormed the border between Morocco and Spain at Ceuta on Friday, days after Morocco warned the EU of fresh migrant trouble following a row...
18 Feb 2017 - 8:00am

Malaysia rejects North Korean demand to hand over body

Malaysia Friday rejected Pyongyang's demand that it hand over the body of Kim Jong-nam, the assassinated half-brother of North Korea's leader, saying it would...
18 Feb 2017 - 8:02am

Blair urges pro-EU Britons to 'rise up' against Brexit

Former British prime minister Tony Blair wants Britons to 'rise up' against Brexit and fight to overturn the referendum decision.
18 Feb 2017 - 8:04am

Trump's pick to head environment agency confirmed

The US Senate on Friday confirmed fossil-fuel ally and global warming skeptic Scott Pruitt to head the Environmental Protection Agency, installing a legal expert...
18 Feb 2017 - 9:32am

Arctic and Antarctic sea ice at record low

Sea ice in the Arctic and Antartic was at a record low last month, the UN says.
Face Up to Racism Week

Face up to racism with a week of programs challenging preconceptions around race and prejudice. Starts Sunday 26 February.

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In focus: US Politics

The latest news on American politics.

17 Feb 2017 - 10:20am

US ready to work with Russia 'if it benefits Americans': Tillerson

US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Thursday said his country will work with Russia if doing so benefits Americans, as Moscow pressed the Trump administration to...
17 Feb 2017 - 5:18pm

Trump security aide says no thanks

The Trump administration has suffered its latest blow with Donald Trump's new pick for national security adviser turning down the job.
16 Feb 2017 - 9:01am

Trump's contested pick for labor secretary withdraws: White House

US President Donald Trump's pick for labor secretary Andrew Puzder withdrew from consideration Wednesday, after facing intense scrutiny for his business record...
16 Feb 2017 - 7:56pm

US defence chief to NATO: pay up or we reduce support

US Defence Secretary James Mattis bluntly warned NATO allies Wednesday that Donald Trump's administration would 'moderate its commitment' to the transatlantic...
15 Feb 2017 - 10:57am

Trump knew National Security Advisor had 'misled' White House for weeks

The White House battled Tuesday to insulate Donald Trump from the scandal over a top aide's contacts with Russia, as calls grew for an independent investigation.
15 Feb 2017 - 8:59am

Conway should be investigated over Ivanka plug: US ethics watchdog

A US ethics watchdog says one of Donald Trump's top aides should be investigated after she publicly endorsed the clothing brand of the president's daughter.
14 Feb 2017 - 7:44pm

Trump, Trudeau grapple with differences on refugees, trade

US President Donald Trump and Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau failed to paper over differences on the treatment of refugees during a joint public...

In focus: Australia's First People

Health
Indigenous health

Comment: When race gets in the way of good health

Racism mars the healthcare system for Indigenous people, who are accused of faking pain, have their Aboriginality denied, and die while in state care.
Khmer
2 Feb 2017 - 9:43am

Indigenous Languages at risk

Australia's Indigenous languages could be completely wiped out by 2050 according to experts. The number of traditional languages has dropped from 250 to 120 over the last two hundred years.And the ...

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MARDI GRAS

Indigenous Sistagirls triumphant in crowdfunding campaign to attend Mardi Gras

"I had a hard life growing up as a Sistagirl but that was a journey that I had to take to be who I am now."
Culture
BOOZE CULTURE

Comment: January 26 has a drinking problem. We need an intervention

For many Australians, January 26 is a massive booze-fest. But at a time when alcohol is linked to so many social ills, our national sport of drinking must stop, writes Jill Stark.
Turkish
19 Jan 2017 - 7:49pm

Indigenous Languages at Risk

Australia's Indigenous languages could be completely wiped out by 2050 according to experts.

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14 Feb 2017 - 11:07am

22 of the best World Press Photos 2017 (Warning: Graphic Content)

6 Feb 2017 - 10:09am

Mediterranean migrant crisis in pictures [Warning: Graphic content]

21 Jan 2017 - 4:25am

The inauguration of the 45th president of the United States, Donald J Trump

2 Jan 2017 - 10:31am

In pictures: Obama's final year in office captured in White House photos

Chief White House photographer Pete Souza has released his final series of images, offering a glimpse inside the Obama administration in its final year.
29 Nov 2016 - 7:15pm

In pictures: Behind the lines - the story of 2016 through political cartoons

The year 2016 gave political cartoonists more material than you could poke a pencil at. Eighty of the best cartoons went on display in the Behind the Lines exhibition at the Museum of Australian Democracy in Canberra.
9 Nov 2016 - 8:55pm

In pictures: The passion and the pain, Trump and Clinton supporters on election night

Donald Trump supporters were jubilant while Hillary Clinton supporters were shocked and silent - it is the tale of two camps as the US starts to come to terms with Trump's shock victory.
4 Nov 2016 - 3:18pm

In pictures: Iraqi forces re-take Mosul

More than 50,000 Iraqi soldiers, Kurdish Peshmerga fighters, Sunni Arab tribesmen and Shia militiamen are engaged in a bloody battle to re-take control of Mosul from IS.
13 Sep 2016 - 11:16am

Finetta's life at home

25 Aug 2016 - 11:29am

In pictures: Massive earthquake hits central Italy

A 6.2-magnitude hit central Italy on Wednesday, leaving more than 150 dead and reducing towns across the region to rubble.
16 Aug 2016 - 1:44pm

In pictures: Deadly Louisiana floods force thousands to evacuate

Louisiana has faced epic flooding, with at least seven people killed and thousands evacuated to emergency shelters after waterways in the southern part of the state overflowed their banks.
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