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19 Feb 2017 - 5:36pm

Ecuador in vote that could alter Assange's fate

Oil-rich Ecuador votes Sunday in general elections that could lead to fugitive WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange being evicted from the country's London embassy.
19 Feb 2017 - 1:52pm

Melania Trump attacks husband's critics in Florida speech

First Lady Melania Trump, usually a demure and soft-spoken presence at her husband's side, broke with form Saturday, reciting the Lord's Prayer before issuing a...
19 Feb 2017 - 5:48pm

FFA condemn homophobic WSW fan banner

A-League chief Greg O'Rourke has been swift in voicing his disgust at a discriminatory banner in Western Sydney's support area during the Sydney derby.
19 Feb 2017 - 10:00am

Mass overdose at Melbourne music festival

Overdoses on synthetic substance GHB that sent more than 30 people to hospital could have been deadly, the Ambulance Victoria's state health commander says.
18 Feb 2017 - 8:07pm

'Hell' microbes found in Mexican caves

An extraordinary population of microbes has been discovered trapped in crystal in a volcanically heated Mexican cave system where temperatures reach 60C.
19 Feb 2017 - 12:58pm

Girls trapped in Las Vegas sex trafficking

A study of sex trafficking in Las Vegas has found that behind the glitz and glamour of sin city that sex-trafficking of underage girls is rife.
19 Feb 2017 - 7:47am

Wilders says some Moroccans 'scum' at Dutch vote launch

Firebrand Dutch anti-Islam MP Geert Wilders launched his election campaign Saturday with a stinging attack on the country's Moroccan population, calling some ...

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19 Feb 2017 - 7:44am

US pledges 'unwavering' commitment, Europe lukewarm

US Vice President Mike Pence on Saturday led a chorus of reassurance for allies rattled by Donald Trump's policy stance but European leaders gave the pledges a...
19 Feb 2017 - 5:12pm

Iraq forces launch operation to retake west Mosul: PM

The battle for Mosul in Iraq is reaching a critical point, Iraqi forces say.
19 Feb 2017 - 1:54pm

Woman at centre of Roe v Wade case dies

The plaintiff in the lawsuit, known as Roe v Wade has died. The case led to the US Supreme Court's 1973 ruling that established abortion rights.
19 Feb 2017 - 9:28am

Thousands in Spain march for immigrants

Some 160,000 people in Barcelona have demonstrated to welcome refugees and to ask European Union authorities to provide safe routes for immigrants.
19 Feb 2017 - 9:04am

Ukraine ceasefire agreed upon: Lavrov

Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has said a ceasefire has been agreed to in the Ukraine and this time it shall not fail.
19 Feb 2017 - 9:34am

Terror suspect Abdel-Rahman dies in prison

The Muslim cleric suspected to have orchestrated the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Centre has died in a US prison.
19 Feb 2017 - 7:47am

China suspends coal imports from North Korea: ministry

China has suspended all coal imports from North Korea in the wake of its most recent missile test.
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.

19 Feb 2017 - 12:34pm

Trump says TPP a 'job killing disaster'

Donald Trump has blasted the media as fake news producers and condemned the TPP as a 'job killing disaster' at a rally in Florida.
18 Feb 2017 - 9:10pm

Mexicans form 'human wall' along US border to protest Trump

Thousands of Mexicans linked arms Friday to form a 'human wall' on their country's border with the United States, protesting President Donald Trump's plan to...
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 - 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.
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...
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...
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.

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.
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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

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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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