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US President Donald Trump has taken to Twitter to clarify comments he made at a rally in Florida when he referred to Sweden as the site of a recent terror incident.
Iraqi forces seized 10 villages from the Islamic State group Sunday, launching a daunting operation to retake west Mosul which aid groups warned will put...
Presidential approval polls might suggest Donald Trump is falling out of favour with the American population, however his supporters couldn't be more steadfast.
Australian Taxation Office staff have successfully rejected a push to extend working hours by nine minutes a day.
Partial official results put ruling party leftist Lenin Moreno clearly ahead in Sunday's presidential election, although it was unclear whether he had enough...
The chief executive of one of Australia’s newest financial institutions was forced to leave his country not once, but three times to save his life.
The Israel branch of Swedish furniture giant IKEA has apologised for publishing a catalogue that doesn’t feature any female models.

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At least seven protestors were detained as clashes erupted Sunday between Ukrainian police and ultra-nationalists backing a rail blockade in Kiev.
Dozens of prominent Australians have signed a statement protesting Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu's visit in the coming week.
Worldwide arms trade has risen to its highest level since the Cold War in the last five years, driven by a demand from the Middle East and Asia, a study has...
Firebrand crossbench senators Pauline Hanson and Derryn Hinch have shot down calls for a junk food ban and sugar tax.
Deputy NSW Police Commissioner Catherine Burn has issued an official statement confirming she will apply to be the state's next top cop.
Malaysian police said Sunday they were seeking four more North Korean suspects in the assassination of Kim Jong-Un's half-brother, but the four had left the...
A woman is dead and two people are fighting for their lives after a man drove his Toyota Landcruiser deliberately into another vehicle on a WA highway
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Face up to racism with a week of programs challenging preconceptions around race and prejudice. Starts Sunday 26 February.

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The latest news on American politics.

A top aide denied Sunday that President Donald Trump is having difficulty filling the key post of national security advisor because of White House moves to politicize...
Donald Trump has blasted the media as fake news producers and condemned the TPP as a 'job killing disaster' at a rally in Florida.
US Defence Secretary Jim Mattis says he has no issues with the media, unlike his boss Donald Trump who says the media are "the enemy of the American people".
US President Donald Trump insisted Saturday that the White House is running smoothly, and used a campaign-style rally in Florida to bring his message to...
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...
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...
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...

In focus: Australia's First People

Culture
Can art hold the key to reconciliation? Dancer and artist Thomas ES Kelly explains why he thinks so.
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.
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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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"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
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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Chief White House photographer Pete Souza has released his final series of images, offering a glimpse inside the Obama administration in its final year.
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.
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.
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.

Finetta's life at home

A 6.2-magnitude hit central Italy on Wednesday, leaving more than 150 dead and reducing towns across the region to rubble.
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.