With uncanny foresight of the horrors that were yet to unfold, Abu Eyad, together with his wife and three of their children, packed his bags.
Job vacancy figures underscore the recent strength of the Sydney economy compared with the rest of the state, with three of the city's districts delivering 24 per cent of Australia's gross domestic product growth last financial year.
Australia has taken a lone stand as the only country in its neighbourhood to boycott negotiations for a new global treaty to ban nuclear weapons.
Look your best at all times, insisted the mother of New York socialite Olivia Palermo. That advice has paid of.
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Football's national body has issued an ultimatum to a Sydney father who devotes his free time to coach his son's team at weekends.
For Steve Smith's team, the excitement of having the upper hand gave them altitude sickness.
It sounds like a Hollywood script, but this is exactly what happened to me when my family and I went on a trip overseas.
The truth is that loyalty reward schemes are not designed to reward loyalty at all.
Turnbull government backflips on its opposition to an investigation into atrocities against Rohingya Muslims, including mass rapes, torture and the slaughter of babies.
The girlfriend of a New Zealand man who died while rescuing her from a freak wave in Bali is taking his death "really hard", as she recovers in hospital after suffering a collapsed lung.
Labor now holds a thumping 10 point lead over the Coalition in the two-party preferred vote.
Principals from leading private schools have warned the new online literacy and numeracy test students must pass to qualify for their HSC will divide students.
The City of Sydney is canvassing options to encourage more buskers, but the greatest threat to busking may be miserly audiences.
Gold Logie nominee Grant Denyer has walked away from a rally crash in Victoria.
Cuts to Sunday penalty rates for low-paid workers could blow a $650 million hole in the federal government's budget bottom line, according to the Australian Institute.
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