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Chechen regional leader Ramzan Kadyrov.

Shock over 'mass arrests, torture' of gays in Chechnya

EXCLUSIVE
Michael Koziol
1 hr ago

This image from a month ago shows North Korea launching four missiles in an undisclosed location. The latest launch ...

The one condition China would 'guarantee' security to North Korea

Kirsty Needham

An image from the Coles 'I'm free' ads.

Coles winds back ad campaign after staff sexually harassed

1 hr ago

Pie Face has been sold to United Petroleum.

'Fit perfectly': Convenience company buys troubled Pie Face

The incident happened about 110 kilometres southeast of Hong Kong.

Qantas flight incident so rare and serious most pilots never endure it

1 hr ago

Pavin Chachavalpongpun of Kyoto University.

Thailand bans citizens from contacting critics living outside country

Lindsay Murdoch
50 mins ago

Single tweet that revealed Trump's foreign policy

COMMENT
Waleed Aly

'Dripping with lies': star witness who split the Medich jury

1 hr ago

Teen parents with three-day-old found 12km from hospital

1 hr ago

O'Neill could see rugby 'Armageddon' coming but board did nothing

COMMENT
Andrew Webster

'Duck pond' claims under fire as Adani coal row escalates

Heath Aston
1 hr ago

Corby looks to her lawyers during her trial in July, 2005.

With tears in her eyes she heard her date of freedom. Then Corby had a question

The Sydney schools where enrolments are ballooning.

'We don't have anywhere to put them': Fastest-growing schools

Gal Gadot in costume as Wonder Woman

Gal Gadot reveals how she nailed her Wonder Woman audition

Swan Dan Hannebery gets a handball away as Jamie Cripps lays a tackle.

Tough Eagles keep Swans winless

34 mins ago

Shoshanna calls time on her friendship with Hanna, Marnie and Jessa in the second-last ever episode of Girls.

The truth about female friendship that isn't often spoken about

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Swans still winless

The LIGO interferometer in Livingston, Louisiana.

Nobel Prize pick's billion-dollar idea for Australia

No more sleepless nights?

Sleep: the new status symbol, a career-building weapon

On the move: Jack Bird.

Club feud escalates over breach of NRL unwritten agreement

There will always be blokes who don't pull their weight, but that doesn't mean women should pull it for them.

When it comes to housework, I've decided to drop the ball

DERBY DAY-BIRD CAGE Image shows Shane Warne and Simone Warne Photo Shaney Balcombe 30th October 2010 SPECIAL

Warnie's ex-wife puts palatial home on the market

Janet Dandy-Ward with her husband and son.

'Write an email': Inner west residents left without answers

The property comes with a heritage-listed Chinese-style timber boatshed.

Sydney's trophy home market makes room for $48m mansion

Save yourself some heartache and dollars by avoiding these regrettable decorating disasters.

The biggest decor mistakes you can make in your home

This Mosman home sold under the hammer for $2.71 million.

Guide dogs reap the benefits of $2.7m Mosman auction

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - APRIL 13: Ron Medich arrives to King Street court for his murder trial on April 13, 2017 in Sydney, ...

As judge addressed the court, Medich frowned, daughter in tears

Ministers lose battle over council Liberal candidates

1 hr ago

Doctor cleared to practice oncology after year-long investigation

The propeller was later found in bushland in Revesby.

'Critical failure': report on plane that lost propeller released

1 hr ago

Carolyn Corrigan, Mosman Councillor, will run as an independent in the byelection of North Shore.

'I have no choice': Beaten byelection candidate goes to court

1 hr ago

The commission, which will hand down a report into criminal justice in August, is considering the way child sex abuse ...

Child sexual assault: concerns raised about convictions, sentences

Rachel Browne

Artin Etmekdjian was given a seven-month sentence after being convicted of dishonestly attempting to influence a ...

'You can't hide': Councillor sentenced to seven months

Lisa Visentin

The winning ticket was sold at the Lucky Charm in Karawara.

WA's newest Lotto millionaire was 'made redundant weeks ago'

WA

Renee Louise Moseley has appeared in the Southport Magistrates Court.

Authorities ignored photographer's child sex crimes

QLD

Strachan Lane, Melbourne City Council is considering issuing an enforcement order to get it removed for safety reasons.

'Trashed' laneway: council removes street art over 'safety risk'

VIC

Some staff at the Bimberi youth detention centre have approached law firms to discuss alleged human rights violations ...

Bimberi staff contact lawyers over alleged human rights breaches

ACT

Niman Adan Gabush, 2, is a severe malnutrition case at Hargeisa Group Hospital in Somaliland.

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Niman Adan Gabush, 2, is a severe malnutrition case at Hargeisa Group Hospital in Somaliland.

'None of these crises receive the attention they deserve'

Lisa Davies

Palangkaraya in Borneo has often been proposed as an alternative capital city to Jakarta.

Indonesia's congested capital might have to move to Borneo

Jewel Topsfield

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - MARCH 02: Jayden Brailey of the sharks passes during the round one NRL match between the Cronulla ...

Jayden Brailey enjoying ride after win over Cameron Smith

Chris Barrett

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"We have raised our concerns directly with the Russian government": Foreign Minister Julie Bishop.

Shock over 'mass arrests' of gays in Chechnya

EXCLUSIVE
Michael Koziol
1 hr ago

Australian children in detention as parents face deportation

Heath Aston

Turnbull government expected to kill off superannuation for housing

James Massola

Senator Pauline Hanson.

Government takes gloves off in war of words against One Nation

Amy Remeikis

Former foreign affairs minister Gareth Evans has some choice words for President Donald Trump.

'Most psychologically ill-equipped president in US history'

Fergus Hunter
46 mins ago

Acting Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce: "They're just trying to be smart alecs by sending across this ridiculous little ...

'Duck pond' claims under fire as Adani coal row deepens

Heath Aston
1 hr ago

Defence Industry Minister Christopher Pyne said Tony Abbott shouldn't have raised a NSW Liberal Party matter at a ...

Christopher Pyne lashes colleagues for public budget disunity

Myra Lynne Williams listening to her sentence being read in the Denpasar District Court on Thursday.

NZ woman jailed for 2.5 years in Bali for 0.43g of methamphetamine

Jewel Topsfield

A South Korean protester holds a mask of US President Donald Trump and a Korean Peninsula map during a rally against US ...

China would guarantee security if N Korea gave up nuclear weapons

Kim Jong-nam, eldest son of then North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, waves after his first-ever interview with South Korean ...

Defence in jeopardy after Kim Jong-nam murder suspects leave

Lindsay Murdoch

Hardline chief strategist Steve Bannon appears to be losing his grip over Trump, amid widespread reports of repeated ...

Bannon's war with Trump's son-in-law could be fatal

ANALYSIS
Paul McGeough

Illustration: Andrew Dyson

The single tweet that revealed Trump's foreign policy

COMMENT
Waleed Aly

Chinese President Xi Jinping, joined by Chinese Vice Premier Wang Yang, right, speaks during a bilateral meeting with ...

Australia is sleepwalking into a war with China

COMMENT
John Pilger

Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg said he's "concerned" by the recent executive orders US President Donald Trump signed to ...

Social media promised to spread democracy, not ignorance and hatred

COMMENT
Vivek Wadhwa

In China, where United bills itself as a top carrier, tens of millions of people have read or shared a report that the ...

Lessons learned from the United Airlines debacle

COMMENT
Mohamed A. El-Erian

Multi-millionaire Randy Work complained his ''special contribution'' to the creation of the couple's fortune had not ...

'Genius' fund manager loses $297 million divorce fight

SCF Group is one of Australia's largest shipping container companies.

Receivers appointed to parent of shipping container giant

Sarah Danckert

The incident happened about 110 kilometres southeast of Hong Kong.

Qantas safety scare deemed 'serious and unusual'

Patrick Hatch
1 hr ago

Samsung drags heels on voice assistant Bixby

Hayley Tsukayama

Fortescue shares dive as iron ore price slide deepens

Brian Robins

Telstra continues to drop as TPG reveals mobile plans

Lucy Battersby

ASX tumbles on iron ore falls

Myriam Robin

The TAG Heuer Autavia

16 super-fancy new watches that are surprisingly good value

Watches

The hallways in the Jackalope could easily be a set in a Hollywood neo-noir film.

Surreal estate: Inside Australia's coolest new design hotel

Lifestyle

Costco has grabbed a 1 per cent share of the grocery business.

The real foe for Coles and Woolies: Aldi, Amazon... or Costco?

THE MOTLEY FOOL
Scott Phillips

Illustration: John Shakespeare

How to earn extra income without losing the age pension

Noel Whittaker

Pie Face has been sold to United Petroleum.

Service station owner buys troubled Pie Face

Cara Waters

Inevitably downsized interstate offices become an afterthought for corporate HQ.

Centralisation gone mad: the folly of corporate HQ empire building

Tony Featherstone

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Grandfather attacked after Easter Show

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Trump says NATO need to pay 'fair share'

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Trump: 'We may be at an all time low' with Russia

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'Buddhist temple' linked to murders

A broken water container lyes on a dried up river bed.

Running on empty: famine in east Africa

INTERACTIVE

STAN - better call saul

Criminal. Lawyer. Better Call Saul returns April 11 on Stan

Stan - RPDR

Season 9 of RuPaul's Drag Race premieres tomorrow. Only on Stan.

The difference between fine and gross motor skills

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Hit the road and escape the city

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Ten activities to aid toddler development

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Bob Odenkirk returns as dodgy lawyer Jimmy McGill, and sad sack Gene, in the third season of <i>Better Call Saul</I>.

Better call Saul's Bob Odenkirk on being likeable and real

Bernard Zuel

Sylvester Stallone hasn't confirmed he has had surgery of any sort, but he was sporting a rather taught look at the 2016 ...

Stallone sues film studio over unpaid `Demolition Man' profits

Edvard Pettersson

Bill (Pearl Mackie), The Doctor (Peter Capaldi), and Nardole (Matt Lucas) in <i>Doctor Who</i>.

Peter Capaldi's Doctor Who set to traumatise fans in finale

Nick Miller

Baffling and bizarre: Lisa Wilkinson has not been nominated for a Gold Logie.

Where the hell is Lisa Wilkinson's Gold Logie?

Debi Enker

Gal Gadot in costume as Wonder Woman

Wonder Woman's Gal Gadot reveals her secret superpower

Broede Carmody

Classic comic performance: Michael Caton in <i>The Castle</i>.

'This is going straight to the pool room': The Castle turns 20

Garry Maddox

Lorde's new album is set during a single house party.

Lorde reaches peak Millennial with upcoming concept album

Rob Moran

Caught out: <i>Today Show</i> newsreader Alicia Loxley presents an old news story found on the internet.

Today Show rehashes Sydney racist bus video four years later

Aja Styles

Tom Wilkinson delivers a superb performance as Richard Rampton in <i>Denial</I>.

Battling against the original and most terrifying fake news

Paul Byrnes

<i>Personal Shopper</i>: Stewart seems to battle the camera rather than embrace it.

Crackpot ... Odd ... It's the perfect movie for Kirsten

Paul Byrnes

The villainous Cipher (Charlize Theron) blackmails Dom Toretto (Vin Diesel) into submission in <i>The Fate of the ...

Two baldies get up to some hair-raising silliness

Jake Wilson

Ola with her mother, Salwa Haydar.

Daughters proudly accept honour for their murdered mother

Jenna Price

There will always be blokes who don't pull their weight, but that doesn't mean women should pull it for them.

When it comes to housework, I've decided to drop the ball

Cat Rodie

Shoshanna calls time on her friendship with Hanna, Marnie and Jessa in the second-last ever episode of Girls.

The truth about female friendship that isn't often spoken about

Katherine Allan

Diane Kruger is seen at Cinema Fiamma on April 6, 2017 in Rome, Italy.

Diane Kruger is our inter-seasonal style inspiration

Mandy Moore (right) shared this throwback snap with "goofy brothers" Kyle and Scott on Instagram to celebrate National ...

TBT: Mandy Moore and her brothers are the goofiest gang in town

Retro fun

Melbourne suffragist Henrietta Augusta Dugdale appears as today's Google doodle.

Melbourne suffragist Henrietta Dugdale featured by Google

In this March 22, 2017 photo, the Charging Bull and Fearless Girl statues are shown on Lower Broadway in New York.

Wall Street's Charging Bull sculptor wants Fearless Girl gone

Gina Cherelus and Barbara Goldberg

"'Spoon Theory' was intended for the chronically ill and its appropriation erases the concerns of a marginalised group," ...

Why the woman was right to call 'BS' on Q&A

Naomi Chainey

Devil of a bun? Nope.

Could your hot cross bun be giving you dementia? Uh, no

Sarah Berry

Joe Gagnon will be running six marathons in six continents in six days.

'We all can do more than we think we can'

Sarah Berry

No more sleepless nights?

Sleep is the new status symbol

PENELOPE GREEN

Pan-fried whiting with burnt butter.

40 fish recipes for Good Friday

A sample of dishes from Edition Roasters.

Edition Coffee Roasters expands to dinner, snacks and sake

An Easter-inspired treat at KOI dessert bar.

What's open and delicious to eat in Sydney this Easter long weekend

River definitely enjoyed her Nutella treat.

'Food police' attack star over daughter's treat

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Boy take YouTube driving lesson to drive to McDonald's

This x-ray image shows how easily a grape can block a child's airways.

'Just cut the damn grapes': mum's plea after son's close call

This is the situation you are trying to avoid.

Avoid this: How to end up with an empty seat next to you on a flight

Michael Gebicki

Michelangelo's statue of David can be found in which city?

The Traveller quiz: In which city can you visit Michelangelo’s David?

Mal Chenu

Old town Dubrovnik, Croatia.

The secrets behind the world's greatest holidays revealed

Sue Williams

The Marley turntable makes listening to vinyl a joint venture.

Vinyl gets another spin around Australia

A long time coming, but worth the wait.

HP seeks hybrid superiority with Elite X3

It's not worth watching a futuristic movie like <i>Ghost in the Shell</i> in an ancient cinema.

Hoyts needs to lift its game if it wants our money

COMMENT

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Facebook Messenger hits 1.2b monthly users

Bixby AI assistant was unveiled in New York in March.

Samsung drags heels on voice assistant Bixby

2017 Genesis GV80 concept.

Is this the death of headlights?

Stephen Ottley

Volkswagen has teased its new I.D. Crossover Concept ahead of the 2017 Shanghai motor show.

Volkswagen teases new electric SUV

Dom Tripolone

2017 Subaru Ascent.

Subaru shows off Kluger rival

Stephen Ottley

Hyundai's Genesis division is planning a two-door sports car

Genesis Gran Turismo coming

Stephen Ottley

2017 Toyota FT-4X Concept.

Toyota unveil FJ Cruiser successor

David McCowen

2018 Dodge Challenger SRT Demon

Dodge reveals 1043Nm Challenger

David McCowen

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NOVEMBER 04: Echo Entertainment Chairman John O'Neill at Echo Entertainments AGM on November 4, 2015 ...

O'Neill could see 'Armageddon' coming but board did nothing

Andrew Webster
Andrew Webster

Brisbane-bound: Cronulla's Jack Bird.

Brisbane Broncos lodge complaint to NRL over Cronulla Sharks' Jack Bird announcement

Michael Chammas

Wanted: Newcastle will turn their attention to luring Kieran Foran after missing out on Jack Bird.

Knights turn their attention to Foran after Bird flies north

Adrian Proszenko

Swan Dan Hannebery gets a handball away as Jamie Cripps lays a tackle.

Tough Eagles keep Swans winless

Brad Elborough
34 mins ago

In the clear: Dane Haylett-Petty skips clear to score a try.

Axed players won't be spurned: Cheika

Georgina Robinson

Quiet life: Tom Scully joined GWS from the Demons at the end of 2011.

Consummate pro Scully hits milestone

James Buckley

Big finish: Sydney FC coach Graham Arnold.

Arnold demands Sydney FC maintain focus

Danny O'Brien (left) and Mark Kavanagh leave VCAT last month after their training bans were overturned.

Racing Victoria appeals against cobalt case collapse

Patrick Bartley

With news that Western Force or the Rebels may be set for the cutting room floor, a horde of sport fans are about to be ...

League should be fighting to scoop up Force fans

Steve Mascord

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - MARCH 02: Jayden Brailey of the sharks passes during the round one NRL match between the Cronulla ...

Brailey enjoying ride after win over Smith

Chris Barrett

Getting under the opposition's skin: Michael Ennis and Cooper Cronk scuffle.

Forget the slap. The niggling tactic Bennett wants gone

Laine Clark

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