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An explosion and fire were reported near Damascus International Airport in the early hours of Thursday, local time.

Damascus rocked by explosion after 'Israeli air strikes'

24 mins ago

The woman was found face down in the gutter.

Australian woman dies in Bali after crashing motorbike

5 mins ago

Liang Sheng-yueh was in good health despite spending 47 days stranded on a mountain.

After 47 days missing, trekker found alive next to the body of girlfriend

Sana, 5, was hit by a truck and killed in Rocky Point on Wednesday.

'Kindergarten superstar' killed in tragic accident in front of mother

The stolen Audi was found in Auburn on Thursday afternoon.

Stolen at gunpoint: $230,000 Audi found after high-speed chase

BREAKING
58 mins ago

Darren Mohr was charged with conspiracy to import 500 kilograms of cocaine.

From a Bondi cafe to a 'rendezvous with a Chilean mothership'

1 hr ago

Ivanka Trump contradicts father's stance on key policy

Trio of billionaires might end up with Ten by Christmas

1 hr ago

This isn't tax policy, it's a Donald Trump-led heist

COMMENT

NRL star reported his own drink driving to police to 'prove a point'

'It became kind of normal': Sleazy world of working in hospitality

Artist impressions for a new 14-storey high school in Surry Hills.

Sydney's new 14-storey inner city high school

30 mins ago

Cooling coverage: a leafy street in Alexandria.

The leafier your street, the more your home could be worth

Simon the rabbit.

PR disaster continues for United as giant bunny dies on flight

1 hr ago

Society hairdresser Joh Bailey at his Double Bay salon.

Joh Bailey 'talking to lawyer' over news report he's 'out of control'

Thew new Qantas premium economy seat for the 787 Dreamliner.

Prices revealed: Qantas' non-stop flights to London go on sale

1 hr ago

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California's amazing wildflower super bloom visible from space

DHAKA, BANGLADESH - OCTOBER 30: Zafar Ansari of England reacts after Mushfiqur Rahim of Bangladesh is dropped by Steven ...

England Test spinner retires at 25 to pursue a career in law

Gippsland Dairy's Choc Cherry Twist Yoghurt 160g topped the list of the most sugar-laden yoghurts in Australia.

The yoghurts with as much sugar as ice-cream

Nervous return: Maria Sharapova.

'Cheater': Sharapova cops it from rival after winning return

UPDATED

Anna Wintour attends the Jean Paul Gaultier show as part of Paris Fashion Week.

'Dissent is not enough': Anna Wintour's candid views on Trump

A Credit Suisse index based on interest rate swaps showing an almost 80 per cent chance of a 25 basis point snip some ...

Fears of damaging trend for renters with apps poised to launch

Sunbathers enjoy the weekend outdoors at Coogee Beach.

Starting with 9am beach yoga: The perfect Saturday in Coogee

Tegan Lawson is a single mum and has used fractional investing to get into the property market.

How a single mum got her foot on the property ladder with one brick

The Palace Hotel in Broken Hill has the contract for Australia's only year round two-up game.

Australia's only permanent two-up pub looks for a new owner

PALM SPRINGS, CA - 1954: Actress Marilyn Monroe poses for a portrait laying on the grass in 1954 in Palm Springs, ...

Marilyn Monroe's LA house has just hit the market

innovation map of Sydney

Little-known suburb one of Sydney's most innovative

The yoghurt with more sugar than ice-cream revealed

Truck driver hurtled into line of traffic at twice speed limit

Veronica Suarez has learnt how to manage Sydney's sky high rents through careful budgeting but says some days she's ...

'Bleakest story': Where 40pc of Veronica's income goes

There are calls for a rethink to make power bills fairer for consumers.

'Huge surge': How we're beating skyrocketing energy prices

Engineers are concerned that not enough young people are entering the profession.

High-rise school cost blowout as minister plans more

EXCLUSIVE
Sean Nicholls

Police said the young girl was crossing the road when she was fatally hit.

Mother sees daughter, 5, killed after being hit by truck

Mick Gatto leaves court.

Gatto settles $15m tax bill for less than $4m

EXCLUSIVE

The image of Dylan Voller in a spit-hood at the Don Dale Youth Detention Centre that helped trigger the royal commission.

'Dude, you're not going to get it': minister's response to help plea

Damien Murphy

Two mountain bike riders have been allegedly attacked by a man and his dog near Belgrave.

Man attacks mountain bikers with pole, chases them with chainsaw

VIC

Former policeman Mark Ellis has withdrawn his candidacy for One Nation.

Ex-cop One Nation candidate quits over 'threats to family'

QLD

Despite its critics, the Trans-Pacific Partnership appears to be gaining a second life.

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Despite its critics, the Trans-Pacific Partnership appears to be gaining a second life.

Britain urged to join trade deals after Brexit

Latika Bourke

It's an inequality that many schools perpetuate with their outdated scheduling and seemingly limitless expectation of ...

The upside of having a mum who is 'never there'

Kasey Edwards

Samara Weaving as Chloe, a seeming good girl, in the thriller
<i>Bad Girl</i>.

Samara Weaving as you've never seen her before

Karl Quinn

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Malcolm Turnbull has intervened in the export market to tackle surging gas prices.

PM challenged on claim intervention will halve gas prices

Heath Aston
1 hr ago

Australia 'must build' a missile defence shield as threat grows

EXCLUSIVE
David Wroe

Homeland security proposal a Dutton 'power grab', says Labor

Fergus Hunter
1 hr ago

Environment Minister Josh Frydenberg and Malcolm Turnbull had a blunt message for representatives of the gas industry in ...

Turnbull promises cheaper gas prices through restrictions

With offshore contracts locked in, the local price has rocketed.

Why PM has made extraordinary intervention on gas

ANALYSIS
Adam Morton

Bill Shorten

'Failure': Labor lashes Morrison, but doesn't rule out support

A photograph showing an injury allegedly sustained in the Good Friday incident at Manus Island regional processing centre.

'We didn't do anything wrong': refugees hit back at Peter Dutton

EXCLUSIVE

A Chinese H-6K bomber patrols the islands and reefs in the South China Sea.

ASEAN nations nudge closer to South China Sea code of conduct

Lindsay Murdoch

Kim Jong-un at a "combined fire demonstration", held to celebrate the 85th anniversary of the North Korean army in ...

US vows to bring Kim Jong-un to his senses

President Donald Trump holds up the signed executive order in Washington on Wednesday.

Trump orders review of national monuments to open land for drilling

The moon.

China talking with ESA about moon outpost

President Donald Trump speaking on Capitol Hill in Washington.

Trump's presidency is teaching elites like me a lesson

COMMENT
Danielle Allen

What's wrong with this picture?

Age discrimination at work now happening to people as young as 45

COMMENT
Justine Irving

Kelly O'Dwyer, cabinet minister and member of powerful expenditure review committee, hard at work with her newborn baby. ...

The irony of the push to unseat Kelly O'Dwyer

COMMENT
Judith Ireland

Mirvac has unveiled its new development at Sydney Olympic Park.

Home affordability 'increasingly concerning', top developers say

Carolyn Cummins
1 min ago

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Markets Live: Trump tax talk flops

Live
9 mins ago

Channel Ten's saviours? Lachlan Murdoch, Bruce Gordon, James Packer.

Billionaire trio might end up with Ten by Christmas

Colin Kruger, CBD
1 hr ago

We're not doomed, yet.. but that's a long way from saying tech stocks are cheap.

Relax. In dot-com bubble time, it's still only 1997

ANALYSIS
Lu Wang
1 hr ago

'My wife is a diamond': Joseph Gutnick slams media reports

Sarah Danckert

Trump tax plan could cause US-Australia revenue disputes

Nassim Khadem

Jailed ex-Billabong boss claims trial judge erred

'Significant doubt' over Ten's future

Lucy Battersby
1 hr ago

Icaros uses the abdomen, back and leg muscles to tilt the device while 'flying' or 'diving'.

Science has finally found a way to make exercise less boring

Fitness
48 mins ago

Deep-fried tortilla cups called salbute are filled with dried tomato concasse and deliver a crunch thanks to crickets ...

You'll find the 'meal of the decade' in the middle of nowhere

Fine Dining

If you're investing in property, you're probably better off buying it in your personal name than your self-managed super ...

Buying property with your super fund has drawbacks

Daryl Dixon

John Collett dinkus. 7th February 2017 Photo: Janie Barrett

Chasing returns in super usually a losing bet

John Collett

Wendy Bankes, owner of Heavenly Hairdressing in Ivanhoe, has realised she was naive about how she marketed the business.

Retiring Baby Boomers struggling to sell businesses

Cara Waters
41 mins ago

Do you patronise older workers by saying they are 'too qualified'?

Great for the job, pity about your age

Tony Featherstone

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Turnbull's gas gamble

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Wildflowers visible from space

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Police chase Audi through Sydney

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MKR judges knot impressed with pretzels

One of The Flying Frenchies, stars of the new film The Free Man, rehearse at BBC Broadcasting House in London.

World of Photos

1 hr ago

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Liar. Lover. Con artist - every episode of Imposters now streaming on Stan.

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The brand new season of iZombie - now streaming on Stan.

The difference between fine and gross motor skills

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Ten activities to aid toddler development

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Wendy Whiteley, widow of artist Brett Whiteley, after giving evidence in the Supreme Court of Victoria in April 2016.

Wendy Whiteley stunned that appeals court ruled the fakes are real

Debbie Cuthbertson
29 mins ago

Hamish and Andy's drive show has once again taken a tumble in Melbourne's radio ratings.

Melbourne Radio: Hamish and Andy's ratings nosedive continues

Broede Carmody

Alan Jones is set to return to the airwaves in March.

Sydney radio: Alan Jones' return puts a spring back in 2GB ratings

Rob Moran

John Conway Tonight host, John Conway.

Is this the weirdest (and funniest) show on TV

Rob Moran

Jonathan Demme , 73, has died of cancer and complications from heart disease.

Acclaimed 'Silence of the Lambs' director dies at 73

14 mins ago

Valarie and Courtney fight back tears after it's announced they made it into the grand final.

MKR grand final battle revealed as one team crumbles

Broede Carmody

Jude Law and Diane Keaton in <i>The Young Pope</i>.

The Young Pope is a very human story, says Jude Law

Michael Idato

Marija Pericic is the winner of Australia's richest literary prize for an unpublished work.

Fake memoir wins richest prize for undiscovered manuscript

Linda Morris

Top performer: Ryan Kwanten in <i>Red Hill</i>.

You can keep your Hollywood glam - we like our heroes modest

Garry Maddox

Nick Earls, shortlisted in the NSW Premier's Literary Awards for the third novella in a series of five published to ...

NSW Premier's Award shortlist celebrates short storytelling

Linda Morris

Normal Rickard taking part in the Artful program.

A creative way to tackle one of our greatest scourges

Peter Munro

It's an inequality that many schools perpetuate with their outdated scheduling and seemingly limitless expectation of ...

The upside of having a mum who is 'never there'

Kasey Edwards

Society hairdresser Joh Bailey at his Double Bay salon.

'Hardly out of control,' Joh Bailey denies reports

Andrew Hornery

This was not the plan.

Yeah, Serena Williams did not mean to announce her pregnancy via Snapchat

Need rockers apply for Sophie Monk's The Bachelorette after Benji Madden split?

Should rockers apply for Sophie Monk's The Bachelorette?

Amy Croffey

French centrist presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron kisses his wife Brigitte.

Reactions to Emmanuel Macron's marriage with an older woman show we're stuck in the past

COMMENT
Jenny Noyes

Angelia Jolie

Why you shouldn't ignore chapped lips (and how to deal with them)

Anna Wintour attends the Jean Paul Gaultier show as part of Paris Fashion Week.

'Dissent is not enough': Vogue's Anna Wintour on Trump

Bethan Holt

Bill Cosby and Evin Cosby attends the launch of the pb&Caviar store on August 7, 2008 in New York City.

Bill Cosby's daughter defends 'punished' dad in essay

Maria Puente

Fitness: Find a friend.

Running may be socially contagious

GRETCHEN REYNOLDS

The weather affects whether we want to exercise.

How climate change could affect the way we exercise

Sarah Berry

Like several well-known musicians, Lorde is a synesthete.

Lorde says synesthesia helps her creativity

Spaghetti with pumpkin, thyme and brown butter.

Spaghetti with pumpkin, thyme and brown butter recipe

Adam Liaw

Bones loom large: Roasted bone marrow with meat dust.

When viking meets booze and modernism in Redfern

Neil Perry's carrot soup with coriander yoghurt.

A healthy twist on cream: 21 creative ways to use yoghurt in savoury dishes

Photo: Ian Pfaff

Mad Max superfan pimps out his kids' toy cars

Photo: Ebay

The new craze for kids and office workers alike

1 hr ago

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Why this mum refuses to make her kids share

Thew new Qantas premium economy seat for the 787 Dreamliner.

Prices revealed: Qantas' non-stop flights to London go on sale

Craig Platt
1 hr ago

Atlantic Ocean Road or the Atlantic Road (Atlanterhavsveien) been awarded the title as "Norwegian Construction of the ...

Amazing roads: Europe's 10 most spectacular coasts to drive

Brian Johnston

Marriott Momi Bay Resort and Spa.

Heaven over the water: Fiji's newest luxury resort opens

Julietta Jameson

Heart attack victims might soon be treated with printed matter. Illustration: Simon Letch

Mending broken hearts with 3D printer

If you were designing a technology purpose-built for attention-seeking monsters, it would probably look something like ...

Social networks must be responsible for content

COMMENT

Instagram's confident moves seem to be paying off.

Why Instagram is becoming Facebook's next Facebook

COMMENT

As the adage goes: if you're not paying for it, you are the product.

Reminder: popular apps are never truly 'free'

In Silicon Valley, what matters is having the biggest and most engaged network. And because Facebook is that network, ...

Tech world witnesses robbery by Zuckerberg

ANALYSIS

Casey Stoner has been approached by Ducati as a test rider for 2016.

VW eyes possible sale of Ducati

57 mins ago

2017 BMW 530e plug-in hybrid.

Driven: BMW 530e plug-in hybrid

Jonathan Hawley

McLaren 540C v Jaguar F-Type SVR.

Best Jaguar v cheapest McLaren

Andrew MacLean
1 hr ago

Honda Odyssey VTi.

She says, he says: Honda Odyssey

Daniela Intili and Stephen Ottley

Uber has revealed plans for flying taxis by 2020

Uber promises flying cars by 2020

Amy B Wang

2017 BMW 4-Series range

Driven: New BMW 4-Series

Jonathan Hawley

Canberra Raiders player Josh Papalii.

NRL star twice reported own DUI to police to 'prove a point'

Megan Gorrey

Nervous return: Maria Sharapova.

'She's a cheater': Sharapova cops it from rival after winning return

UPDATED
Simon Briggs

Back in: Dean Mumm.

Wallabies pair return to bolster Tahs' starting line-up

Tom Decent

Bowing out of the limelight: Zafar Ansari.

Test spinner quits at 25 to pursue a completely new career

Nick Hoult

Woeful: The Waratahs' loss to the Kings was one of their most embarrassing performances ever.

Thought it couldn't get worse? Waratahs sink to a new low

Tom Decent

Liz Cambage, pictured at Flemington last November, has signed with the Melbourne Boomers.

Cambage returns to Australia after five-year absence

Roy Ward

Nicolas Martinez of the Western Sydney Wanderers after their ACL loss to Urawa Reds.

No excuses: Wanderers crash out of ACL with worst ever defeat

UPDATED

Price to pay: Ticket prices for the A-League finals series are among the least affordable of the four major winter codes.

Finals tickets more than double the price of NRL seats

Dominic Bossi

Going the way of the dinosaurs: City-Country will get one last hurrah in 2017.

The slow, painful - and inevitable - death of rep footy

COMMENT
Steve Mascord

An affray charge against Tim Lafai has been withdrawn and dismissed.

Affray charge against Lafai withdrawn

Adrian Proszenko

Under the spotlight: Jarryd Hayne.

Henry defends Hayne over accusations of attitude problems

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