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Two brothers aged nine and 12 who were travelling in the four-wheel drive were killed.

Young brothers killed as truck tears 4WD in half

White House senior adviser Jared Kushner.

Trump in-laws flog $500,000 'investor visa' to wealthy Chinese

Emily Rauhala
1 hr ago

These Chibok school girls were among 21 released by Boko Haram in October 2016. Another 82 have reportedly been released.

Dozens of schoolgirls released by Boko Haram after three years

Ulf Laessing
54 mins ago

The girl died at the scene.

Man stabbed in head while confronting teenager stealing his car

FILE - In this Wednesday, April 5, 2017, file photo, Vorayuth "Boss" Yoovidhya, whose grandfather co-founded energy ...

Heir to $27b fortune due in court over death vanishes, dumps jet

Hedi Ouedjdi struck referee Benjamin Casty with a single blow that knocked him unconscious.

Rugby league player banned for life after knocking out referee

1 hr ago

'Killer blow' before ABC interview got John Coates re-elected

ANALYSIS

Stephen Fry in blasphemy probe in Ireland after God comment

'She lived an amazing life': Beloved Flying Doctors star dies

Doctors 'failing' overweight Australian children, expert

The role Australia's grand dame was born to play

Jane Cadzow

Emmanuel Macron, French presidential candidate, meets with supporters during an election campaign event in Rodez, ...

'Democratic shipwreck': French election hit by hacking

Karl Stefanovic moved out of the family home last July.

Karl Stefanovic's $6 million divorce settlement, reports

FILE - In this May 31, 2008 file photo, Min Bahadur Sherchan, who became the oldest person to climb Mount Everest on May ...

Man dies trying to become the oldest to climb Mt Everest

Adele, is that you?

'Nearly 30': Adele unrecognisable in birthday photos

Israel Folau of the Waratahs is tackled during the Super Rugby match between the Waratahs and the Blues in Sydney.

Folau breaks try drought but it's not enough to stop the rot

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Search for the world's rarest insect

AUSTRALIA - OCTOBER 31: Diana, Princess of Wales at the Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute dinner dance at the ...

When Diana hid in a NSW beach town

Tesla's fear-inducing chief executive, Elon Musk.

They say sex sells, but S3X was an 'error' for Elon

Penguin takes flight: John Prats thought the sea eagle had caught a salmon until he had a closer look. He agreed to his ...

Incredible photo shows sea eagle taking hapless penguin

Women boxing for fitness

How to plan a winter fitness regime you'll actually keep

Inside the rented home of Maggie May and Josh Kelly, Melbourne.

"YouTube is your friend": Rental styling tips anyone can nail

Sydney businessman Ray Newey bought and transformed the former Enmore Public School into an apartment block.

Former derelict school transformed into apartment block

Winning bidder Tony Peters on the phone to his wife throughout the auction.

Sydney auction market slumps to a year-low result

35 St Vincent Place, Albert Park, is an iconic Melbourne home.

Auction Results: See what sold near you on Saturday

Fresh faces at an Erskineville auction: Are baby boomers really to blame for the challenges facing 20-somethings in the ...

Baby Boomers v Gen Y: Did past generations have it better as buyers?

Callum Knight, 7, shows off his spinner.

Latest craze mesmerising Sydney from classroom to boardroom

Cameron Mee

'Distressed' Sharks chairman stands down over cocaine charge

Each evening, simple ritual forces Ola to relive her mother's murder

A teenage couple have allegedly assaulted two police officers following a domestic incident in western Sydney.

Teenage couple arrested for assaulting police

Wollongong woman Amanda Alger is recovering after surgery in February to amputate the tip of her finger, after she was ...

Strange marking on middle finger looked harmless enough

LISA WACHSMUTH

Brian Crickitt with his new wife Julie Crickitt.

Sydney GP killed wife with injection to be with lover

Curtis Cheng, who was shot dead outside Parramatta police headquarters, pictured with his son Alpha.

Gun used in fatal shooting delivered by bicycle, court told

Balls Pyramid

Riddle in the Pacific: Journey to the forbidden island

John Coates at the AOC meeting in Sydney.

Coates defeats Roche to retain presidency in AOC vote

Steve Larkin

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - MAY 06: Anna Meteka and her partner Ina Maramotoa (centre) with family members Annie Kimiora (L) ...

Hero father saves woman from knife attacker on street

NZ captain Jesse Bromwich runs on to the field before the Anzac Test.

Kiwis players Bromwich, Proctor allegedly bought cocaine after Test

UPDATED
Stephen Jeffery

Damian McGenity fears Ireland's peace agreement is threatened by a "hard" Brexit.

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Damian McGenity fears Ireland's peace agreement is threatened by a "hard" Brexit.

Ireland's peace agreement threatened by 'hard' Brexit

Nick Miller

Prayuth Chan-Ocha, Thailand's Prime Minister.

Thailand buys $530m submarine from China

Lindsay Murdoch

Gambling ads will be banned from many TV sports broadcasts, including the NRL.

$100m win for free-to-air TV amid live sport betting ad ban

Max Mason

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Donald Trump and Malcolm Turnbull on Friday.

'We really love Australia': Trump, Turnbull hang up on 'testy' call

ANALYSIS
Paul McGeough

Abbott predicts Turnbull could dump Gonski 2.0 education plan

Court voids Peter Dutton's Syrian refugee refusal

Health Minister Greg Hunt is under pressure to lift the freeze on Medicare rebates.

Medicare levy rise may fund GP rebate changes

Reserve Bank of Australia governor Philip Lowe has warned of rising house prices.

The banks aren't the risk, consumers are warns RBA

Malcolm Turnbull walks towards New York's Ted Weiss Federal Building with FBI Assistant Director, William F. Sweeney.

Malcolm Turnbull's big day out in the Big Apple

Paul McGeough

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull riding the Gold Coast light rail.

Malcolm in a muddle in 'marvellous Melbourne'

Mark Hawthorne

Macron meets with supporters during an election campaign event in Rodez on Friday.

France fights to keep Macron email hack from distorting election

Dozens were killed.

School bus crash kills 35 in Tanzania

FILE - In this Friday, April 21, 2017, file photo, President Donald Trump speaks at the Treasury Department in ...

Trump to demand US allies do more to fight terrorists

North Korea has accused the CIA of orchestrating a plot to assassinate Kim Jong-un.

North Korea accuses CIA of plot to kill Kim Jong-un

Communications Minister Mitch Fifield says "NBN won't cut off its nose to spite its face" when it comes to the high fees ...

At last, media reforms that should have been delivered 10 years ago

COMMENT
Greg Hywood

Paying for infrastucture like an inland rail has productivity benefits that last generations.

Debt changes are good ... if we're not buying pork

COMMENT
Crispin Hull

Ivanka Trump, daughter and adviser of U.S. President Donald Trump, arrives for a dinner after she participated in the ...

Where's Ivanka Trump when we need her?

Gail Collins

David Jones moves to poach Myer staff.

DJs and Myer battling it out for top staff

Mark Hawthorne

Planning rules at Mount Buller limit buildings to four storeys or 15 metres, whichever is lower.

Rich Lister's fight for 'fair share' of mountain view

Melbourne art company Creature Technology has a new home.

Deal delivers artistic outfit some Creature comfort

Mark Zuckerberg at his desk at Facebook's headquarters in Menlo Park, California. No one at the company has a private office.

Zuckerberg realises dangers of social-media revolution

Farhad Manjoo

S&P 500 sets record close on jobs, energy sector rebound

'We are very bearish' - iron ore slump robs Scott Morrison

Jasmine Ng

The seller of this property bought it for $7.5m - now it's tripled

Woodside lashes energy, tax and immigration policies

For the founder of MWC, launching a watch company was as simple as quitting one job and starting a new one.

The little Aussie watch company taking on the luxury giants

Watches

Airbnb is targeting business travellers.

Hotel chains should be nervous about Airbnb's new function

Business Travel

Danica Hampton is Head of Investment Specialists at Citi Wealth

It's bonds to the rescue as the needle points up for interest rates

COMMENT
Danica Hampton

Adelaide-based wealth adviser Louise Pfeiffer, 39, has chosen a career and business that will maximise her ability to ...

Meet the 'effective altruists' who earn to give

Lindy Alexander

Should we accept that 43 universities, in a population of 24 million, is the right number?

Does Australia have too many universities?

COMMENT: Tony Featherstone

CocoVivo in Panama is one of the world's most beautiful and remote coworking spaces.

The world's five most exotic co-working spaces

Elissa Doherty

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Lost at sea on a surfboard for 32 hours

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Two children killed in shocking crash

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White House backtracks on Trump's Australian health care comments

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Turnbull announces gambling ad restrictions

Sydney Firsts centre Bob Fulton looks aggrieved that his airborne attempted tackle is too late to stop Country half-back ...

Rewind - City vs Country

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The difference between fine and gross motor skills

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Ten activities to aid toddler development

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Mlbourne Comedy Festival - Ruby Wax brings her new one-woman show to the stage. Based on her number-one best seller ?A ...

'He's revolting': Ruby Wax on that 'horrible' Trump interview

Kylie Northover

<i>The Simpsons</i> debuted in 1989. It was was named the best TV show of all time by <i>Time</i> magazine 10 years later.

How The Simpsons changed the way we talk, laugh and think

Casting JonBen?t Images from Kitty Green's Netflix documentary Casting JonBenet, an unconventional look at the murder of ...

Casting JonBenet is ambitious, frustrating and brilliant

Karl Quinn

Lena Headey as Cersei Lannister and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau as Jamie Lannister in a scene from the upcoming seventh season ...

HBO is developing not one, but four Game of Thrones spin-offs

Bill Skarsgard as Pennywise in <i>It</i>.

Superheroes, evil clowns: the 10 upcoming movies you should see

Sir Cliff Richard is suing the BBC.

Cliff Richard, BBC seek court settlement over raids coverage

BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA - MARCH 13: American filmmaker and visual artist David Lynch talks to curator Jose Da Silva at GOMA ...

Why David Lynch says he will never make another movie

Creator, writer and star Michaela Coel in Chewing Gum.

The best TV shows of the year (so far) - and what's still to come

Craig Mathieson

Emily Maguire's An Isolated Incident is longlisted for the Miles Franklin award.

Small players punch well above their weight in major prize

Linda Morris

Satu Vanska: Finding her way through Locatelli's labyrinth.

Lost and found in Italian master's fiendish labyrinth

Nick Galvin

Cheng Tsung-Lung's Full Moon for Sydney Dance Company's Orb

Moon shines brightly but is eclipsed by energetic eight

Jill Sykes

Justin Trudeau, right, with his Irish counterpart Enda Kenny in Montreal on Thursday.

Justin Trudeau and the force of his Star Wars socks

Vanessa Friedman

Anna Wintour received the honour for services to fashion and journalism.

Vogue editor Anna Wintour made a dame by Britain's queen

A wedding shot by Sandra Henri, the founder of Less Stuff - More Meaning.

Are sustainable weddings the next big thing?

Clare Press

Brad Pitt has told GQ Style magazine he quit drinking after Angelina Jolie filed for divorce.

Brad Pitt says he quit drinking, in therapy after split with Angelina

FILE - In this April 23, 2017 file photo, French centrist presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron kisses his wife ...

'Why can't we marry younger men?' ask French voters

Mary Jordan

Despite progress and good intentions, many obstacles to equality remain.

What does a female-friendly workplace actually look like?

Sue Williams

Ivanka Trump at a meeting on the America business climate in the White House last month.

To relax, Ivanka Trump watches her kids sleep

Maria Puente

Rihanna and Mary J Blige

Met Gala 2017: What the stars wore to the after-parties

Committed or addicted? Just because a behaviour is "healthy" doesn't always mean we have a healthy approach to it.

Extreme health: When exercise becomes addiction

Sarah Berry

Pulling back the years: Do we want to?

The curious case of ageing: why would we want to live forever?

Sarah Berry

You may be a night owl naturally but you can reprogram your body clock.

Being a night owl could be genetic

Evelyn Lewin

Neil Perry's Moroccan-style chicken pie. Serve with rice or cous cous and a salad.

Moroccan-style chicken pie recipe (with filo)

Neil Perry

Aim for glossy milk before pouring.

World Latte Art Champion shares his milk steaming tips

Neil Perry Recipe - Poached Strawberries , honey labneh and spiced buscuits.

25 delicious biscuit, shortbread and cookie recipes

Turkish Airlines cabin crew pose with newborn Kadiju.

How is nationality decided when babies are born on flights?

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Stay-at-home parents need work life balance too

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Banning kids from social media could actually hurt them

With EasyJet, like other budget airlines, you tend to get what you pay for.

Budget airlines aim to do just one thing, so stop whinging about them

Ben Groundwater

One in 10 US travellers admit having sex in an airport, a survey claims.

Mile-high club? No, travellers are having sex somewhere else

Fredrick Kunkle

Virgin Australia's new business class cabin on board its Boeing 777.

The new planes, seats and routes that are changing air travel forever

Julietta Jameson and Michael Gebicki

Uber CEO Travis Kalanick.

Uber faces criminal probe over sneaky 'greyball' software

Dan Levine and Joseph Menn

Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg said the network hopes to cut down on the response time between when someone reports a ...

Facebook hiring 3000 to monitor live video violence

Hayley Tsukayama

Get used to Apple's less-turbocharged future. The tech giant still generates more profits than any other company, and it ...

Apple shifts out of fast lane, perhaps for good

COMMENT

The spate of global cyber espionage has unfolded largely under the public radar.

Entering 'golden age of espionage' for hackers

The Surface Laptop's affordable price, portability and features could appeal to a far broader audience-including Mac ...

Apple can't ignore Microsoft's slick, new Surface Laptop

Instagram is one of the best ways to interact with car fanatics around the globe.

Top 10 Instagrammers to follow if you love cars

Alessandra Melville

2017 Audi R8 Spyder.

New Audi R8 Spyder price revealed

Dom Tripolone

The Mercedes-Benz 280SL "Pagoda" is a classic car that could earn you money.

The cars that could make you money

David McCowen

McLaren has revealed more details of its upcoming three-seat BP23 limited edition hypercar

McLaren's three-seater headed to Oz

Tony Davis

An Australian Toyota owner was seriously hurt when the airbag in her Rav4 malfunctioned.

Australian drivers still at risk from Takata airbags

David McCowen

2017 Honda CR-V.

New Honda CR-V revealed

Stephen Ottley

Israel Folau of the Waratahs is tackled during the Super Rugby match between the Waratahs and the Blues in Sydney.

Folau double not enough to stop the rot for Waratahs

Fernando Llorente has given Swansea City fans hope of avoiding relegation.

Swansea leapfrog Hull in EPL relegation battle

Martyn Herman
37 mins ago

Dwight Yorke and Sydney FC celebrate the inaugural championship.

Sky Blues hope spirit of 2006 can carry them to title

CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA - MAY 05: Johnathan Thurston of the Kangaroos passes during the ANZAC Test match between the ...

Johnathan Thurston in doubt for State of Origin opener

Caden Helmers

CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA - MAY 05: Andrew Fifita of the Kangaroos runs out to the field before the ANZAC Test match between ...

'Sky is the limit' for matured Kangaroos prop Andrew Fifita

Caden Helmers

Garry Jack's appearance for the first Country Origin side was alongside the likes of Peter Sterling and Noel Cleal and ...

League legend backs City-Country clash

Scott Bailey

Melbourne Victory coach Kevin Muscat.

Muscat says Sydney FC should be afraid

NZ captain Jesse Bromwich runs on to the field before the Anzac Test.

Kiwis Bromwich, Proctor allegedly bought cocaine after Test

UPDATED
Stephen Jeffery

Hedi Ouedjdi struck referee Benjamin Casty with a single blow that knocked him unconscious.

Rugby league player banned for life after knocking out referee

1 hr ago

Sharks Chairman Damian Keogh.

Sharks chairman stands down over alleged cocaine possession

Kangaroos skipper Cameron Smith walks onto Canberra Stadium with his children before his 50th Test.

ANZAC Test: Roos hop all over Kiwis in Smith's 50th

David Polkinghorne

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