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Incoming French president Emmanuel Macron prepares to speak after his victory in presidential runoff, at his campaign ...

'Greatest stain' in French history was key to Macron win

ANALYSIS

US President Donald Trump,

The astronomical cost of protecting the most expensive president

Malcolm Turnbull is in political trouble.

Coalition looking at 'dream' budget to reverse the nightmare

Lichen and moss grow on the trunks of chestnut trees at Nutwood Farm at Mount Irvine.

Customs destroy rare 200-year-old plants on loan from France

The man handed himself into police on Monday.

Sydney man charged over $1.7 million in fake bank loans

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Former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn was forced to resign after multiple reports claimed he had discussed US ...

Obama warned Trump against controversial national security hire

Shock Latham move sparks talk of return to politics

'Thanks, but no thanks': Fairfax tipped to reject takeover bid

James Chessell

Domino's hit with landmark fine for 'screw up'

Accused Chelsea bomber to be tried in New York, judge

Bronwyn Bishop resists calls to sack 'mortified' adviser over Anzac Day post

Police outside a house in Sanur, Bali, where the body of an Australian man was found.

Australian man feared murdered in Bali after body found in holiday villa

44 mins ago

TOWNSVILLE, AUSTRALIA - JULY 21: Television commentator and former player Peter Sterling looks on before during the ...

'We need to draw a line': NRL legend hits out at drug use

3 mins ago

Hugh Jackman, left, and Dafne Keen accept the award for best duo from "Logan" at the MTV Movie and TV Awards at the ...

Nice guy Hugh Jackman scolded by Logan co-star for bad manners

'Bring Back Our Girls' campaigners celebrate the release of the kidnapped Chibok school girls at the unity fountain in ...

'Stockholm syndrome': Abducted schoolgirls refusing to be freed

Cyclone Donna covers Vanuatu's vast archipelago.

Unusual cyclone breaks hemisphere record

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Prince Philip worshipers pray for second coming

Still: George Calombaris exchanges words with a fan at the A-League Grand Final on Sunday night.

Calombaris sorry for A-League tirade after being baited by fans

Emma Watson poses in the press room with the award for best actor in a movie for "Beauty and the Beast" at the MTV Movie ...

Emma Watson wins first major gender-neutral movie award

Meghan Markle watches Prince Harry play in the Audi Polo Challenge at Coworth Park Polo Club, Ascot.

No royal relationship is official without a kiss at the polo

New French president Emmanuel Macron kisses his wife Brigitte.

France's 'Michelle Obama': Brigitte Macron's new role

Four bidders pushed a run-down cottage at 32 Page Street, Albert Park, to $1.34 million.

I sold my investment because I couldn't deal with renters any more

COMMENT

The MUJI hut is a nine square metre prefab cabin.

Pack your bags, and your accommodation too, with Muji's new hut

Actress Demi Moore poses in the press room at the 22nd Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards.

Demi Moore's Central Park penthouse sells for $60.6 million

When home is a resort: The former holiday retreat at Vasey Esplanade, Trinity Beach, is now a private residence.

Four spectacular resort-style properties for sale in Australia

Maynard's feline friend appears to enjoy the floor's vibrant hue.

The dated terrace given new life with unusual colour scheme

NSW Transport Minister Andrew Constance and Premier Gladys Berejiklian at the construction site at Windsor Road, Rouse Hill.

Train every four minutes: 'Critical' new bridge unveiled

Search for duo accused of indecent assault on Sydney Harbour Bridge

'I woke up to it happening': MP reveals harrowing experience

Damon Cronshaw

Sharks Chairman Damian Keogh.

I don't have a drug problem: the CEO allegedly caught with coke

The man handed himself into police on Monday.

Sydney man charged with $1.7 million bank fraud

10 mins ago

A new study has revealed one in five Australians are subject to revenge porn.

'Sexual selfies' risk as one in five fall prey to image abuse

Jess and Ben , Students at the Melba Secodary College are one of the High-gains schools that has improved most in ...

NAPLAN - What you need to know

The semi-trailer involved in the crash on the Monash Freeway.

'Run!': quick-thinking plumber saves paramedics from truck

US airmen and Australian soldiers pour floor concrete during Balikatan 2017 in Ormoc City, Leyte, April 29, 2017. US ...

Aussie troops on the ground in Duterte's Philippines

Lindsay Murdoch

Colombian police released this photo of Cassandra Sainsbury with the alleged drugs.

Cassandra Sainsbury seeks government legal aid

Lismore residents received text messages to move to higher ground, but swift-water rescue still operated in the area ...

John Egan's home was underwater by the time he was told to leave

QLD

Jenny Aitchison was attacked on a houseboat in Zambia.

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Jenny Aitchison was attacked on a houseboat in Zambia.

NSW MP reveals her own terrifying sex assault ordeal

Damon Cronshaw

Treasurer Scott Morrison

Draw a line on the Coalition's economic performance

Prabowo Subianto feeding him horse

The animal-loving 'General' who wants Widodo's job

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Former Labor leader Mark Latham.

Ex-Labor leader Mark Latham joins Liberal Democrats

Budget will let people realise their dreams, promises PM

Colin Brinsden

AFP cash splash to recruit anti-terrorism specialists

Staff reporters

Treasurer Scott Morrison

The facts: here's how economy has performed under Coalition

INTERACTIVE

It looks like Treasurer Scott Morrison will once again be able to dodge the bullet of a ratings downgrade.

How coal helped save Australia's AAA rating

Jens Meyer

Elon Musk is in the running for the SA project.

South Australia's battery tender has the world watching

Peter Strong, chief executive of the Council of Small Business of Australia, says further tax cuts are needed.

Tax, payments and banks - the small business budget wishlist

Cara Waters

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has repeatedly urged the killing of drug users and pushers.

Australia slams Philippines president over drug killings

Lindsay Murdoch

Incoming French President Emmanuel Macron leaves the Louvre Museum after addressing his supporters in Paris, Sunday May ...

French landslide: illiberal populism, it turns out, is so 2016

ANALYSIS
Nick Miller

Former president Barack Obama spoke in a positive tone about the state of the world.

Obama warned Trump against hiring Michael Flynn as security chief

British Prime Minister Theresa's Conservative Party has opened up a 22-point lead over the Labour Party.

Theresa May's Conservatives open up record lead, latest poll

Travelling overseas used to mean being cut off from family and friends.

When Mike Baird resigned for me, I rediscovered Britain

Imre Salusinszky

Is the honeymoon already over for US President Donald Trump?

Why Donald Trump should be afraid of his lousy poll showing

COMMENT
Albert R. Hunt

Under fire for an Anzac Day Facebook post: ABC presenter and youth activist Yassmin Abdel-Magied.

Since when did freedom of speech mean freedom from criticism?

COMMENT
Amanda Vanstone

Westpac chief executive Brian Hartzer (right) with chief financial officer Peter King.

No conflict problem here, Westpac rejects bank split push

Mathew Dunckley

TPG has approached Fairfax Media with an offer to purchase its metropolitan mastheads and property business Domain.

'Thanks but no thanks': Fairfax tipped to reject 'cheeky' TPG

James Chessell

Trapped in a pincer movement: Qantas chief executive Alan Joyce.

Australians can't rely on Qantas as Dreamliner nightmare looms

James Pawluk

eBay said Australians would shop on "opaque parts of the internet".

Lower dollar does little to stop surge in online sales

Mark Hawthorne

Westpac sees growth as NSW shines in growing economy

Iron ore revival snuffed out as 'weakest commodity' drops again

Jasmine Ng

Westpac chief bats away Adani 'wimps' tag

Mathew Dunckley

ASX bounces as commodity dive pauses

Staff reporters

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

Peter Strong, chief executive of the Council of Small Business of Australia, says further tax cuts are needed.

Tax, payments and banks - the small business budget wishlist

Cara Waters

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

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France elects a new president

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Shark wrangler cops bite

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32 children killed in Tanzania bus crash

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North Korea detains another American

French President-elect Emmanuel Macron gestures during a victory celebration outside the Louvre museum in Paris, France,

Vive Macron

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Hard rock act Lordi, from Finland, perform at the 2006 Eurovision song contest.

Power ballads and metal: Myf Warhurst's top Eurovision acts

Myf Warhurst

Kit Harington as Jon Snow in <i>Game of Thrones</i>.

Australia to get its own Game of Thrones convention

Tim Richards

Girlboss Girlboss

Girlboss is aggressively charmless and desperately dry

Brad Newsome

Ghostbusters: Abby (Melissa McCarthy), Holtzmann (Kate McKinnon), Erin (Kristen Wiig) and Patty (Leslie Jones).

Five myths Hollywood studio executives should stop repeating

Cara Buckley

Treasurer Scott Morrison during an interview with Fairfax Media journalists Peter Hartcher and James Massola ahead of ...

Why Channel Nine beeped Morrison during Oakes interview

Val Jellay appeared in a number of Australian television series, including <i>The Flying Doctors</i>, <i>Neighbours</i> ...

'She lived an amazing life': Flying Doctors star Val Jellay dies, aged 89

Ed Sheeran performs at Suncorp Stadium on November 28, 2015 in Brisbane.

'On tour, I did lose myself for a bit': Ed Sheeran's wild days

Laura Harding

Adele, is that you?

Adele unrecognisable in her 29th birthday photos

A photograph of Amadou Sumaila won first prize for portraiture in the Head On Photo Festival.

Award-winning photo taken minutes after dramatic sea rescue

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

Lily Rose Depp, the daughter of French singer and model Vanessa Paradis and actor Johnny Depp, has walked for Chanel.

The next generation of supermodels and their famous model parents

"I felt a large shift in how I was treated when I was read as a man": Nevo Zisin.

What it's like for a teen girl to become a man

Nevo Zisin

Karl Stefanovic and Cassandra Thorburn pictured in 2012.

Karl Stefanovic's $6 million divorce settlement: reports

As a younger woman, I clung to friendships because I was afraid of being lonely.

Why I ended my toxic friendships

Mandy Appleyard

A long and rewarding career: Jane Fonda.

What Jane Fonda has learnt about life at age 79

Jan Janssen

In the dark: Kanye West.

Kanye's Twitter and Instagram accounts go dark

Conrad Hilton, left, seen here in 2008 with his mother Kathy Hilton and his father Rick Hilton, has been arrested in Los ...

Paris Hilton's younger brother Conrad arrested

A blasphemy probe is under way into Stephen Fry.

Stephen Fry in blasphemy probe by Irish police

Way before it was considered cool, our front and back yards were planted out with vegetables and fruit trees.

Secrets to happiness from a peasant lifestyle

Maria Milone

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

Simmering before charring ensures the success of your jerk chicken.

Weekly meal planner - from jerk chicken to a pork calzone

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

Jill Robbins with her family.

One mum's secret Mother's Day tradition after adopting her sons

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The woman who can remember every single day of her life

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Would this app help your kids limit their screentime?

Cattle class: Blighted by not enough space, bad air quality and grumpy passengers and flight attendants.

Why flying has become a pain in the back seat

Lee Tulloch

The low-cost carriers are the most likely to play hardball over carry-on allowances.

How flexible are airlines' carry-on baggage allowances?

Michael Gebicki

Silver Muse's pool deck, around which bar staff glide bearing colourful concoctions.

Silversea ups the luxury ante with new ship Silver Muse

Brian Johnston

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

Reinvented: A Harley-Davidson, minus the famous v-twin.

Harley promises 100 new bikes in 10 years

Andrew MacLean

Can use and re-use for Fairfax publications only including Online. Advertising/marketing are excluded. Images are ...

Top 10 tips for buying your first car

Alessandra Melville

Jeep's Grand Cherokee Trailhawk offers outstanding off-road ability.

Which is the best Jeep Grand Cherokee model?

David McCowen

2017 Mercedes-Benz E-Class.

Quick spin: Mercedes-Benz E300

Stephen Ottley

Volkswagen has been accused of installing devices in cars that rigged their emissions testing.

'Give diesel another chance': JLR boss

Stephen Ottley

Hand holding electric car charger

Kia: green cars should be mandated

Stephen Ottley

Sky Blues the limit: Sydney FC players celebrate their win.

'Win it again next year,' Arnold tells Sky Blues

Steve Larkin and Ben McKay

Sharks chairman Damian Keogh.

I don't have drug problem: Sharks chairman

Charged: Shaun Kenny-Dowall of the Sydney Roosters.

SKD stood down over coke charges after offering to take hair follicle test

Former Wests Tigers coach Jason Taylor.

Jason Taylor returns to the Roosters

Rafael Nadal

Ear infection delays Rafael Nadal's Madrid Open start

Jesse Bromwich will donate his $20,000 Test fee to charity and be required to undergo counselling.

Kiwis forwards Jesse Bromwich, Kevin Proctor to miss World Cup

David Long

LONDON, ENGLAND - MAY 07: Danny Welbeck of Arsenal celebrates scoring his sides second goal with Alexis Sanchez of ...

Wenger delighted for Welbeck as Arsenal beat Manchester United

Graham Arnold is hoisted by players with the A-League trophy.

Graham Arnold moves on player signings at Sydney FC

Former Wests Tigers coach Jason Taylor.

Jason Taylor returns to Roosters as assistant to Trent Robinson

Sharks chairman Damian Keogh.

I don't have drug problem: Sharks chairman

New Zealand and Titans star Kevin Proctor has stood down as Gold Coast co-captain.

Proctor stands down over drug claim

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