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China has been throwing its weight around too much, veteran US senator John McCain says.
Three people have died in a light plane crash in the Riverland region of South Australia.
Panama's former dictator Manuel Antonio Noriega died in Panama City late Monday, physically diminished after decades of imprisonment for crimes committed during...
Akon Guode, whose three children drowned after she drove her car into a Melbourne lake, has been jailed for at least 20 years.
Queensland Police have shot dead a 40-year-old man who allegedly killed a police officer following a tense 21-hour siege.
Offering free boxing lessons for Indigenous children every week, the program has attracted descendants of Aboriginal boxing legends such as Lionel Rose and...
Cyclone Mora battered Bangladesh on Tuesday, killing two people, ripping through camps housing Rohingya refugees and forcing 450,000 people to flee coastal villages.

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News and analysis from Australia and the world.

The number of Australians with heart failure will increase sharply over the next decade, costing the public health system billions of dollars, new research warns.
Four hungry chickens clawed at rubbish in a deserted street that smelt of corpses as military helicopters skimmed the rooftops firing rockets while the...
Germany unleashed a volley of criticism on Monday against US President Donald Trump, slamming his 'short-sighted' policies that have 'weakened the West' and hurt...
James Ashby says police are investigating if a crime was committed when he was secretly recorded discussing how One Nation might make money from its candidates.
The renewable energy industry says 2017 is shaping up as a bumper year for clean energy production in Australia, due to plunging costs and greater investment...
The federal government will stop convicted pedophiles from travelling overseas, in what could give Australia the toughest anti-child sex tourism laws.
Britain said on Monday intelligence service MI5 was reviewing its processes following a suicide bomb attack which killed 22 people in Manchester, as questions...

Europe Elections

Spotlight on the 2017 'Super Elections' 

Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May and Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn took diverging tacks over Brexit negotiations on Monday as they faced a live televised grilling...
French President Emmanuel Macron and Russian leader Vladimir Putin have held talks in Versailles, discussing issues including recent hacking allegations during...
German Chancellor Angela Merkel says Europeans must learn to guide their own future, with previous allies no longer as dependable as before.
UK Prime Minister Theresa May is launching the Conservatives election manifesto in Halifax, England.
Having voted for Labour, the Conservatives and then the eurosceptic UK Independence Party, voters in a faded seaside town are running out of places to turn in...
Setting out her pitch to voters, British Prime Minister said on Thursday she will press on with her approach to Brexit, cut immigration and introduce corporate...
British Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn on Tuesday unveiled a "radical and responsible" manifesto as the party hopes to close the gap against the ruling Conservatives...

In Focus: Australia's First People

Swahili
National Reconciliation Week is a time to celebrate and build respect between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and other Australians.  
Greek
Greek and Indigenous Australians worked together pearl shell industry; in Northern Territory, in Western Australia and in North Queensland in the late 19th and early 20th century
Korean
Several indigenous leaders have derailed a national constitution convention in Uluru by staging a walk out, claiming their views are being ignored.
The Feed
Reporter Laura Murphy-Oates was nominated for a Logie in the category of ‘Most Outstanding News Coverage’. She was stoked – until she heard a voice in her head.
The Feed
Reporter Laura Murphy-Oates asks four young Indigenous people, “What does it mean to be young and black in 2017?”
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A reported explosion sparked frantic evacuations of a concert hall in Manchester where US singer Ariana Grande was performing on Monday night.
The World Federation of Public Health Associations is running a public health photo competition to celebrate its 50th birthday. Here is a short list of the best images.
More than two dozen photographs of the Pentagon taken on September 11, 2001, have reappeared on the FBI's website.

Photos: Lismore flooding

Images show rising floodwaters in Lismore today as the town's levy has breached and risks cracking.
Traditional South Sudanese wrestling is getting an Aussie makeover. Those involved say it’s a good way to put young South-Sudanese Australians in touch with their community and culture.

In pictures: Londoners stand together after Westminster Attack

Hundreds of people paid tribute to victims of the Westminster attack outside British parliament which left four people dead and many more injured.

In pictures: London attack

An attacker drove a car into people on Westminster Bridge before crashing into a fence outside parliament and wielding a knife.
From live TV errors to political protests, the 89th Academy Awards was more than just the glitz.