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Manila resort on lockdown amid gunfire, explosions
The disturbance was heard at a complex that includes hotels, casinos, clubs and a shopping centre.
The disturbance was heard at a complex that includes hotels, casinos, clubs and a shopping centre.
That Donald Trump's decision was widely anticipated does little to moderate its impact.
US President Donald Trump has announced that the US will exit the Paris climate accord and begin investigating a new agreement with fairer terms for the US.
Australia's shrinking yield advantage over the US has stirred the Aussie dollar bears, but the currency is deemed unlikely to plunge hard.
Good morning, it's the end of the working week and the weather gods are treating us more than fairly (see proper definition of "fair" below).
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Houses out of reach to first home buyers, a death near Yass and a lovely romance.
SpaceX and Tesla founder Elon Musk said he plans to quit two presidential councils after President Donald Trump announced the United States would pull out of the Paris Climate Accord.
The Treasurer has begun preparing the ground for weak or negative economic growth in the March quarter.
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US factory activity ticked up in May after slowing for two straight months and private employers stepped up hiring.
Maxine Horne gave Aussie investors another master class in how to play the stock market this week.
After a miserable May, iron ore opened the new month on the back foot.
Mr Putin's previous position was that Russia played no role whatsoever in hacking the DNC.
Reports the AFP did not tell Victoria Police the incident had occurred until six minutes after the plane had landed.
Khalid Al Harbiya saw his daughter's lifeless body sprawled in the morgue after she was killed in a bombing by Islamic State terrorists.
The group of migrants were making their way to Libya.
Nigel Farage rejected the report, branding such an accusation "hysterical".
Winter masterpieces exhibition draws more than 150,000 visitors to the National Gallery of Victoria in five weeks.
The decision to defer a major reform challenges Gladys Berejiklian's claim that she can 'get things done'.
Some of the key point you need to know about Paris and a withdrawal of the US by President Trump
Pauline Hanson has told the Turnbull government to build the billion-dollar Galilee Basin coal line itself, announcing she would oppose a "foreign multi-national" from owning the crucial infrastructure.
The federal government expects United States President Donald Trump to walk away from the Paris climate agreement, but Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and his senior ministers insist Australia will not follow suit – despite pressure from the Coalition backbench.
A 22-year-old man who allegedly bashed surgeon is withdrawing from a drug dependence, court hears.
Unemployed draftsman Michael Dempsey wants a piece of the multibillion-dollar infrastructure boom that's happening around him, and he's making himself impossible to ignore.
Personal trainer James Blatch was all too happy to flex his muscles for the camera.
Hackers reportedly threatened to publish tech company's data online unless Bitcoin were paid.
Wesley William Hall is suing Westpac for unfair dismissal and is seeking $600,000 in compensation.
McDonald's is considering whether it will need to restructure its operations to avoid getting hit by Diverted Profits Tax.
Among the more audacious abandoned plans for the River City were blueprints for the tallest tower in the world, the largest cathedral in the southern hemisphere and a second South Bank. Here we count off 10 projects that came to nought.
Albanese has asked just six of the 511 questions Labor has put to the Coalition in almost a year.
Govt sets aside $600k for planning work on new adolescent and pediatric units and more maternity beds.
Rookie MP revived questions about her truthfulness with new account of her ties to her electorate.
Absence of specific initiative for renters could hardly have been more conspicuous.
Extra services could help people get to $3 billion development.
Some NSW or Sydney councils may retain the ability to grant or block development applications.
All is fair in love, war, and Malcolm Roberts' interrogation of chief scientist Alan Finkel.
Runners in this weekend's City2South could find themselves keeping pace with a gold-medal Olympian.
A national Catholic school body apologised on Thursday morning to survivors of child sex abuse.
Cory Bernardi is registering a NSW branch of his new breakaway conservative party which will court defections.
The Immigration Minister has come to the aid of the ASIO head.
The Turnbull government has been accused of misleading parents about the impact of its Gonski 2.0 school funding changes.
You've heard about the singing detective? Here are the singing pharmacists.
The freedom of speech debate continues at one of Canberra's historic schools.
The board of St Edmund's College fully backs its principal, according to the chair, Michael Cooney.
Canberra Raiders playmaker expects Manly counterpart will have a point to prove.
Henry Speight is ready for a Wallabies battle, but Stephen Larkham is disappointed Scott Fardy missed out.
Ben Alexander will have to wait six weeks for a milestone game after an untimely knee injury.
The ACT Brumbies have finished a worldwide search for Stephen Larkham's successor.
Passengers on board the Malaysia Airlines flight turned back to Melbourne after a man made a bomb threat have spoken of their ordeal and the long wait for police to storm the plane.
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