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Desperate families and friends have told of their search for missing loved ones - including children and the elderly - in the Grenfell Tower inferno.

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An elderly woman has died after falling from a moving car east of Perth on Thursday.

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Scissors, paper, rock: Japanese entrepreneur Nobuyoshi Yamasaki now plans to make paper out of stone to build "a company that will last for hundreds of years".

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Shares are set to climb at the open on futures trading, despite more selling on Wall St and the US oil price pushing lower again.

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Only Romania and Turkey were ranked below Australia in education in the latest UNICEF report card.

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The first victim of the Grenfell Tower fire has been identified as a 23-year-old Syrian refugee.

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If you let your garden get out-of-control or have a hoarding habit you may come home to find your property tidied and a bill for the work in the mail.

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​US technology stocks slid again overnight, led by declines in heavyweights Apple and Alphabet.

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Mining giant BHP Billiton has named famed former Australian packaging executive Ken MacKenzie as its next chairman.

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The fallout from Ten Network's plunge into administration is starting to spread to other parts of the sector.

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A woman had been rushed to hospital in a critical condition after she was struck by a car in Melbourne's east on Friday morning.

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What do you do with the toys in your garage when you downsize? You buy a "man cave".

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First Billy Vunipola and now possibly Owen Farrell: the two players who the Lions could ill afford to lose if they are to take the game to the All Blacks in the Test series that begins in eight days at Eden Park.

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The amnesty will allow people to hand in guns with no questions asked, the Justice Minister says.

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Seven percent of all American adults believe that chocolate milk comes from brown cows, according to a nationally representative online survey.

Australia's poor recycling track record has an upside.

Those baulking at tomato prices have Cyclone Debbie to blame after the category-four cyclone ripped through prime growing regions across Queensland but don't despair, prices are expected to halve by July.

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The local sharemarket is set for a bright start to the last day of the trading week, with futures pointing to a 20-point gain at the open.

China's holdings of US Treasuries rose for a third straight month in April, reaching the highest in six months.

The bureau has snuck in a top of 16 for today, with what appears a good splash of sunshine.

A militant attack on a Kabul mosque killed at least four people and wounded eight more on Thursday.

So keen are Tigers' fans to see Dustin Martin commit to Richmond, many have twice this year been cruelly fooled into believing their star midfielder has re-signed for the club, by devious social media antics.

The National Capital Authority could force the ACT government to realign its route to Woden.

A man has died in a freak towing accident while trying to drag free his bogged mate's car on a central Queensland beach.

Detectives have released new CCTV footage which could unlock major breakthroughs in the death of Karen Ristevski

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The 22-year-old student has suffered a "severe neurological injury", his US hospital said.

The larger your non-smoking social network the higher chance you'll be able to quit smoking.

Senate Republican leaders are aiming to transform large sections of the US health care system without a single hearing on their bill.

A change in direction for light rail to preserve the capital's vistas and how Canberra has made it in the world of Monopoly

From $3000 in liposuction for her son to $34,000 in traffic fines she claimed because they were "part of her package".

Federal authorities say polygamist religious leader Lyle Jeffs has been captured, almost exactly one year after he escaped from home confinement.

Oil slid overnight as rising US supplies cast doubt on the pace of a global supply glut-reduction.

A section of the Port of Charleston was shut down after a tip from a far-right YouTube conspiracy theorist warned of a dirty bomb.

​The Bank of England shocked financial markets when it said three of its policymakers voted for an interest rate hike.

'I feel like I have been saying this for a few years. We just lack continuity in the personnel in our forward line.'

The comedian is accused of drugging and sexually assaulting a woman in 2004.

Putin compared Comey to Edward Snowden, who leaked troves of classified information.

A push by Labor and the crossbench to set up a banking commission of inquiry has fallen just short.

Are you intrigued by the shiny yellow bicycles scattered across Melbourne's CBD? Well wonder no more.

British Prime Minister Theresa May has ordered a full public inquiry into the Grenfell Tower fire as emergency services raised the death toll.

Retail operators have said the sector is facing some of the toughest times in many years.

Donald Trump lashed out on Twitter after a report that he was under investigation for possible obstruction of justice by the special counsel probing alleged Russian interference in the 2016 US presidential election and possible collusion with the Trump campaign.

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With just six months remaining in the big chair Medcraft notched up a big 'kill' for the team with the passage through parliament of ASIC's new user pays funding model.

Investors have jumped into the infant formula company Bellamy's after it emerged from a two-day trading halt.

A report into Main Roads Minister Mark Bailey's use of a private email address has been forwarded to the state crime watchdog.

Police say an explosion has struck the entrance to a kindergarten in eastern China, with reports saying there have been casualties.

Labor Party members in Ipswich sought to sanction then-mayor Paul Pisasale for perceived disloyalty in 2012 over his support for Campbell Newman in the 2012 state election, internal party documents seen by Fairfax Media have revealed.

Recruitment expert and avid Brumbies supporter Keith Cantlie dishes on his Canberra favourites.