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Australia's women have avenged their heartbreak of last year and snapped a five-game losing streak against New Zealand to claim a maiden Sydney Sevens title.

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Las Vegas casino mogul Steve Wynn resigned as finance chairman of the Republican Party's fundraising arm on Saturday, a day after a newspaper reported that he routinely subjected women who worked for him to unwanted sexual advances.

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The Taliban drove an ambulance packed with explosives into a crowded Kabul street Saturday, setting off an enormous blast that killed at least 95 people and injured 158 others, adding to the grim toll in what has been one of the most violent stretches of the long war, Afghan officials said.

The news comes just weeks after the McGowan Government attempted to rebound from some of its most controversial decisions within the education portfolio.

Russian women's sevens captain Alena Mikhaltsova has until late on Sunday evening to decide whether she wants to appeal an eight-game suspension for kicking Australia's Evania Pelite at the Sydney Sevens.

A 76-year-old man has died after three cars crashed on the Bruce Highway near Mackay in north Queensland.

Australian youngster Maurice Longbottom scored a sensational try with his first touch in the quarter-finals against New Zealand to help his team make yet another semi-final of the Sydney Sevens.

Tasmanian Premier Will Hodgman has warned against the risk of a minority government as he announced a March 3 state election.

The two-time defending champions shook off a recent form slump to score a 90-73 win over the New Zealand Breakers on Saturday night.

The US President says he's not aware of any invitation for him to attend Prince Harry's wedding to Meghan Markle.

A Royal Australian Air Force plane has caught fire after aborting take-off during a training exercise at an air base in Las Vegas, authorities say.

Two men have escaped from a prison farm in central Queensland.

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After an exhausting night ascent a rescue mission has found a French mountaineer on the slopes of Pakistan's treacherous "Killer Mountain", but a Polish climber who had been with her remains missing.

The dog has been treated for serious stab wounds.

Spain's Constitutional Court said the former leader of Catalonia, Carles Puigdemont, could only attend a swearing-in session to become regional leader if he was physically present in the parliament and had a judge's permission to attend.

A 20-year-old chased down and found with 50 capsules believed to be MDMA, a 25-year-old man found with 31 pills, and a 19-year-old found with 65 tablets.

Spike strips allegedly brought the chase to an end, with a police dog also finding a handgun nearby, which was allegedly dumped by one of the suspects.

There is vested interest and resistance to change in the game, says World Rugby's Agustin Pichot.

The last time Perth experienced a January without a 40 degree day was back in 2013 - but this year, it seems the hottest January day will fall just short at 38 degrees.

A group of teens has been charged after allegedly stealing a car and possessing drugs in Brisbane's south on Saturday night.

A man is still fighting for life and another remains in hospital after a mass drug overdose at Festival Hall on Friday night.

The winning numbers were 4, 7, 11, 32, 40, 1, with supplementary numbers 26 and 29.

The three-year-old boy was pulled from Currumbin Creek and witnesses tried to revive him at the scene, but he later died in hospital.

It was a mammoth effort by Perth's emergency services and water authorities after three people fell from a boat off Swanbourne on Saturday evening.

Michigan's attorney general on Saturday named a special prosecutor to lead an "open and ongoing" investigation of Michigan State University after campus sports doctor Larry Nassar sexually assaulted athletes over nearly 20 years.

Barnaby Joyce has flagged possible changes to a landmark Pacific-wide trade deal agreed to last week if needed to bring the United States on board.

Crankshaft IPA came in third place in the GABS Hottest 100 Aussie Craft Beers, while Sprocket and Barley Griffin both made the top 30.

As a top child sex abuse detective remains in a serious condition after being stabbed while attempting to arrest an alleged paedophile who was shot and died himself, an eye witness has given a shocking account of the incident's bloody aftermath.

A teacher at Giralang Primary School, is in an induced coma in Japan after a severe brain hemorrhage.

The body of Zack Jenkins, 15, was the first to be found by partygoers. Brisbane cheerleader Kirsty Cini, 24, was later pulled from the water by police officers.

Instead of letting stroke beat her, Dr Lavinia Codd became a researcher at the Queensland Brain Institute and an advocate for young stroke survivors.

Opposition Leader Deb Frecklington has called for mandatory online publishing of fuel prices, saying costs for motorists around Brisbane are out of control.

A bomb hidden in an ambulance killed at least 95 people and wounded about 160 at a police checkpoint in the Afghan capital.

Gunmen have shot more than a dozen people in a dance club in the Brazilian city of Fortaleza

Czech President Milos Zeman has won a second term after an anti-immigration, pro-Russia campaign.

International Holocaust Remembrance Day has been marked at ceremonies around the world.

Rex Tillerson says the US has started work on fixing what it sees are flaws in the Iranian nuclear deal.

Nine people have been treated for suspected drug overdose at a party in West Melbourne on Saturday night.

Despite hundreds of new species discovered in Australia each year, the science of taxonomy relies ever more on volunteers and retired scientists.

On a winter evening in 2016, dozens of churchgoers gathered at a local primary school in the NSW Riverina to bid farewell to the town's most senior religious figure.

Before the Fire and Fury, was the Mania: Donald Trump’s involvement with pro wrestling began his populist charge, and reflected some of what was to come.