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  1. 'I have become president': Indonesian candidate threatens election challenge

    Data from private pollsters based on counts of vote samples showed President Joko Widodo winning the popular vote with about 54 per cent, but his challenger, former general Prabowo Subianto, is refusing to concede.

  2. Jacinda Ardern among record number of women on Time '100 most influential people' list

    The list features 48 women — including prominent actors, sportspeople and politicians from around the world — representing the highest number of women included since Time magazine began publishing its annual list in 2004.

  3. Analysis: The Mueller report drops tomorrow. But do Americans even care anymore?

    Robert Mueller's report on Russian meddling in the 2016 election finally goes public overnight, and politicians will fight furiously to convince weary Americans of their version of history, writes James Glenday.

  4. Beyonce drops surprise live Coachella album alongside Homecoming Netflix doco

    The US singer announces the release of a surprise live recording to coincide with the launch of her Netflix documentary, Homecoming: A Film by Beyonce.

  5. New Zealand's rare kakapo parrot is making a comeback

    A record number of endangered flightless kakapos hatch during New Zealand's unusually long 2019 breeding season, dramatically boosting numbers of the rare native parrot.

  6. What was lost and what was saved: A 3D tour of Notre Dame

    Take a virtual tour of what happened and what was lost when this cultural cornerstone went up in flames, and what is now left to build upon as Paris takes stock after the Notre Dame fire.

  7. Analysis: Chinese votes, unresolved scandals and history-making candidates in Chisholm

    On election day May 18 — regardless of which Chinese-Australian candidate wins in the marginal Victorian seat of Chisholm — history will be made.

  8. Samsung facing another product launch disaster after new foldable phone reportedly breaks

    In another bad product release for Samsung, its brand-new folding Galaxy Fold smartphone appears to be breaking after being used for only a couple of days, according to journalists reviewing the device before launch.

  9. Video shows Mohamed Noor's partner performing CPR on Justine Damond

    Video taken immediately after Australian Justine Damond Ruszczyk was shot by police officer Mohamed Noor is played at his trial in a United States court.

  10. Giant lost carnivore found in museum drawer

    A palaeontologist went rummaging around in some drawers in a Kenyan museum and found the biggest African meat-eating mammal of its day: Simbakubwa kutokaafrika.

  11. Tesla CEO Elon Musk's massive gamble on China could be thwarted by local rivals

    Tesla is moving aggressively into China, where the Government is encouraging drivers and manufacturers to go electric. But China already has its own manufacturers, who will challenge Elon Musk for his crown.

  12. Iran's first female boxer cancels trip home after arrest warrant issued

    Female Iranian boxer Sadaf Khadem was in a taxi on her way to catch a flight back to Iran before cancelling her trip after she received a tip off that an arrest warrant had been issued.

  13. At least 28 people killed in tourist bus crash in Madeira

    A tour bus carrying German tourists crashes on the Portuguese island of Madeira, killing 28 people and injuring more than 20 others, local authorities say.

  14. North Korea says it has tested a new tactical guided weapon

    Kim Jong-un has overseen the testing of a new type of tactical guided weapon with "a powerful warhead", in the country's first public weapons test since the US-North Korea summit in Hanoi, North Korean state media says.

Features

  1. Before and after the blaze

    Photos give us a more detailed glimpse of the damage wrought on the Notre Dame cathedral's interior.

  2. US police questioned

    Sergeant says she turned her camera off to have a "private conversation" with officer who allegedly killed an Australian.

  3. Too much zoom?

    The SuperZoom on Huawei's latest smartphone allows users to read faraway signs, but privacy fears persist.

  4. Indonesia election issues

    Election officials are undertaking a mammoth task: oversight of the biggest and most complex single-day poll on earth.

  5. The Green New Deal

    You're going to be hearing a lot about America's new climate policy proposal ahead of the 2020 US election.

  6. Treasures of Notre Dame

    First responders scrambled to remove the religious relics and artworks at Notre Dame cathedral, but not everything could be saved.

  7. 72-hour work week

    Working 9-5? Not if you're employed by Alibaba founder Jack Ma, who's urging staff to instead adopt a "996" schedule.

  8. Jailed for keeping servant

    A "callous" Queensland couple who forced a Fijian woman to work as their domestic servant jailed for eight years.

  9. $414m Chinatown in PNG

    As Chinese investment floods in, PNG politicians are shrugging off concerns about Beijing's rising influence in the Pacific.

  10. 'Ridiculous rubbish'

    The Liberal candidate for the Victorian seat for Chisholm appears to describe LGBTI issues as "ridiculous rubbish".

  11. Cathedral spire collapses

    Video has captured the iconic spire of the Gothic Notre Dame cathedral collapsing after fire tore through its wooden frame.

  12. The 'golput' movement

    Indonesia's golput movement sees progressive citizens daring to imagine a different future — and it starts with boycotting an election.

  13. Sharrouf family reunion

    After five years, Sydney woman Karen Nettleton is reunited with her grandchildren in a refugee camp in north-east Syria.

  14. GOT censored in China

    China's heavy-handed censors have repeatedly denied its citizens of the most memorable moments of previous seasons.

  15. School or terror camp?

    In the mountains of north-east Pakistan sits a humble religious school for boys. But did it push the country perilously close to war with a nuclear enemy next door?

  16. The 'noken' voting system

    In Indonesia's upcoming election, thousands of West Papuans will vote differently from the rest of the nation. Here's why.

  17. Expat Indonesians vote

    An estimated 15,000 people cast their ballots in Melbourne, choosing between President Joko Widodo and former army General Prabowo Subianto.

  18. 'A lifetime of cruelty'

    Cafes in countries like Japan and South Korea are offering new ways to interact with wild animals.

  19. The 'floating' island home

    A disappearing island, cyclone season and Rohingya refugees with nowhere else to go. What could go wrong?

  20. Trump U-turn on Assange

    Donald Trump mentioned WikiLeaks 141 times before the 2016 election. Now his Justice Department is pressing charges.

Asia Pacific

  1. Dog rescued from ocean

    The doggy-paddling pooch was discovered floating off an oil rig by workers who named him "Boon Rod", Thai for "Survivor".

    A worker on the Chevron Thailand Exploration and Production rig, Vitisak Payalaw, said on his Facebook page that the dog was sighted last Friday swimming toward the platform.

    The crew managed to rescue the dog by putting a rope around its neck and hauling it up.

  1. Three dead in plane crash

    A small aircraft hits a parked helicopter while preparing to take off at Nepal's Tenzing-Hillary Airport at Lukla.

  2. Japan's nuclear clean up

    Remote-controlled cranes will lift hundreds of radioactive cylinders from a contaminated reactor site.

  3. N Korea open to fresh US talks

    Kim Jong-un warns "hostile policies" will not get his country to abandon its nuclear weapons program.

  4. Thai politician sedition case

    Australia defends its decision to send a diplomat to observe a controversial legal case in Bangkok.

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