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Iran summons the British ambassador after London backed the United States' conclusion that Iran attacked two oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman, while the Saudi Energy Minister stokes tensions, saying the kingdom "is committed to ensuring stability of global oil markets".
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Aaron Finch belted 153 runs to help Australia to a 87-run victory over Sri Lanka in the Cricket World Cup match at The Oval.
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Central banks appear to have painted themselves into a corner and will have to keep cutting, given the expectations they have raised.
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The mass, which commemorates the cathedral's consecration as a place of worship, is held in a side-chapel left undamaged by the April 15 fire, with attendance limited to about 30 people wearing protective headgear.
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Amid the post-match euphoria of the Matildas' win against Brazil, captain Sam Kerr made a powerful statement about sexism and homophobia. It needs to go down in sporting folklore, writes Kate O'Halloran.
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With laughs and tears a Brisbane program is using old photographs to spark stories and conversations.
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The "involuntary celibate" are going to extreme lengths to physically embody the male ideal, but all the surgery in the world will not make misogyny attractive, Emma Jane writes.
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Michele and Georges Meffre sold their belongings in France, spent 20 years sailing around the world — adopting two Chilean children along the way — before calling Tasmania home.
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How do you put your life back together after surviving a mass shooting? For Ambreen, the first step is learning to drive.
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A team of Australians are digitising "cigar-like" ancient texts that pre-date other Buddhist relics by more than a millennium.
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Many in Hong Kong fear the reach of Beijing's clutches despite their promised right to protest, and are hiding their faces so if the extradition bill passes, they will not be marked by police.
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A "significant" fire has destroyed several classrooms at Upper Mt Gravatt State School on Brisbane's southside, with a crime scene declared and the school shut down.
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ABC TV weather presenter Jenny Woodward describes the moment she thought she was having a heart attack. She hopes sharing her story will convince others to dial triple-0, with paramedics saying no-one ever died of embarrassment.
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Hundreds of people have signed a petition calling on Queensland MPs to stop a departmental plan to remove 'historic' fishing huts in and around a national park in the state's north.
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"Nipple sucker 3,000" and "jug juicer" are terms invented by a group of frustrated mothers, who are fighting Facebook's claim that the items are medical devices after the sale of them was banned under the site's commerce policies.
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From robot bartenders, AI judges and delivery bots to tech giants like Skype and TransferWise — in less than 30 years Estonia has made the transformation from a struggling post-Soviet state to one of the world's most digitalised nations.
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Engineers are assessing the multistorey complex in Mascot that was evacuated on Friday night after cracks were found in the building's car park.
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Italian director Franco Zeffirelli, who worked with stars including Elizabeth Taylor and Dame Judi Dench, dies at home in Rome.
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Ben Stratton's provocative defending tactics see the Hawthorn skipper sent straight to the tribunal and facing an extended stint on the sidelines.
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The Bulldogs keep their composure to beat the Blues at Docklands after the Saints beat the Suns in Townsville and the Dockers have a win over the Power in Perth.
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The Eels make a mess of the Broncos in Parramatta after the Storm ran roughshod over the Knights and the Panthers won a close one against the Rabbitohs.
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A dugong calf that developed an attachment to humans after being separated from its mother and found off southern Thailand is being nurtured by marine experts in hopes that it can one day fend for itself.