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Radradra stands at the intersection of two basic philosophical arguments regarding professional sports.

A fire swept through a group of factories in Melbourne's west overnight, destroying a jumping castle hire company and causing damage to at least two other businesses.

The Duke of Cambridge comforted a nine-year-old girl who had lost her father, and told her how important it is to talk about her grief.

When Phoenix-based Ratnesh Mishra came across a picture of an Indian flag doormat on Amazon's Canadian website, he was incensed.

Four young children were allegedly left inside a locked car in Sydney's west on Wednesday afternoon, as the mercury hit its peak at 40.9 degrees.

Five men have been charged over an alleged torture involving 16 people at a mechanic workshop on the Gold Coast.

Volkswagen took a major step toward resolving one of the darkest chapters in its history Wednesday, pleading guilty to an emissions-cheating scandal and agreeing to pay $US4.3 billion ($5.8 billion) in criminal and civil charges as the US announced charges against five new individuals.

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President-elect tells press conference he was recently turned down a $US2 billion deal in Dubai. 'I don't like the way that looks, but I would be able to do that if I wanted to.'

A two-year-old boy who was found unconscious in a fish pond at a house in Sydney's west last week has died in hospital, the latest victim in a spate of tragic drownings to plague the state this summer.

US President-elect Donald Trump acknowledged for the first time Wednesday that he believes Russian operatives hacked the Democratic Party during the election, but he continued to dispute intelligence reports that Moscow acted to help him win.

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It beggars belief that we are now so politically correct we are worrying about how suspects feel answering factual based questions.

The transit of the aircraft carrier, the Liaoning, came amid rising tensions between Taiwan and China.

What did the president-elect say in his first news conference since July?

Few international passengers stopping in Canberra, how the Turnbull government killed its digital dream and a sprinter with albinism's battle against the sun.

Donald Trump plans to transfer all his business assets into a trust and putting his two sons in charge, a Trump lawyer said.

A wage negotiation at the world's top copper mine is showing the downside for producers of recovering prices.

Iron ore and steel futures in China advanced for a third session on Wednesday, hitting their strongest in three weeks

Controversial Eels winger Semi Radradra will quit the NRL at the end of the season after signing a lucrative deal with French rugby club Toulon.

Professorial to the end, President Barack Obama finished his farewell speech to Americans with a brief lecture in language and tense – "yes we can" became "yes we did."

Whether it's the RBA or the lenders, one thing is likely: home loan repayments are likely to get more expensive.

The longer-term significance of the milestone is subject to debate.

Why are we obsessed with politicians' entitlements? Is it because they are not managing the country?

This week Sydneysiders will have their first opportunity to view the hauntingly beautiful artworks painted by Myuran Sukumaran during his final days on death row in Bali's Kerobokan prison.