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Almost 200,000 people were ordered on Sunday to evacuate from the area below the Lake Oroville Dam.

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Joe Root said he felt "privileged, humbled and very excited" to be named England Test cricket captain on Monday, replacing Alastair Cook.

Iron ore surged 6.5 per cent, confounding analysts, amid rising demand for steel in China and optimism about that demand.

At least four people have been killed in an avalanche at the Alpine skiing station of Tignes, local authorities say.

Malcolm Turnbull is not the first Australian Prime Minister to stand up to a US President, says Kevin Rudd, citing his own harsh words with George W. Bush over the Iraq War.

Embattled pizza giant Domino's faces calls for an independent compensation scheme for exploited workers.

An estimated 3000 locals joined a community meeting in Werribee on Monday night to oppose plans for a youth detention centre in Werribee South.

Labor "shouldn't be surprised" to be compared unfavourably to One Nation on economics, Trade Minister Steve Ciobo said.

In: Daicos. It's a line Collingwood fans have longed to read since Peter retired 24 years ago. Now his son Josh is poised to play his first game for the Magpies.

Islamic State has taken aim at several Australian religious scholars in its latest propaganda video, calling on followers to kill the sheikhs because they discourage violence.

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A prominent veterans charity has been stripped of its registration after complaints to the national regulator.

Consider the process behind the Domino's bargain next time you buy.

A riot is reportedly underway at the youth detention unit of Victoria's maximum security adult prison.

After a nil-nil draw in Newcastle, Melbourne Victory are now 11 points adrift of A-League leaders Sydney.

Valentine's Day is far from a rosy affair for some women, with a spike in domestic violence common after February 14.

Animal welfare activists are calling for a ban on transporting dolphins by plane after filming footage that showed them being boxed into crates in Indonesia.

Brisbane's flame-haired powerhouse singer-songwriter Carol Lloyd – the woman who gave Australia the great 1970s rock song A Matter of Time – has died on Monday in Brisbane's Wesley Hospital.

Police weren't kidding around when they charged two men over the theft and fraudulent sale of goats in south-west Queensland.

Those running Australia's network of detention camps in the Pacific should be charged with crimes against humanity under a fresh push for international prosecutions.

The wharfies and working class folk who built or bought the tiny houses in the inner bayside would fall face first into their Fosters if they knew the prices being paid for what were their three room cottages with primitive bathroom and privies out back.

Chris Waller's mare equalled Phar Lap's unbeaten record with commanding win in the Apollo Stakes

Canberrans are notorious tailgaters so the ACT government is set to try a rather unusual way of stopping its residents from running up the back of one another.