The world’s largest online shopping festival has set a new sales record with Australia businesses playing a big part. Key points: Year-on-year sales growth fell to...
Large parts of northern China, including the capital Beijing, have been hit by freezing temperatures and record snowfall, blanketing streets and causing travel delays. Key points: A...
As the Chinese Communist Party’s sixth plenary session wraps up in Beijing, much of the focus outside China has been on two key aspects. The first...
Queen Elizabeth II will attend a Remembrance Day service this weekend, in her first in-person public engagement since she spent a night in hospital last month and...
Champion basketballer and Indigenous rights campaigner Patty Mills has been named as the ACT’s Australian of the Year nominee. Mills was chosen from among four shortlisted candidates for...
Matthew Hayden has hailed Pakistan opener Mohammad Rizwan as a “warrior” after he emerged from intensive care to almost take down Australia. Key points: The Pakistan...
Bert Newton waited for his wife Patti to leave the room before taking his final breath. If she hadn’t left, he would not have been able...
Civil construction company Pipecon has been convicted and fined $550,000 for a workplace safety breach that killed two workers on a housing development in Ballarat. Key...
A former patient of Dr Daniel Lanzer says she was left with “putrid” rotting skin after an “excruciating” operation to fix a tummy tuck that the controversial cosmetic...
In an article last month, I noted the puzzling UK official data that confirmed the efficacy of vaccines in reducing hospitalisations and deaths but with infections for 40-49 year olds, the unadjusted rate per 100,000 people was...