Brazil's president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, has defeated right-wing senator Flávio Bolsonaro in a runoff to secure a ...

A convicted child rapist who sparked a national manhunt over alleged child sex offences has been extradited to South ...

A convicted killer fails to overturn a ban on Vegemite in Victoria's prisons after court hears it can be used to make alcohol ...

A man has been found dead in floodwaters in southern Queensland. Emergency services were called to Smothering Creek at Boompa Road in Boompa, west of Maryborough, just after 11am. Officers declared ...

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With an increasing number of extreme weather events occurring across Australia, and many parts of the country again facing an ...

Frustrated psychiatrists and lawyers say an alarming uptick in homicides by people with psychosis is a triple tragedy for ...

The Wallabies will take on the All Blacks at the Melbourne Cricket Ground as part of the Rugby Championship in 2027, along ...

The accused told his friend he had "misheard" an alleged confession he had "killed people" in recordings played to court.

A coronial inquest into the deaths of six children in the Tasmanian jumping castle tragedy will seek to engage a planetary ...

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Days after proposed timetable changes were abandoned, the government is promising to electrify the rail line from Kiama to ...