Journalists and others were allowed to fly on presidential jet despite security threat while Trump was spirited away ...

In today’s newsletter: As ministers scramble to resolve overcrowding in prisons, experts say the crisis demands a rethink of who we lock up – and what happens when they’re set free Good morning. On ...

The consultant and lobbyist Jeremy Greenwood has been reprimanded by commissioner Fabian Gleeson SC during the New South Wales Icac's investigation into allegations of corruption in the state's ...

As a teenager, I was so ashamed of my speech disability that even my family didn’t know about it. When Scatman John came on the radio, celebrating his own stammer in a hit about self-esteem, I knew I ...

High temperatures continue with forecasts reaching 38C on Thursday and wildfires stretching emergency services The prime minister will chair a meeting of the Cobra emergency committee on Wednesday in ...

Officers were called to a property south of Brisbane at 12.27am on Wednesday, where a woman could not be revived Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast A First Nations woman ...

Want to get this in your inbox every Wednesday afternoon? Sign up for the AFL newsletter here. Retirement season has arrived, the annual late-winter period when the AFL caravan slows for just long ...

The success of Australian players in the NBA and WNBA comes as the NBL continues to enjoy growth and become an ever-more attractive proposition A wild confluence of basketball breakthroughs has sent ...

Nothing was ever quite as it seemed as Anna Chapman charmed her way into the higher echelons of society. Plus: Tinie Tempah channels his inner Kevin McCloud. Here’s what to watch today 9pm, Channel 4 ...

State’s Democratic lieutenant governor bests Angie Craig in another election contest pitting a progressive against a moderate Peggy Flanagan, Minnesota’s lieutenant governor, won the Democratic ...

Forecasters warned the Chinese capital could receive more than one-third of its average annual rainfall over 24 hours Thousands of people have been evacuated from areas at risk of flooding and ...

Famed for playing loners, cranks and wayward angels, the Hollywood star is now a wolfish 90 – but he still jogs daily. As he takes his latest film to Edinburgh, we meet the man Hitchcock called ‘the ...