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The discovery of a backpack filled with cash has prompted police to arrest four people in sweeping raids targeting an alleged ...

It's thought that, between 2.6 and 2.5 million years ago, our distant human ancestors were subsisting mostly on fruits, ...

Japanese agriculture minister Taku Eto has resigned, taking responsibility for remarks he made about rice that angered voters ...

Australia is well placed to avoid a recession, even if Donald Trump's trade war takes a turn for the worse, the treasurer ...

NEW Zealand international Dane Ingham is among nine players officially released by the Newcastle Jets but the future of ...

The war, now in its 20th month, has left Gaza in ruins and its population facing a worsening hunger crisis. It has strained ...

A 22-year-old man has been charged following an investigation by Child Abuse Squad detectives into the alleged sexual assault ...

The World Health Organisation says circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 has been detected in stool specimens of two ...

George Wendt, an actor with an everyman charm who played the affable, beer-loving barfly Norm on the hit TV comedy Cheers has ...

US President Donald Trump says he has selected a design for the Golden Dome missile defence shield and named a Space Force ...

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni says Pope Leo has confirmed during a phone call with her his willingness to host in the ...