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A Canberra boy on trial for manslaughter denies being behind the wheel of a stolen car that crashed and killed another ...

New Caledonian authorities ban beach swimming and resume shark culling despite concern from environmental groups, after a wing foiler is killed in an attack.

A judge in Washington DC has sentenced Australian man Peter Williams to 87 months in prison for selling sensitive information to a Russian broker.

The judge overseeing a bombshell federal court case has made a stunning intervention as the consumer watchdog makes closing arguments.

British MP's have launched an extraordinary attack on the former Prince Andrew in Parliament, describing him as a "rude, ...

New Inflation data shows the economy is still running hot. What will this mean for interest rates?; Arrests made over the mistaken identity kidnapping and murder of an 85 year old Sydney man; And ...

Emerald Fennell's film adaptation of Wuthering Heights has been marketed as "the greatest love story ever told", which is not typically the description given to the original novel. What does this ...

The $3 million instrument was made in 1610 by the famed Italian luthier Giovanni Paolo Maggini. It took years of intensive searching across the globe to track it down.

The family of an elderly Sydney man kidnapped and murdered in a bungled abduction - have welcomed news of the arrest of two men in connection with the crime.

Because the ABC Emergency Alerts system relies entirely on information published by emergency agencies, despite the best efforts of those agencies, the ABC cannot guarantee that this information will ...

A truck driver charged over a fatal crash which killed two freight train drivers at a level crossing on the Barrier Highway has died.