While the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine will likely be the first to get approval in Australia, most of us will end up receiving the Oxford-AstraZeneca shot, Chief Medical Officer Paul Kelly says. ...

A 37-year-old man who allegedly jumped off a bulk carrier ship and swam to shore in Albany, on the state's south coast, is an "unusual" example of a breach of WA quarantine rules and one that would be "hard to stop", acc...

Greater Brisbane locals will remain in lockdown until 6pm tomorrow, despite zero cases of coronavirus being recorded overnight.

As play was halted at the SCG on day four, it became again apparent that too many Australians have been unable to distinguish between national pride and the comfortable expression of abuse, writes Russell Jackson. ...

Indonesian divers locate parts of a Boeing 737-500 that crashed into the Java Sea with 62 people on board shortly after take-off from Jakarta.

Police are searching for a suspected conman who administered a fake COVID-19 vaccine to an elderly woman in her London home.

Australian captain Tim Paine might be in trouble for swearing at an umpire over a DRS decision on Saturday, but Ian Chappell says the whole system needs an overhaul.

Apple and Amazon join Google in suspending Parler, an online platform described as a "free speech" Twitter clone, from their App Store and web hosting service in the wake of deadly riots at the US Capitol. ...

After 12 years and almost 47,000 original tweets, the US President has been kicked off Twitter. And other social media platforms are following suit. Here are services that have either banned or restricted Donald Trump â€...

The arrest of 55 people last week is by far the largest such action taken under a national security law China has imposed on the semi-autonomous territory.

A group of spectators are ejected from the SCG after Indian bowler Mohammed Siraj makes a complaint to the umpire.

Amid a backdrop of postponed games, dozens of players in self-isolation and the rapid spread of a new strain of COVID-19, England's professional football leagues have no plans to stop playing games. Here's why. ...

Mother Nature puts on a show for locals relieved to get outside as strict stay-at-home orders are lifted in the northern zone of the northern beaches.

The US President's dangerous delusions and his crazed followers should remind us that America has always teetered on the edge of collapse, writes Stan Grant.

As NSW records three new locally acquired coronavirus cases, health authorities warn the next fortnight is critical to containing the state's latest outbreaks and urge residents to continue high levels of testing. ...

Fighting is still going on in several parts of Ethiopia's northern Tigray region and almost 2.3 million people — nearly half of the population — need aid, according to a UN report.

A senior administration official says outgoing Vice-President Mike Pence will attend Joe Biden's inauguration as the new US president, as Donald Trump vows to snub the Washington event.

A 'horned' protester and a man photographed carrying off US Speaker Nancy Pelosi's lectern during the recent riots are among dozens of protesters arrested for storming the Capitol.

Articles of impeachment brought against US President Donald Trump will be "very narrow" and relate to him encouraging supporters to storm the Capitol in a riot where five people died, according to the Democrat who drafte...

In a deeply patriarchal society where women have long been relegated to the role of breeders, the rise of Kim Jong-un's younger sister and wife might signal something is changing inside the secretive state. ...

The deadly 2011 floods thrust cars into trees, water tanks onto roads and swept away an entire town. An "inland tsunami" formed when heavy rains fell on already soaked earth killing 36 people. Queenslanders share their m...

A neighbour hears screaming from a burning house in Melbourne's south-east before learning a woman and three children had died in the "horrific" blaze.

Thailand's controversial King is facing growing criticism from young protesters who are demanding reforms, one of which calls on the sovereign to rule from within the Kingdom he's inherited.

In 1943, Ross Ashley Bryan carved his name, the date, and his place of birth, into a rock outside an old NSW railway tunnel. Nearly 80 years later, that small act reveals his involvement in Australia's classified mustard...

It was the year that gave rise to the iPod and the fall of the World Trade Centre. Here are 21 albums that were the soundtrack of 2001.

"The less someone has the more likely they are to give": Dean Keddell was trying to help Balinese who lost their jobs because of COVID-19 but he ended up with some important lessons in life, writes Mark Bannerman. ...

Chinese regulators have launched an investigation into China's biggest e-commerce giants Alibaba, cofounded by Jack Ma, who hasn't been seen since October.

Putting your pillowcase in the freezer and sucking on ice are just some of the tips Australian state governments have for residents when it comes to keeping cool in a heatwave and at least one scientist is out to prove t...

The UK has recorded its highest daily death toll and highest number of new infections as it battles a new mutant variant of COVID-19. So how did it get to this point and will lockdowns be able to get it out? ...

After learning the classic art of deep-button upholstery and even making the chairs in WA's Parliament House, Rex Corbett Hughes spent years battling alcohol addiction. Sober for five years now, he has a message for othe...