As China flexes its air strength at Taiwan and builds navy capacity at unprecedented speed, the United States is bolstering defences on its most important military outpost in the western Pacific: the tropical island of Guam.

The AFL's best and brightest are gathered together to tally the votes and crown the 2022 Brownlow Medallist. Follow the count in our live blog.

As more plans are revealed of Queen Elizabeth II's funeral on September 19, one thing is certain, it will be like nothing we have ever seen before.

We aren't supposed to talk about these things this week. We aren't supposed to talk about colonisation, empire, violence about Aboriginal sovereignty, not even about the republic, writes Stan Grant. 

For centuries, British monarchs — including Queen Elizabeth II — ruled over vast swathes of the globe with the most powerful empire in history. Even as it has crumbled, its legacy of colonialism lives on in the countries forever chan...

It is a longstanding practice, especially by road train truckers on the nation's long interior highways, but this act of politeness is "actually dangerous".

Judi Adams has spent decades raising awareness of breast cancer. But after her own shock diagnosis of pancreatic cancer she's literally shining a light on the disease she says is less talked about.

About 90 children die in Australia every year from childhood dementia — a similar number of deaths as from childhood cancer, which receives 20 times more government funding for research.

The labour market hasn't been this tight in decades, but there are still thousands of people who want work, writes Gareth Hutchens

A 28-year-old man is charged after he was arrested following a disturbance near the Queen's coffin. 

After Queen Elizabeth II died, more than 100 employees at a company near Shanghai set aside other work and put in 14-hour days, making nothing but British-themed flags.

With any sovereign's death, there always comes a shuffling of cards in the game of succession. And in the case of Queen Elizabeth II, the deck has favoured one granddaughter above all others: Princess Beatrice.

A powerful storm causes widespread flooding in several western Alaska coastal communities, knocking out power and sending residents fleeing for higher ground.

Thousands in Haiti face water shortages after days of protest virtually halted distribution of supplies and an approaching storm causes more concern. 

Australia will not ban Russian tourists from entering the country as part of sanctions on Russia over the war in Ukraine, Defence Minister Richard Marles says.

The security chiefs of Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan sit down for talks to stop fighting on the border between the two countries that so far has killed at least 54 people and wounded over 100.

Modelling suggests this La Niña will peak early. But how accurately can the experts predict this "messy natural process" and what difference does a strong La Niña make on the ground?

Why do crab-like creatures keep turning up on the evolutionary tree, and how can you tell a "true crab" from a false one?

The Japan Meteorological Agency issues a special typhoon warning for Kagoshima prefecture on Kyushu, the southernmost of Japan's main islands, as the region braces for a powerful and potentially destructive super typhoon. 

Residents in Frankston, Langwarrin and Cranbourne report feeling the effects of the magnitude-2.4 earthquake that struck at 5:41am.

Henry Silva, known for playing gangsters and tough guy roles in hundreds of films, has died.

The DART mission will strike its target on September 26 to discover if we can protect Earth from asteroid Armageddon. Should we be concerned? 

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says there is new evidence of torture used against the people buried in Izium, one of more than 20 towns retaken in the north-eastern Kharkiv region after a lightning advance earlier this month.

Ukrainians are hopeful for victory after a week of massive territorial gains. Many are planning to return home, reconnect with loved ones liberated from occupation, and are setting their sights on the future. 

After backing the Liberals in 2018 to kill Labor's poker machine reform, Tasmania's hospitality peak body watches that same government introduce gambling limits. It has likely lit a fuse, writes Adam Langenberg.