Lula da Silva has emerged victorious in the Brazilian election, beating Jair Bolsonaro to be president.

Tributes are flooding in for Grace Rached, a 23-year-old Sydney film production assistant, who was killed while two of her friends are being treated in intensive care.

A young Sydney woman killed in the South Korea crowd crush is being remembered by her family as kind and caring, with an infectious smile.

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Bolsonaro and his inner circle have faced investigations on accusations including the embezzlement of public funds and theft of staff wages.

At least 60 people have died, hundreds injured after suspension bridge collapses in western India.

French-Australian vet Dr Jerome Hugonot has reportedly been freed after he was kidnapped in the African country of Chad.

Australian among the 154 people killed in an horrific Halloween stampede in South Korea.

The men were sentenced to life in prison following the 1965 assassination of Malcolm X.

Video reports showed hundreds of people desperately clinging to the broken structure.

Videos on Chinese social media platforms showed workers climbing over fences and carrying their belongings down the road.

Leftist candidate Luiz Inacio Lula Da Silva is the new Brazilian president, beating far-right incumbent Jair Bolsonaro.

It is a stunning return to power for Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva whose 2018 imprisonment over a corruption scandal sidelined him from that year’s election.

Australian envoy collects Australian women and children from a town called Qamishli in Syria.

Elon Musk’s now-deleted post comes days after his purchase of Twitter fuelled concerns that the social media platform would no longer seek to limit misinformation.

In an exclusive interview, Dr Anthony Fauci is delivering his own shot as he prepares to bow out of public life.

The experience in the United Kingdom makes clear that a thriving multiracial and multifaith democracy is possible without quotas.

Dual French-Australian citizen Jerome Hugonot says he was pushed to the ground and had a gun pointed at his head by his alleged kidnappers.

Consular officials are also assisting a number of other Australians who attended the event, DFAT says.

Dozens of people are still missing in the aftermath of the disaster in Seoul, and the Australian embassy has launched urgent enquiries.