The fine is final, the consumer affairs ministry said in a statement, adding the US holiday-rental giant must "correct the violations by deleting illegal content". The ministry said 65,122 adverts on Airbnb breached consumer rules, including the pr...

Loaned out as part of China's "panda diplomacy" programme, the distinctive black-and-white animals have symbolised friendship between Beijing and Tokyo since the normalisation of diplomatic ties in 1972. Japan currently has only two pandas, Lei Lei...

As the conflict raged on, Zelensky's delegation huddled for over five hours on Sunday with Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff and the US president's son-in-law Jared Kushner. Witkoff said afterwards on X that "a lot of progress was made, and they ...

The 38-year-old was not included for a pink-ball Test against the West Indies in July, marking his first omission while fit in 12 years. He played in the Ashes opener at Perth but was then overlooked for the day-night Test at the Gabba, where Austr...

A father and son shot and killed 15 people at an annual Hanukkah festival on Sydney's most famous beach on Sunday, an act labelled by Australian and foreign leaders alike as an assault on Jews. The father was shot and killed by police and the son i...

A father and son duo opened fire on a Jewish festival at Australia's best-known beach on Sunday evening, killing 15 people, including a child, and wounding 42 more. Authorities have condemned the attack as an act of terrorism, though they have not...

Dozens of people were killed in five days of fighting in July before a truce was brokered and then broken within months, part of a long-standing conflict rooted in the colonial-era demarcation of the countries' 800-kilometre (500-mile) frontier. Re...

European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen is due in Brazil on Saturday to sign in the agreement, which, 20 years in the making, would create the world's biggest free-trade area. But she first needs to get approval from member states. Wrangling...

The 68-year-old is famed for his interpretation of Tolkien's literary work, which ultimately saw him serve as a concept artist on film-maker Peter Jackson's movie trilogies "The Lord of the Rings" and "The Hobbit". A lover of mythology and legends,...

RC Lens beat Nice 2-0 and will spend the winter as French league leaders. This as OGC Nice suffered their sixth consecutive defeat.

The duo fired into crowds packing the Sydney beach for the start of Hanukkah on Sunday evening, sending people fleeing in panic across the tourist hotspot. A 10-year-old girl, a Holocaust survivor and a local rabbi were among those killed, while 42...

It was their only change for a must-win match, with off-spinning allrounder Will Jacks keeping his place ahead of Shoaib Bashir. Atkinson struggled in eight-wicket defeats at Perth and Brisbane, clobbered for 236 with just three wickets to show for...

The third Test begins in Adelaide on Wednesday with hosts Australia on the brink of retaining the famous urn. England were beaten by eight wickets at Perth and Brisbane, with the usually prolific Brook scoring a total of 98 runs across four innings...

Police have yet to provide a motive for Sunday's mass shooting, but they say it was clearly an antisemitic, terrorist act. Senior officials in the investigation told the ABC that two IS flags were found in the gunmen's car at the beach, although Ne...