Australian students sitting their NAPLAN tests have been forced to stop after a widespread technical outage disrupted ...

Every working morning, the raft-masters of Japan's Kitayama River build four seven-tonne, 30-metre rafts from about 200 tree trunks bound together with metal wires. Every afternoon, they take them ...

A former Big Bash League and state-level cricketer will plead guilty to child sexual abuse offences, a court has been told.

Australia's tax system needs to be rebalanced towards effort and ingenuity, independent MP Allegra Spender said as ...

Ukrainian President ‌Volodymyr Zelenskiy says prisoner swaps and a possible leaders' ‌summit could be ⁠discussed during ​the ...

Authorities are hopeful floodwaters won't reach a predicted peak in one regional city despite hundreds of people ...

Everyone is willing ‌to take measures ‌to stabilise the oil market, including the ‌United States, ‌French ⁠finance ...

Matt Canavan has outlined a nationalistic agenda while rejecting One Nation's divisive politics as he faces his ...

That plants need nutrients has been known pretty much as long as humans have been growing them, but it was not until the 1840s that Justus von Liebig identified the role of nitrogen.

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Police are under pressure for not immediately arresting an alleged extremist who shouted racist abuse at Muslims ...

A man's racist rant while mimicking the actions of the gunmen behind the deadly Bondi terror attack can be put down to drunken stupidity, his lawyer says.