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The Pacific Islands climate summit held ahead of the official COP31 in Türkiye had its disappointments from the start, but the blame for falling short of climate targets rests with many.

Residents near a proposed social housing project in Bendigo say the state government's fast-tracked planning process is allowing "lazy planning" to go ahead without sufficient scrutiny.

The Greens will take on major supermarkets and address community safety with new policies inspired by New York City mayor Zohran Mamdani.

Adelaide-based dancer Zoë Dunwoodie drew inspiration from her experience of motherhood, her grandmother's postpartum mental health and her mother's love of llamas to shape her latest performance. 

A court orders Tennessee authorities to preserve "anything that was in the actual room" during the failed execution of Christa Pike, as well as recordings and witness accounts.

Three years after the Hamas-led attacks in Israel on October 7, much of Gaza lies in ruins. 

Another interest rate hike this year is "plausible", but not necessarily likely, according to economist Ian Harper, who only left the RBA Monetary Policy Board in August. 

Whether it was from the mouth of a tech leader or celebrity, you've probably heard that "if you don't use AI, you'll be left behind." I went to three AI academics to ask if that's true.

The "spiritual sequel" to The Social Network delves into the 2021 scandal that revealed how far Facebook will go to keep users on platform.

Vinyl sales keep climbing, cassettes are creeping back and CDs are having a second life. But how much do you actually know about the formats that refuse to die? 

Family violence experts say more work is needed to better spot the often hidden signs and integrate services for victim-survivors of strangulation.

Fury is growing around the Catholic Church's handling of jailed outback bishop Christopher Saunders, who remains a senior cleric despite being convicted of sexually assaulting young Aboriginal men.  

It has unrivalled ambition and is backed by a tech billionaire, but Sun Cable's plans to export solar power to Singapore are floundering. 

In 2018, Sandpapergate rocked Australian cricket to its very core. Here's how a febrile atmosphere colluded with a team persistently testing the limits of acceptability to change the game.

Speaking for the first time since he survived the attack last month, Mel Ismail recalls the moment he looked the apex predator in the eye.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said a strike on a residential building in Pryluky, which killed four children, was one of the "most vile" from Moscow's army. 

Japan's Fair Trade Commission is investigating whether the beer brewers colluded to raise their prices at the same time over several years, blaming factors like rising raw material costs.

The clocks are so accurate they could run for 30 million years and only lose a second of time.

Scientists have found the earliest-known fossil of a mammal-like animal that lived more than 160 million years ago in the mid-Jurassic period and may have hunted fish and salamander.

The French government is pausing the use of stun grenades in its policing of student protests after a 15-year-old boy's hand was blown off earlier this week.