Heat waves had the biggest impact, the report showed, as UNICEF's executive director Catherine Russell warned children are "more vulnerable" to extreme weather. "They heat up faster, they sweat less ...

Samsung says it is building a platform that will make our mobile phones and other devices smarter not just for the next decade but for the “next century”.

Of all the images I’ve seen of the latest hostage handover, the image of Doron Steinbrecher is planted in my mind. She looks like a petrified child, not a woman of 31; hair braided like a schoolgirl’s ...

Post-war Australia is often remembered as a time of stability, with steady jobs, a thriving economy, and a growing population fuelled by immigration and the baby boom.

A joint parliamentary inquiry on campus anti-Semitism is considering calling the Queensland University of Technology to testify publicly amid mounting pressure and new bipartisan criticism of the ...

A railcar dumper at Rio Tinto’s East Intercourse Island port facility could be out of action for three to four weeks due to flooding caused by Tropical Cyclone Sean, however the company said there ...

Peter Dutton says Penny Wong is the “most inappropriate person” to represent Australia at the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, criticising the Foreign Minister for her stance on Israel ...

An urgent investigation is under way into the death of an infant child found unconscious at a home in Queensland’s Rockhampton region.

Novak Djokovic throws his ailing 37-year-old body into an Australian Open semi-final against Alexander Zverev on Friday while defending champion Jannik Sinner faces Ben Shelton.

The January tedium of the tennis and its swarm of absurdly wealthy, self-obsessed, automaton participants is always dispelled by the gaiety (if that word still means what it used to) of Australia Day, ...

The Department of Government Efficiency was originally envisioned as a joint Elon Musk — Vivek Ramaswamy mission outside the federal government. Now it is all Elon — and he is inside.

The federal government’s move to become a principal creditor of Rex by acquiring $50m of debt from investor PAG Asia Capital, will keep the airline flying for longer while the search for a buyer ...