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Indian teen Gukesh Dommaraju has become the youngest chess world champion, after beating his Chinese rival Ding Liren.

The Sydney Street Choir has inspired audiences around Australia and provided support and community to its members. 

Donald Trump has been named as TIME's Person of the Year for a second time, just one month before he is sworn in as the 47th president of the United States.

Six months after initially announcing their nuclear energy policy, the opposition has finally released the details on how much it's expected to cost.

The Inquiry into Nuclear Power Generation in Australia was established to examine the viability of the Coalition's nuclear energy proposal.This morning representatives from the Climate Council voiced their concerns that there's not enough time to pursue a nuclear energy scheme.  

As news organisations anxiously look to a new year with very tenuous deals with Meta and Google under the news bargaining code, the Albanese government has swept in just in time to fill journalism’s Christmas stocking.

The federal government is moving in on tech giants to force them into commercial agreements with Australian media outlets. 

A new exhibition brings the city of Pompeii to life, with captivating soundscapes, and digital projections with over 90 objects from the ancient city.

Hearing bad news from your doctor can be particularly distressing and when you’re being bombarded with information about treatment options, side effects, and medication instructions. It can be easy to get lost in all the noise and forget key pieces of information.

Australia has today finally announced a major sports deal with Papua New Guinea…one that's aimed at stopping China from gaining security foot-hold in the Pacific nation. 

As Syria begins adjusting to its post-Assad reality, questions remain about what the transitional government will look like and how or whether other nations will interact with it. 

As the dust begins to settle on the whiplash removal of the Bashar al-Assad regime in Syria, attention is turning to what the country’s future may look like. 

The shores of Tasmania have turned gelatinous in recent weeks with thousands of mysterious jelly-like creatures washing ashore.

Student awards are meant to recognise and celebrate student achievements, but are they always a good thing?Is there a risk we end up rewarding children for the wrong reasons? And, for those who miss out on an award, can it leave them feeling inferior to their peers?

The upcoming election campaign is shaping up to be a battle for families.The Prime Minister has announced that his Government would scrap the childcare activity test and offering 3 days subsidised care to families earning up to $530,000 a year.Guest: Georgie Dent, CEO The Parenthood

Aa new report by Australia’s Human Rights Commission is warning that the rights, safety and wellbeing of women in detention are being widely overlooked, compounding the risk of  harassment, violence, and ill health.

Sita Walker lets go of her long-held beliefs and finds freedom in unexpected places in her essay A Cynics Guide to Unbelief.

Cost of living pain is being felt nowhere more keenly than on Thursday Island in the Torres Strait, off the tip of north Queensland where fuel can be anywhere up to three dollars a litre.

How would you feel if there was talk of a nuclear power coming to your community?

Is swimming a life skill that all Australians should acquire?Sadly, when it comes to water safety, men from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) backgrounds are often lacking essential knowledge and skills leaving them at a higher risk of drowning.However, one water safety program is working hard to change this by offering culturally sensitive learn-to-swim and ocean safetyprograms.

The Reserve Bank has left interest rates on hold in December for a ninth-straight meeting, but opened the door to a rate cut as soon as February.

A US court has ruled against Rupert Murdoch's bid to change his family trust to consolidate control of his media empire in the hands of his son Lachlan, the New York Times has reported.

Do you think you could tell the difference between your loved one's real voice and an A.I.-generated voice clone? Evan Ratliff's podcast Shell Game tested the theory.

Disability service providers are warning they are on the verge of collapse with just 13 per cent of operators able to break even in the past year.

The debate around a nuclear industry in Australia has largely centred on how much it will cost - CSIRO says it will be far more expensive than renewables, while the Coalition continues to shoot down that analysis as it prepare to release its own numbers. 

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has sent a team of experts to investigate a mysterious disease that appears to have infected 400 people and killed dozens in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Dealing with the logistics of a breakup or divorce can be more of a headache than a heartache.

Australia is moving another piece on the Pacific chess board signing a new treaty with Nauru today that will lock other countries out of providing security or critical infrastructure to the island nation. 

The despotic Syrian ruler Bashar al-Assad has fled with his family to Moscow to seek shelter from Russia after the dramatic overthrow of his regime in a stunning rebel advance. 

A new book records the connections that Australians from all walks of life have with our vast blue surroundings. 

Australian designer, writer, publicist, television personality and Gold Logie winner, Maggie Tabberer, has died aged 87.

Jamie Webster got his start singing for Liverpool FC fans, now he's hoping to give his fellow Liverpudlians a voice. 

Many survivors of child sexual abuse are still waiting to be compensated with at least 50 applications road blocked because 12 organisations are refusing to join the National Redress Scheme.  

Top Canadian news outlets to sue OpenAI in major copyright case

For just the second time since reliable national records began in 1910, the 2.5C barrier was breached for an entire season in spring. The country's mean temperature in spring was estimated at 2.08 degrees Celsius above the baseline.

In the age of record temperatures, global conflict, pandemics and financial insecurity is preparing for the worst as far-fetched as it seems?

This week the language-learning company Babbel and closed-captioning company The Captioning Group released a list of the words that news anchors, politicians and other public figures in the U.S. struggled with the most in 2024.

It's the PR gimmick that has become a yearly tradition for Spotify users, the end of year list that shows users what song and artists they listened to most.What does your Wrapped list say about youGuest: James Colley, Writer

The financial regulator, ASIC, has criticised insurance companies for failing to adequately identify and address consumer complaints. 

Tasmania’s oversized ferry, the Spirit of Tasmania 4 has sailed into Scotland’s Firth of Forth, where it will be berthed for at least 30 days at a cost of nearly two hundred thousand dollars.  

In 1999, NSW was facing an unprecedented heroin epidemic. The premier at the time, Bob Carr, hosted an inspired drug summit that culminated in the first medically supervised injecting centre.

Australia has now backed a UN resolution demanding "Israel bring to an end its unlawful presence in the Occupied Palestinian Territory as rapidly as possible". The resolution also calls for an end to all new settlement activities and for settlers to be removed from occupied territory.  The Foreign Affairs Minister Penny Wong says the decision has been motivated by a desire for peace and support for a two-state solution. Meanwhile the opposition leader, Peter Dutton says the Prime Minister has abandoned the Jewish community.

Four internationals in ten days - the Matildas friendly marathon is arguably as intense as a World Cup campaign. But the love is being shared across the squad as the interim coach Tom Sermanni tries out new talent.

The economy grew by zero-point-three per cent in the September quarter, and zero-point-eight per cent over the year, defying expectations. 

The word 'bitch' has been around for over one thousand years, longer than any other swear word. Author Dr. Karen Stollznow talks us through the history of this popular profanity.

South Korea's main opposition party has urged President Yoon Suk Yeol to resign immediately or face impeachment after the President had imposed martial law.Troops had encircled parliament but the martial law was short-lived with the National Assembly voting to overrule the president early this morning.  

New research from The University of Canberra shows 97 per cent of adult Australians have limited skills to verify information online.

1 in 3 people living with an eating disorder in Australia are men, and they are four times more likely to be undiagnosed.The Butterfly Foundation has launched a campaign to encourage men to talk about their eating disorders and to break the stigma surrounding men who suffer from the illness.Guest: Brock McLean, Former AFL Player