Harry Reid, the former U.S. Senate majority leader and Nevada’s longest-serving member of Congress, has died. He was 82.
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Consumer confidence has hit its highest level since late June, leaping 4.The weekly ANZ-Roy Morgan survey released on Tuesday found all of its confidence sub-indices improving except "time to buy a major household item", which was down 0.
Mexico's efforts to save 10 miners who became trapped in a flooded coal mine 13 days ago have hit another setback as underground water levels have surged higher.The miners became confined underground at the Pinabete mine in the border state of Coahuila on August 3 when their excavation work led a tunnel wall to collapse and unleashed flooding.
A woman has been arrested after allegedly stabbing her two children on a motorway in Adelaide.Police say the woman stopped her car on the North-South Motorway late on Monday night and removed her two young children before stabbing them with a knife.
Former US president Donald Trump has accused the Federal Bureau of Investigation of stealing his passports during last week's search of his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida. In the raid by the FBI of Mar-a-Lago, they stole my three passports (one expired), along with everything else," Trump wrote on Monday on the Truth Social network he co-founded.
An invasive colony of yellow crazy ants has been discovered in Queensland's world heritage-listed far north, spanning an area of 77 hectares.Authorities discovered the ants during surveillance in July as part of the Wet Tropics Management Authority's eradication program.
Seven West Media will buy back up to 10 per cent of the company's shares, after announcing a boost in revenue to $1.5 billion for the 2021/22 financial year.
Corey Norman's rugby league career could be over with the former Queensland State of Origin player facing a lengthy Super League ban for "inappropriate contact".Norman was on the weekend handed a "Grade F" contrary conduct charge, which carries with it a minimum eight-match ban if found guilty at the judiciary this week.
On Saturday, the Bledisloe and on Sunday, the Socceroos.Auckland's Eden Park will host a tasty trans-Tasman weekender next month, when the Wallabies visit the All Blacks' house of pain, and Graham Arnold's side play their last match before heading to the World Cup.
Andy Murray has pulled out an epic three-set win over fellow tour veteran Stan Wawrinka in the first round of the Cincinnati Masters.In a 22nd matchup between the multiple grand slam champions trying to put injuries behind them, Murray was a 7-6 (7-3) 5-7 7-5 victor in just under three hours.
People who sell out police informants will face significant jail time under reforms being put forward by the Victorian government.The Human Source Management Bill 2022, to be introduced to parliament on Tuesday, sets up independent oversight of police in a bid to restore the public's faith in the justice system.
BHP will pay a record dividend after posting a jump in full year profit on the back of strong iron ore sales and a run-up in copper prices.The resources giant said underlying profit from continuing operations for the year to June 2022 rose 26 per cent to $US21.
Critically endangered smoky mice have been released into the NSW wild where they once thrived, in a bid to help the species' survival.Environment Minister James Griffin says 13 of the rare native mice have been released in a national park southwest of Sydney, marking a significant milestone in the recovery of the species from the brink of extinction.
A huge increase in renewable energy is needed if Queensland is to realise its green hydrogen potential, with the labour pool required for construction compared to the mining boom.The impact of the state's energy transition on construction workers has been mapped out by not-for-profit and industry-funded group Construction Skills Queensland.
Nick Kyrgios has again opted out of the Davis Cup team with Alex de Minaur spearheading the Australian team in Hamburg, Germany next month.Kyrgios hasn't played in the team event since 2019 and would have been a strong addition given his sparkling singles form plus grand slam-winning doubles combination with Thanasi Kokkinakis.
Indigenous people will be able to give evidence about injustices committed against them in Queensland as part of the state's plans to sign a treaty with the state's First Nations population.Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk will announce on Tuesday that an Indigenous truth-telling and healing inquiry will be set up in response to the Treaty Advancement Committee's final report.
A huge boost for Melbourne tennis fans ahead of next year's Australian Open with two of the game's young guns committing to the Kooyong Classic.The grand slam warm-up event have announced Australia's No.
New Zealand Labour renegade MP Gaurav Sharma is set to learn his fate at a hastily convened caucus meeting.Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has called together her MPs for an online partyroom meeting at 2.
Liverpool have overcome a Darwin Nunez send off for a headbutt on his home debut by salvaging a 1-1 draw against Crystal Palace in the Premier League thanks to a brilliant individual goal by Luis Diaz.In his first competitive start for Liverpool, Nunez lost control after jostling with Joachim Andersen and thrust his head into the face of the Palace defender, earning the Uruguay striker a straight red card.
Two men have been charged after police found a clandestine drug lab and seized more than $6 million worth of heroin, methylamphetamine, cocaine and other drugs in Sydney's southwest.Detectives found the set-up while raiding a property in Belmore last Wednesday.
Rudy Giuliani, former US president Donald Trump's personal lawyer who helped lead challenges to the 2020 election results, says he is a target in a criminal probe in Georgia examining attempts by Trump and his allies to overturn the election.Giuliani is scheduled to testify on Wednesday before a special grand jury in Fulton County, encompassing most of Atlanta, after a judge ordered him to comply with a subpoena.
