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NSW bolter Matt Prior will become the fourth oldest player to make his State of Origin debut for the Blues after being handed the vacant front-row spot for State of Origin II.

One of Dreamworld's "top" operators has described how in vain he desperately pressed a stop button two or three times on a malfunctioning ride that killed four people.

Australia is enduring a "gendered violence crisis", says Victoria's Women's Affairs Minister following the rape and murder of Melbourne woman Eurydice Dixon.

Anthony Milford's possible switch to fullback for Samoa in Saturday's Pacific Test against Tonga will be keenly watched in the NRL.

Hobart has been chosen as one of the Australian venues for the new international hockey Pro League starting in early 2019.

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US President Donald Trump is ordering the establishment of a sixth branch of the military to clear the way for American dominance of space.

US rapper XXXTentacion has died following a shooting in South Florida, the Broward County Sheriff's Office has confirmed.

German authorities have arrested current Audi Chief Executive Rupert Stadler as part of a probe into emissions test cheating.

Americans make up 4 per cent of the world's population but own about 46 per cent of the estimated 857 million weapons in civilian hands at the end of 2017, a survey shows.