Hundreds of protesters have descended on the US Supreme Court to denounce the justices' decision to overturn the half-century-old Roe v Wade precedent that recognised women's constitutional right to abortion.The sweeping ruling by the court, with a 6-3 conservative majority, was set to alter American life, with nearly half the states considered certain or likely to ban abortion.
A mother has issued a warning to parents after the Mirabella baby monitor her son bought from Kmart was hacked. Find out how they reacted to the frightening find.
The NSW deputy premier has told climate change protesters to "go and get a real job" after police made 10 arrests across Sydney.Blockade Australia protesters were among a group of 50 to 60 activists who converged on Hyde Park about 8am on Monday, before marching towards the harbour, chanting, playing drums, pulling down signs, dragging wheelie bins onto the road and blocking intersections.
NSW train commuters will likely see disruptions all week, with services cut by as much as 75 per cent. Find out why.
It took Russia weeks of fierce fighting, an untold number of casualties, and relentless shelling before the exhausted Ukrainian defenders of Sievierodonetsk received orders to quit its smouldering wreckage."Remaining in positions smashed to pieces over many months just for the sake of staying there does not make sense," Serhiy Gaidai, governor of the wider region, said on Ukrainian television on Friday.
Almost half a billion dollars will go to the publicly-owned corporation rolling out Australia's NBN to better connect rural and regional areas.The $480 million for NBN Co will permit increased data allowances and products for about 300,000 premises in the coming weeks, with further upgrades to follow.
Australia has more than a million single-parent families.Data from the 2021 census released on Tuesday shows 15.
People in France should start wearing masks again in crowded areas, especially in public transport, as the country has to deal with a new wave of COVID-19 infections fuelled by new variants of the disease, Health Minister Brigitte Bourguignon says."I'm not saying it should be mandatory but I do ask the French people to put the mask on in public transport," she told RTL, adding it was a "civic duty" to do so.
Education Minister Jason Clare says the international intake of students has been smashed by the COVID-19 pandemic, but he hopes to turn this around given their importance to the Australian economy.In particular, there was a 24 per cent drop this year in the number of Chinese students commencing university degrees in Australia.
Two Russian missiles have slammed into a crowded shopping centre in the central Ukrainian city of Kremenchuk, killing at least 11 people and wounding 50, the regional governor says.President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said more than 1000 people were in the shopping centre at the time of the attack, which witnesses said caused a huge fire and sent dark smoke billowing into the sky.
The suspect is accused of killing the child in an "incredibly barbaric" way. Read more.
Students in NSW will soon be allowed to study as many vocational subjects as they like and still receive a tertiary ranking score, as teachers prepare a statewide strike over pay.Under the HSC overhaul, the category A and category B system for Vocational Education and Training subjects will be abolished.
Hundreds of protestors stormed Sydney city streets throwing items on the road.
The girl was left sleeping in the car as temperatures outside nudged 50°C. Read more.
The supermarket giant is set to launch a brand new set of 36 collectible items. Find out more.
A "notorious" alleged pedophile nurse in Tasmania was reported to police and breached boundaries with patients across almost two decades before he was criminally charged.Tasmania Police was provided with child exploitation-related evidence about James Geoffrey Griffin 19 years before he was charged with sexually abusing children in 2019, an inquiry heard on Monday.
Western Australia's favourable GST return has been highlighted as the state secured a AAA credit rating for the first time in almost a decade.Ratings agency S&P; Global says the upgrade from AA+ reflects WA's "continued budgetary outperformance" compared with other jurisdictions.
One of the world's oldest living cultures is helping scientists understand galaxies and stars with the launch of the first of three NASA rockets from the Northern Territory.The rocket is scheduled to launch from the Arnhem Space Centre on the Dhupuma Plateau, near Nhulunbuy, about 10.
A stadium partially collapsed in Colombia during a bullfighting event, leaving several injured and six dead. Watch the dramatic video.
The national average for unleaded petrol struck its second highest level in history last week, with every state and territory now paying more than $2 per litre, but there are signs of better times ahead for motorists.The Australian Institute for Petroleum said the national average for petrol rose 6.
