Savannah Guthrie tests positive for COVID-19
Savannah Guthrie has tested positive for COVID-19 as Hoda Kotb ends her quarantine and returns to the "Today" show.
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Israeli air strikes have pounded Gaza while the militant Islamic Jihad group fired hundreds of rockets into Israel as a cross-border clash continued into a second day, killing at least six people, including four children.Hamas, the Islamist group which controls the enclave, said the children were among the dead from a blast on Saturday close to the Jabalya refugee camp and blamed Israel.
Australia's Diamonds have cut ruthlessly through England's Roses, earning sweet, sweet revenge for their painful 2018 Commonwealth Games netball final defeat.And it's set up one final mission of retribution, as they're now ready to take the smiles off the faces of Jamaica's brilliant Sunshine Girls who shocked them just three day earlier.
Kurtis Marschall has emulated the great Steve Hooker, the man who first inspired him to take up pole vaulting, by winning back-to-back Commonwealth gold medals.Marschall was staring down an early exit when he needed three attempts to get over his second height of 5.
Kids' noses may be better at fighting off COVID-19 than those of adults.Dr Kirsty Short from the school of chemistry and molecular biosciences at the University of Queensland says it may be one reason immune responses among children have proved more effective against the virus.
More than a quarter of Australian mortgage holders have seen their home loan repayments rise by more than six per cent since the start of the year.That's according to research from online financial broker Savvy, which found 25.
Australia faces a surge in prostate cancer cases over the next two decades as the nation's male population increases and ages, research shows.The Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia says cases are expected to rise 43 per cent by 2040.
The family of singer Judith Durham have accepted an offer from the Victorian government for a state funeral to honour her life.The Seekers' singer died in palliative care on Friday night aged 79 after complications arising from a long-standing lung disease.
Australian investors will soon gain a better understanding of how some of the country's biggest corporations are navigating cost pressures, labour shortages and slowing consumer demand.Commonwealth Bank (CBA), Telstra, News Corporation, AMP, IAG and QBE Insurance will be among the companies reporting full-year results this week as earnings season kicks into high gear.
This time around, when the whips were cracking in the decisive 1500m at the Commonwealth Games, it was every Australian decathlete for himself.Daniel Golubovic knew the only way he could wrest the gold medal from big Grenadian Lindon Victor's grasp was to beat him by more than 25 seconds.
Ollie Hoare has joined the legendary Herb Elliott as the only Australians to win the Commonwealth 1500m or mile title with one of the greatest runs in the nation's track history.Hoare was fourth at the top of the final straight but powered home to win in three minutes 30.
The federal government is "very, very" confident its climate bill enshrining a 43 per cent emissions reduction target will pass the Senate.The bill to lock in that target, based on 2005 levels by 2030, on the way to net zero emissions by 2050 passed the lower house on Thursday 89 votes to 55 with the support of the Greens and crossbench independent MPs.
Large pumps have sucked water from a flooded coal mine in Mexico as authorities weigh whether to send divers to try to save 10 miners who have been trapped underground for more than three days.The miners became trapped at a mine in the northern border state of Coahuila on Wednesday afternoon when their excavation work caused a tunnel wall to collapse, triggering flooding in three wells.
Folk music icon and much-loved Australian entertainer Judith Durham has died aged 79.Durham died in Melbourne on Friday night after suffering complications from a long-standing lung disease, her management said.
The NSW Labor opposition will seek to expand an inquiry into former deputy premier John Barilaro's appointment to a US trade job to look at other lucrative overseas-based roles.An upper house inquiry is currently probing how Mr Barilaro landed the $500,000 a year New York role amid criticism over the propriety of the appointment.
China has not minced its words as it took aim at the Albanese government. Find out more.
The United Kingdom will boost trade ties in Australia and the Pacific region by re-establishing a diplomatic post on the west coast after a 20-year absence.The British High Commission in Canberra says the diplomatic presence in Western Australia will accelerate trade and investment as the UK doubles the number of high commissions across the region.
Freshly-minted medallist Tom Barns says Australia's wrestling team has proved its critics wrong with their double bronze success at the Commonwealth Games.A day after Jayden Lawrence ended Australia's 12-year wrestling medal drought at the Games, Barns collected another bronze.
Details of the federal government's proposal for an aged care wage rise are set to be revealed in a submission to the fair work umpire.A significant and meaningful pay rise for workers in the sector will be advocated for by the government in Monday's submission, Aged Care Minister Anika Wells says.
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Global drag sensation Detox is back in Australia and revelling in the local scene."I come here and I see how over the top and camp and exciting and fun it is, and I just love Australian drag," she squeals.