Live markets updates: ASX set to open slightly up while gold prices hit fresh record
1h agoMon 22 Dec 2025 at 8:54pmMarket snapshotASX Futures: +0.1% to 8,684 pointsAustralian dollar: +0.7% to 66.55 US…
Donald Trump sparks Denmark’s anger by appointing US envoy to Greenland
US President Donald Trump has appointed a special envoy to Greenland, drawing renewed criticism from Denmark and the…
Car bomb kills Russian general in Moscow
A car bomb killed a Russian general on Monday, the third such killing of a senior military officer…
The idyllic coastal towns where home sellers are making the most money
The national average hold period for properties was nine years, she said, but in Kiama, owners who made…
NT government pulls funding for puberty blockers, gender-affirming hormones for children
Children in the Northern Territory will no longer have access to publicly funded puberty blockers or gender-affirming hormones…
Two men die in separate stabbing incidents in Melbourne on Monday
Police are investigating two fatal stabbings in Melbourne that happened just hours apart on Monday. Victoria Police said…
Under-16s social media ban sees rise in alternatives in app store
The federal government could be left playing “whack-a-mole” as ousted under-16s flock to new social media platforms, experts…
Media shouts hate as community offers care
In the wake of the antisemitic Bondi killings, it has rarely been as wrenching to watch the disconnect…
Husband and other men repeatedly drugged, raped woman over 13 years, prosecutors say
London: Six British men, including a woman’s former husband, have been charged with more than 60 sexual offences…
Scott Pickett’s restaurant empire owes more than $18 million to superannuation fund
It was previously thought that Pickett’s business had only borrowed $12 million from the fund. Most of the…
Foreign investors snap up Australian farmland larger than 148 countries combined
Forget your tiny island nations and European principalities – in 2025, Australia’s top farm sales alone carved up…
The plants that thrive in salt: could halophytes help save coastal farming? | Climate crisis
On the scrubby banks of the rural swathes of the Venice lagoon, an evening chorus of cicadas underscores…