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Brisbane is on the cusp of being the third Australian city to host the Summer Olympic Games as the IOC announce it as their preferred venue for the 2032 Games.

A Queensland man who was given an incorrect dose of the Pfizer vaccine has his heart surgery delayed as the CEO of Healthcare Australia is stood aside in relation to the incident.

As Auckland deals with a coronavirus outbreak, states on Australia's eastern seaboard impose restrictions on New Zealand travellers, including hotel quarantine.

Bill Gates says new innovation, beyond solar and wind power, is needed to reach zero emissions by 2050.

NSW records its 28th consecutive day of no locally acquired COVID-19 cases — the longest stretch with no community transmission since the pandemic began — but health authorities say it doesn't mean "we can drop our guard".

Three tram routes and the main fruit and vegetable section of the Queen Victoria Market are listed as coronavirus exposure sites, as the outbreak at the centre of Victoria's snap lockdown grows to 16 cases.

Former US president Donald Trump labels the Senate impeachment trial another phase of the "greatest witch-hunt in the history of our country", after being acquitted of inciting the deadly January 6 riot at the US Capitol.

Some experts are questioning the purpose of the World Health Organization's coronavirus probe in China, which wraps up after months of diplomatic tension with no clarity on how the virus began.

The US Senate votes to acquit former president Donald Trump in his second impeachment trial, with less than two thirds of senators finding him guilty of incitement of insurrection.

Victoria's coronavirus testing commander Jeroen Weimar says the results of cases five and six have come back as the UK variant, therefore they are working under the assumption the rest are too.

A 47-year-old South Australian man is identified as the victim of a fiery three-truck crash on the Victorian side of the border, after fresh travel restrictions were imposed on incoming travellers from Melbourne.

By piecing together satellite imagery and footage captured on the ground, we've visualised the path of destruction caused by a glacier collapse in the Indian Himalayas.

A pair of friends living in the Northern Territory community of Wadeye created an Indigenous superhero to help spread COVID-safety messages in language. Now those videos have gone viral.

It's an enormous mammalian sculpture that stands more than 30 metres high but the balloon's creator hopes any momentary confusion people may have when they see Skywhalepapa soon gives way to thoughts of comfort and care.

Thousands of supporters of Aung San Suu Kyi continue to defy the military at large protests across the country to condemn the coup.

Thousands of farmers in India put on a show of defiance, blockading several major highways near Delhi in response to controversial farming laws and harsh police tactics.

This week's ugly presidential debate mirrors America's fractured society, which has been unravelling for decades. But neither nominee offers any real answers, writes Stan Grant.

This tiny chameleon has male genitals almost 20 per cent as long as its body and may be the world's smallest reptile. Scientists say it's "pushing the limits of how small vertebrates can go".

Nearly three months after Kelsey Townsend gave birth to her fourth child, the 32-year-old Wisconsin woman was finally face to face with her.

Australians are likely to be told by their GP when it is their turn to get the COVID-19 vaccine and will receive an emailed vaccine certificate after receiving the jab, new details reveal.

A leading Australian university professor recounts how Fiji Government officials "jumped" and "manhandled" him and his wife on Wednesday night, before deporting the couple to Brisbane.

Christopher Plummer, who starred as widower Captain von Trapp opposite Julie Andrews in the blockbuster 1965 musical The Sound of Music and in 2012 became the oldest actor to win an Oscar, dies at 91.

The perimeter of a devastating bushfire north-east of Perth stretches to 136 kilometres as hundreds of firefighters brace for more difficult conditions after working through the night to save homes.

People in the Perth metropolitan area, along with the Peel region and the South West, will need to wear masks if they leave home for the four reasons permitted under the snap lockdown.

When Reddit broke the stock market this week, lots of people were introduced to a bunch of new slang words. Here's your quick guide to talking like a newly paper-rich Redditor.