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While the leaders of the G7 met in Japan, Chinese President Xi Jinping used a China-Central Asia Summit to push further economic and trade ties along the old Silk Road under the banner of his signature policy — the Belt and Road Initiative. So how is the project tracking and…

Dianne Feinstein is one of just two senators representing the 40 million people of California. But at 89 and struggling with poor health, many Democrats are asking if she's up to the job.

Rolf Harris, the disgraced Australian entertainer who was convicted in 2014 of sexual offences against girls and young women, died nearly two weeks ago, but the details have only just been made public.

One in six migrants are paid less than the national minimum wage and the exploitation is also undercutting local workers, according to a new report by the Grattan Institute.

The Australian Security Intelligence Organisation warns right-wing extremists are trying to recruit more people.

More than 40 concerned people have attended an information session in the NSW Central West a day after learning the EPA is investigating a nearby gold mine.

Keith Sargent is sentenced to 14 months in jail for possessing more than 200 images and videos of children, some as young as five, being sexually abused.

South Australian District Court Judge Timothy Heffernan has resigned amid an investigation into a "complaint about his conduct".

Hunter Valley woman Kristy Melksham, 32, hit a police vehicle as she fled from undercover officers in a shopping centre car park, ran a red light and then crashed into a power pole.

Irrigators and environmental experts say the state government commitment to use River Murray water to power a $593 million hydrogen power plant project in South Australia raises questions about how the natural resource is used.

When The Little Mermaid director Rob Marshall first heard actor and singer Halle Bailey performing the 1989 film's song Part of Your World, he was moved to tears.