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Flyhalf Jonny Sexton gave a masterclass in game management as Ireland asserted their Rugby World Cup title credentials with a thumping 50-7 bonus point victory over Canada in their Pool D opener on Saturday.

Pope Francis begins a nine-day tour of Cuba and the United States today where he will see both the benefits and complexities of a fast-evolving detente between the old Cold War foes that he helped broker.

Our Nic has already been taken out, while Game of Thrones has been snubbed in key craft categories. But it still has a chance to beat Mad Men in the final round. Here is our blow-by-blow preview to the Emmys 2015.

The former Prime Minister's chief-of-staff, Peta Credlin, has declared she "did the best job in the world and has no regrets".

Australian construction manager Caleb Strik is among the millions of Muslims gathered in Saudi Arabia this week for the Haj.

The Australian Border Force has been ordered to release a suspected criminal from immigration detention on Christmas Island after a magistrate learned the agency secretly detained and transported the man to the offshore facility before the court could decide whether he should stand trial.

Former SAS soldier Andrew Hastie has delivered the Turnbull government an easy win in the Canning byelection.

Liberal candidate Andrew Hastie is Canberra-bound after Labor rival Matt Keogh conceded defeat in the Canning byelection.

Dual Inter Dominion champion Beautide was awarded his second NSW horse of the year in Sydney on Saturday night as legendary race caller John Tapp was also recognised by Harness Racing NSW.

A Qatari sheikh has fled the US after his Ferrari was caught on video drag racing through the streets of Beverly Hills, California.

Adam Goodes has retired. He told teammates of his decision after Sydney's semi-final defeat to North Melbourne.

Melbourne researchers have developed a tiny drug-delivery system that could save people with macular degeneration the 10 injections a year – directly into the eyeball – that serve as the standard treatment in staving off blindness.

Jarryd Hayne has never been about money – he would have remained with the Parramatta Eels and raked in the millions if that was the case – but his brave roll of the dice is paying off in so many ways, including financially.

Prop Matt Scott was back to his devastating best as the Cowboys demolished the Sharks 39-0 in the elimination in Townsville.

Incredible footage has purportedly captured the moments Syrian doctors delivered a baby girl after shrapnel that pierced her mother's womb became lodged in the baby's forehead.

The end may have come for Adam Goodes and possibly so too a golden age for Sydney.

A man has been charged after allegedly leading police on a high speed pursuit across the New South Wales border in a taxi that was stolen from Victoria on Saturday morning.

The Caulfield and Melbourne Cups. These days they are the province of rich owners, big trainers and international raiders. Or that's how it often feels.

The number of women in federal cabinet will at least double when Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull announces a new-look ministry designed to heal the bitter divisions of last week's coup.

Going to the Royal Melbourne Show is not for the faint-hearted. The key is to have a plan - and comfy shoes, writes show tragic Alana Schetzer.

Anyone who's had the pleasure of driving to the MCG to play a match on it will have difficulty driving past it later in life without thinking about what has changed for them, and how the stadium appears now from the passing roadways as a grey and distant fortress.

It's not often, if ever, you'd find a team which finished on top of the ladder, has had a week off and is hosting a preliminary final go into that game an underdog. But that's Fremantle's lot on Friday night.

Jay Schulz is set for at least a seventh season at Port Adelaide - matching his time at former club Richmond - after ending speculation he was destined for another club by re-signing with the Power.

The Box Hill Hawks are through to their third consecutive grand final after surviving a heart-stopping seven-point epic against Sandringham in Saturday's preliminary final at North Port Oval.

​AFL chief executive Gillon McLachlan says Sydney's superstar forward Lance Franklin has the support of the entire football community and it's important he takes time to get his mental health right.