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Likely rejection of bombing campaign by Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn defies public opinion, with polls showing 59 per cent support.

A woman has been charged with murdering 26-year-old Marnilee Cave, whose body was found dumped under a bridge on the NSW south coast two months ago.

A Minnesota couple who lived on discarded food when they first got married dropped a $US500,000 ($685,542) personal cheque into one of the organisation's red kettles at a suburban grocery store over the weekend, the group said on Monday.

The Australian dollar has surged higher on bets global central banks are in no rush to lift interest rates.

Five people were injured when a pipe bomb exploded on an overpass near an Istanbul metro station on Tuesday, the district mayor said, halting some train operations and heightening security fears in Europe's biggest city.

Spot iron ore hit a new decade low as the glut-hit market for the steelmaking ingredient continued to struggle with poor demand from top consumer China.

Vale has cut its iron-ore output forecast for next year to between 340 million to 350 million metric tons, from a previous target of 376 million tons.

Pope Francis has released a spoken-word album with rock backing, but an image of the Pontiff in a classic rap pose has been the big hit on social media.

​BHP Billiton plans to lower production costs and increase output at its copper business, remaining optimistic about rising demand in the long term.

The pledges countries have signalled they will make in Paris over the next two weeks to cut emissions will inevitably fall short of what is needed to solve the problem of climate change.

High schools must focus on the reading skills of teenagers if literacy and numeracy results are to improve, authority says.

The University of NSW expects interest in its solar energy research will be "vastly" boosted following Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull's decision to highlight the school's achievements in his speech to world leaders at the Paris climate summit.

One of the country's most prominent pub landlords has tonight slammed the NSW government's pub lock-out laws, saying they have completely destroyed the culture of Kings Cross and destroyed Sydney as a realistic and desirable choice for overseas tourism.

Germany will not join France, US and Russia in conducting air strikes, but the move is significant given the country's post-war history of avoiding foreign military entanglements.

The International Cricket Council has admitted third umpire Nigel Llong's crucial decision in the day-night Test was wrong.

Jason Day has capped a remarkable season by winning the inaugural Greg Norman Medal for Australia's best-performing international golfer.

On the eve of the biggest race meet of his life, Mark Winterbottom says the long wait to a maiden V8 Supercars title isn't doing his head in.

Just four days after hosting Western Sydney Wanderers, the Mariners are facing their lowest crowd of the season with a Thursday night clash with Melbourne City

Football Federation Australia is at risk of alienating A-League supporters after fans reacted with fury to comments by chief executive David Gallop on Tuesday.

Science is offering us near immortality. But shouldn't we just move out of the way and let the next generation through? And why are we spending scarce medical funds on old age when so many young people die young without a fair shot at life?

The Japanese coast guard reports 12 incidents of wrecked wooden boats since October, containing 22 dead bodies - including five skulls.

His unbaptised older brother Joe walked him to church each week and his non-Catholic half-brothers and sister remained staunch allies throughout his life.

Topless and shimmying to music, she would be lowered to the stage on top of the baby grand piano, sending the crowd at the Condor Club on Broadway wild.

The wicket at Delhi's Ferozeshah Kotla Stadium filled the beleaguered South African team with optimism on Tuesday that the fourth and final Test against India would buck the trend and last more than three days.