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The answer is about 30 years ago, says one scientist. But we shouldn't give up.

An Australian working for a land mine clearance charity has been killed in northern Iraq while trying to defuse a bomb planted by Islamic State militants, three of his colleagues say.

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San Francisco 49ers coach Chip Kelly douses speculation the 49ers were planning to cut Hayne, which led to the Australian making a face-saving exit.

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The Russian military is constructing a new army base in the central Syrian town of Palmyra, within the protected zone that holds the archaeological site listed by UNESCO as a world heritage site and without asking for permission from relevant authorities, an American heritage organisation and a top Syrian archaeologist said Tuesday.

The swelling tide of tourists to a Thai island has brought it to the brink of irreversible damage, say Thai officials.

Palaszczuk urges boycott of campervans featuring obscene slogans.

Cabcharge has exposed customers to the risk of a breach of their personal data by leaving a database unsecured online.

Losses in US stocks deepened in afternoon trading, as selling extended across industries from food companies to utilities.

With everybody emailing, texting and messaging these days, instead of buying stamps and sending letters, what's a poor postal service to do to make up the lost revenue?

Russians are fulminating about an "information war" and blaming the United States after a Ukrainian beat their nation's odds-on favourite in the song contest.

Rio Tinto has submitted feasibility studies to the Guinean government for its massive Simandou iron ore project.

Copper steadied, supported by a softer US dollar and firm oil, but prices are still within sight of recent lows on China demand worries.

Job cuts and constrained hiring are expected to continue on Wall Street in 2016, according to a study by consultant Johnson Associates.

Oil hit a seven-month high on speculation that US crude stockpiles declined last week while supply losses in Canada and Nigeria whittled away the global excess.

British rapper and poet Kate Tempest has delivered a sold-out opening address at the Sydney Writers Festival.

Can Jarryd Hayne make the switch from NRL to NFL to rugby sevens?

Council mergers are set to become a front of mind issue during the federal election campaign in Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull's own seat of Wentworth.

Melbourne Victory coach Kevin Muscat had called on the club's fans to turn out in force to give their departing stars a real sendoff.

It was a 'sheer act of desperation and survival' that caused a holidaymaker to fend off the crocs after one overturned their tinny, drowning his friend.

Illiterate and innumerate refugees will take Australian jobs or languish on the dole and use free health services provided by Medicare, Immigration Minister Peter Dutton has warned.

Another day, another Aussie-dollar move of minimal meaning. The currency rallied more than half a cent on Tuesday after the minutes of the Reserve Bank's rate-cutting meeting on May 3 came out.

Forget the overpriced food and exorbitant parking, Telstra is the one who really screws you at the airport.

A Pigeons of Warfare plaque sits behind one of Queensland's more unique museums.