Experts are warning the lifting of mandatory COVID-19 isolation requirements in less than two weeks is not the end of the pandemic.

Four people have died in car crashes in a horror start to the long weekend on New South Wales roads.

Protesters used scissors to cut off their hair in a symbolic act of defiance against Iran’s compulsory hijab laws after death of the 22-year-old while in the custody of Iran’s morality police.

Collingwood scrape through against St Kilda, Geelong claim first win over the Western Bulldogs and GWS bounce back with victory over lacklustre Carlton in super Saturday of AFLW.

Three separate fatal incidents involving pedestrians have marred the beginning of the long weekend.

The death toll from Hurricane Ian is rising as the storm makes landfall for a second time and hits the state of South Carolina.

Former Hawthorn captain Luke Hodge has defended his former coach, Alastair Clarkson, while Damien Hardwick says the four-time premiership coach is struggling amid accusations of racism and controlling behaviour.

If No Compromise had not found a way to win the Metropolitan in a spine-tingling finish, it would have been the second hard luck story for his dam Baggy Green in the 2022 edition of the group 1.

Smokin’ Romans was elevated to Caulfield Cup favouritism after his Turnbull Stakes victory, while Lunar Flare cemented her Melbourne Cup credentials in the Bart Cummings.

Top Ranked and Ellsberg couldn’t be separated in the first dead heat in the Epsom for 149 years.

A man was found with a chest wound after an alleged drive-by shooting on the Gold Coast early this morning.

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When trainer Nick Olive picked up a nine-start maiden from Victoria who hadn’t been placed in his career the last thing he could have expected was a seven-length win at his stable debut.

Age may have wearied Lauren Jackson but her jump shot is forever and she proved this in her farewell Opals game on Saturday, leading the side to a World Cup bronze medal.

The Australian Opals secured the bronze medal at the FIBA Women's World Cup as Lauren Jackson appeared in her last international match.

The three-bedroom Edwardian passed in on a bid of $1.3 million before selling, on what was a busy auction day in Melbourne after the quiet long weekend.

Massive new city parkland is a glimpse of a new Brisbane that is starting to emerge from the construction sites.

All major polls have the former president Lula up by at least 8 percentage points, though some indicate his lead is much wider.

In two years’ time, they may be trading blows as presidential rivals, but the US president and the Republican governor know now is no time to squabble.

Lucy Worsley says the crime novelist’s disappearance was no cheap stunt but a mental health collapse.