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Rugby League player Alex McKinnon stands unassisted for the first time since his devastating spinal injury which left him in a wheelchair. “He’s just finished in his rehab and he actually stood up unabated the other day … he stood up on his own which is a terrific sort of step for Alex,” Coach Rick […]

HaMavaser, an ultra-orthodox Jewish publication, stands accused of photoshopping three female world leaders out of a picture taken at the Paris march in solidarity. German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo and EU foreign affairs and security chief, Frederica Mogherini have allegedly been removed from the photograph. In an attempt to also crop out […]

Iconic jeweller Tiffany & Co. have featured a same-sex couple as part of their latest engagement campaign, "Will You" joining other brands like Ben and Jerry's, Cheerios, Coca-cola and Ray-Ban.

Kate Row and Emily Smith are the two extraordinary Aussie young women who are today pinching themselves with disbelief having been named as winners of The Queen’s Young Leaders Award. This is an inspirational new initiative established by The Queen Elizabeth  Diamond Jubilee Trust to find and mentor the Commonwealth’s most promising young leaders. Each […]

Farmer Geoff Hunt shot his wife and three children dead before turning his gun on himself after years of stress in dealing with his wife’s brain injuries, an inquest is expected to hear. In a murder-suicide case that shocked the nation, the 44-year-old killed his wife Kim, son Fletcher, 10, and daughters Mia, 8, and […]

Children, women and elderly people who couldn’t run away fast enough when Islamist extremists stormed their town were among an estimated 2,000 killed in a bloody massacre that went almost unreported last week. Hundreds of bodies are reportedly still lying in the bush in the wake of what Amnesty International is describing as “the deadliest […]

Conservationists are angry after an Icelandic micro-brewery announced its new beer will be made from smoked whale testicles.

Supporters of terror group Daesh, formerly referred to as ISIS, IS or ISIL, hacked into the US Central Command’s Twitter and YouTube accounts this morning, posting taunts and threats to soldiers, their wives and children. The hackers said their so-called CyberCaliphate [online Islamic state] was “already here, we are in your PCs, in each military […]

World leaders put aside their differences to link arms defiantly and lead a march of millions of people through Paris in an extraordinary display of unity against terrorism yesterday.

The winners of the Golden Globes will be announced today – and Australia once again has some serious skin in the game.