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Sydneysiders are set to be impacted by more train delays tomorrow after the Fair Work Commission denied the state government's legal bid to halt planned industrial action from the Rail, Tram and Bus Union (RTBU).

Torched forests and cities burned to the ground. Colleagues with severed limbs. Bombardments so relentless the only option is to lie in a trench, wait and pray.

Premier says 32,000 facing evacuation in Sydney floods; Ship stranded off NSW coast now stable; Plea after SES called to more than 140 flood rescues

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has pledged further Australian military support for Ukraine during his visit to the war-torn country.

A shooting at a mall in the Danish capital Copenhagen has left three people dead, local police said.

Russia has claimed control over the last Ukrainian stronghold in an eastern province that is key to achieving a major goal of Moscow's grinding war.

Prince William hosted New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern at Kensington Palace.

A trio of assassination attempts targeting pro-Russian officials over the past two weeks suggests a burgeoning resistance movement against pro-Russian authorities.

And African health authorities said they are treating the expanding monkeypox outbreak as an emergency, calling on rich countries to share limited supplies of vaccines to avoid equity problems seen during the COVID-19 pandemic.

First time the leaders have had talks at this level since axed submarine deal.

Major rain event hits NSW coast; Sydney train strikes continue; Queensland Government bans more plastic items

A huge Belgian chocolate factory has halted production after detecting salmonella in a batch of chocolates.

Russia pulled back its forces from a strategically placed Black Sea island on Thursday, where they have faced relentless Ukrainian attacks.

Flood warning for Sydney with deluge on way; Teacher's strike underway in NSW; COVID-19 vaccine on way for under fives.

The man considered to be the wealthiest oligarch in Russia, who has been photographed with President Vladimir Putin, joins a growing list of those transferring — or, sailing — their prized assets to Dubai.

It is the most severe sentence possible in France, and very rare.

Russian forces battled to surround the Ukrainian military's last stronghold in a long-contested eastern province.

The military alliance meets to confront what NATO's chief called the biggest security crisis since World War II.

As the PM joined the world's most powerful leaders in Spain, he had stern words about the threat at home.

Ukraine's tongue-in-cheek video message to Australia; Transport union to continue Sydney train strikes; 51 migrants dead in Texas truck 'horror'

Turkey has agreed to lift its opposition to Sweden and Finland joining NATO, a breakthrough in an impasse clouding a leaders' summit in Madrid amid Europe's worst security crisis in decades triggered by the war in Ukraine.

Albanese blamed tensions with France and international criticism of the country's climate change stance.

A 101-year-old man was convicted in Germany of more than 3500 counts of accessory to murder for serving at the Nazis' Sachsenhausen concentration camp during World War II.

In the face of Russia's invasion, Ukraine launched a series of clandestine, against-the-odds, terrain-hugging, high-speed helicopter missions.

Ukrainian forces are withdrawing from Severodonetsk, effectively ceding the city to Russia and putting the eastern Ukrainian region of Luhansk almost fully under Russian control.

Fighters are being forced to retreat from a key city in the eastern Donbas region.

Eight men have been convicted by the Paris Criminal Court for stealing Banksy artwork from the Bataclan concert hall, one of the sites of the November 2015 Paris attacks.

The European Union has agreed to put Ukraine on a path toward EU membership.

Russian state TV commentator is accusing the West of brinkmanship that has set the clock ticking toward World War III.

A Ukrainian official overseeing the country's push to join the EU said she's "100 per cent" certain all 27 EU nations will approve Ukraine's EU candidacy during a summit this week.

The world's most prestigious bird photography competition has released a selection of its 2022 finalists, who are in the running to win the title across a number of categories.

Travellers moving through some of Europe's biggest airports are suffering excruciating waits as they try to head off on summer holidays for the first time since coronavirus restrictions eased.

Searing heat has swept across large parts of Western Europe, bringing record temperatures, health warnings and wildfires.

The Kremlin has warned it will take undisclosed actions unless Lithuania restores rail transport to a Russian Baltic Sea enclave.

The war in Ukraine could take years but the West had to hold its resolve in the face of Russian aggression, the head of NATO has warned.

The European Union's executive arm recommended putting Ukraine on a path to membership, a symbolic boost for a country fending off a Russian onslaught

AEMO says electricity supply fine for weekend; SA premier 'grateful' for Russia ban; Pauline Hanson retains Senate seat after election results released

Child, three, dies with COVID-19 in SA; Unemployment rate steady; No end in sight in east coast power crisis.

DNA analysis has pinpointed a new point of origin for the Black Death that killed more than half of the people in Europe in the 14th century.

Landmines contaminating an area the size of Italy are killing civilians and will continue taking lives and limbs long after the fighting stops.

The European Union is launching legal action against the UK in response to moves to rewrite parts of the post-Brexit deal between both sides.

Minimum wage up $40 a week; AEMO halts energy trading after days of power supply chaos; Federal Court approves Crown takeover.

Russia has made more money from the sale of fossil fuels since the war in Ukraine began than in peacetime, new research has found.

Allies of imprisoned opposition Russian politician Alexei Navalny sounded the alarm when they discovered he was no longer in the prison where he had been serving his time and there was no word on where he had been taken.

'China needs to remove sanctions' says PM; Blackout warning for east coast; Aussie share market plunges

A wealthy woman of the Bronze Age has her face back after it was recreated by scientists in the Czech Republic.

Sports stars, pandemic heroes in Queen's Birthday honours list; Flu cases rise, with children worst hit; NSW Premier would scrap stamp duty

Three months after McDonald's suspended operations in Russia, hundreds of people streamed into its famous former outlet on Moscow's Pushkin Square as the restaurant reopened Sunday under a Russian owner and a new name.

Street fighting continued to rage on Saturday in the eastern city, where Russian soldiers and Ukrainian troops are still locked in battle.

Five bodies were initially found, according to the National Alpine Cliff and Cave Rescue Corps (CNSAS), but the bodies of two others on board were found later on Saturday