Sydney news

China's holdings of US Treasuries fell in July to the lowest level in more than three years.

Cronulla will be rested but the Cowboys will head to Sydney stacked with belief as they continue their quest for back-to-back premierships.

Deutsche Bank may be forced to sell assets it doesn't want to sell - one worry its investors have.

Residents are being urged to remain vigilant with up to 10 properties at Charlton in north-west Victoria at risk of being inundated by floodwaters.

A man who allegedly slashed a security guard's face with a knife in broad daylight in Melbourne's north-west earlier this month is still on the run.

One man is dead and two others are in hospital after three separate motorcycle accidents on Friday night.

Global stocks fell as renewed selling in crude that took oil to a one-month low sank energy shares.

A Melbourne cyclist who has lived with multiple sclerosis since 1998 has become the Australian to win two individual gold medals at the Rio Paralympics.

Prosecutors in the case of Oscar Pistorius have been accused of pursuing a "personal vendetta" against the athlete after they lodged a last-ditch attempt to have him jailed for longer.

Despite the cranes dotted across inner Sydney, buyers are still beating down the doors.

Four weapon-wielding men who attacked a pregnant woman with a hammer and robbed her in a dark suburban side street on Thursday remain on the run from police.

Oil fell to a one-month low in New York on speculation that the global surplus is poised to widen.

Childhood obesity has become so entrenched that the perception of a healthy weight has shifted, with one in five NSW children qualifying as overweight or obese.

Germany's benchmark bonds rose on speculation the ECB has further to go in providing easy money.

The outlook on Russia's junk credit rating was raised by S&P Global Ratings.

At least 22 people were killed in the bombing of a mosque in the western Pakistani tribal region of Mohmand on Friday, officials said.

A London court on Friday approved the extradition of an autistic British man to the United States to face trial for hacking high-security state computers.

Canberra Raiders have put an even bigger smile on the dial of superfan Brian Connell.

Vale borrowed $US1 billion from a group of banks, guaranteed by iron-ore shipments to Glencore.

US Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, who has long questioned President Barack Obama's US citizenship, says he believes the president was born in the United States.

The two friends were enjoying the pool and the warm Egyptian sunshine at a Red Sea resort when the manager suddenly demanded that one of the women get out of the water.

Trump's campaign put out a damage statement says he does, but went on to falsely blame Clinton for starting rumours about Obama's birth in 2008.

All good things must come to an end.Sometime during the third quarter of this semi-final, the last straw alighted on Hawthorn's back, so broad for so long, and broke it.

Hawthorn coach Alastair Clarkson hopes Jarryd Roughead can return from his illness to help the Hawks rise back into premiership contention next year.

Western Bulldogs coach Luke Beveridge has cheekily suggested the AFL evenly split the tickets for next week's preliminary final between his club and Greater Western Sydney.

As happy a move as his cross from Carlton to Adelaide has proved, Eddie Betts has admitted he remains mystified why it happened at all.

Donald Trump is not the problem - the problem is that people believe he's the solution.

Cronulla will be rested but the Cowboys will head to Sydney stacked with belief as they continue their quest for back-to-back premierships.

Johnathan Thurston set up Michael Morgan in extra time as these teams produced another mesmerising contest in their enduring rivalry.

The future is now. GWS and the Bulldogs will meet next Saturday at Spotless Stadium for a place in the grand final.

Rebels and government forces have engaged in heavy shelling across frontlines on the outskirts of Damascus, testing Syria's fragile truce and killing two fighters.

Artist Chelsea Agno, who creates work under the name Mr Manok.

It's an all-Queensland affair as the grand final rematch will end with one of these teams going home.

A body has been found in a dam in south-west Victoria.

Irish artist Gerard Byrne explores the gap between time and space in his retrospective A Late Evening in the Future for this year's Melbourne Festival

British Foreign Minister says EU naval force in the Mediterranean should turn back migrant boats after they leave Libya and prevent them from reaching Italy.

The Canberra Raiders WAGS are 'the acronym but not the stereotype'.

Those of you heading for a beach holiday this summer might want to consider doing a free online training package before taking off, it could help save a turtle's life.

Government insists council-led project remains unfeasible.

Generation will dominate Queensland's future workforce.

Johnathan Thurston orchestrates another miraculous win for the Cowboys, ending Brisbane's season with a 26-20 win in an extra-time Queensland derby.

The Western Bulldogs beat three-time reigning premiers Hawthorn by 23 points to reach an AFL preliminary final against fellow youngsters GWS.

But Liberals say they are not necessarily opposed to waterfront development.

Labor would give every public high school student in the ACT a tablet device if re-elected. 

Justice Minister Shane Rattenbury describes result as 'bitterly disappointing'.

The Belgian Paralympian Marieke Vervoort was falsely reported last week to be considering euthanasia, for which she has had papers since 2008, after competing in the Rio Games. Once she had won her silver medal in the 400m wheelchair race, Vervoort corrected that mistake. She is 'still enjoying every little moment' and has no plans to depart this mortal coil.

More than one million refugees have fled South Sudan's ongoing civil war, overwhelming aid agencies and creating one of the world's worst humanitarian disasters.

Rock legend Sting will take the stage at at this year's AFL Grand Final, the league announced on Friday night.

Locals have said they're not surprised a local home rented by the man charged over the death of Aboriginal teenager Elijah Doughty last month was burned on Thursday night.

A surfer says he looked on in horror as a large shark emerged at Bells Beach and struck a fellow rider off his surf board on Friday.