Sydney news

Paris: Stan Wawrinka will be the final barrier between Rafael Nadal and a record 10th French Open title after Nadal cruised past Dominic Thiem 6-3, 6-4, 6-0 on Friday to continue his title bid.

A Northern Territory fisherman achieves fishing glory by catching a metre-long barramundi in a waterhole no bigger than a bathtub.

Police uncover weapons manufacturing facility.

There's something mesmerising about a flickering flame, be it a candle or roaring fireplace. But what is it about fire that fascinates us so?

A Melbourne man has been charged in connection with a deadly terror siege in Brighton which left one man dead and three police officers seriously injured.

An 86-year-old North Queensland author says she gets inspiration for some of her books' more titillating scenes from late-night documentaries on SBS.

The Maningrida community are mourning the loss of "fierce warrior" Alice Eather, a passionate activist who used her slam poetry to pressure a US oil company to withdraw its application to frack for gas in her homeArnhem Land. Warning: This story contains images of a deceased person.

Jeremy Corbyn has transformed from Labour's naughty boy to its messiah after his UK election loss.

Mixed relays and three-a-side basketball will be included in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics Games.

The Democratic Unionist Party are the new kingmakers in UK politics, but who are they?

Casey Dellacqua and Ashleigh Barty are one win away from a historic French Open triumph.

Catalonia will hold a referendum on independence, defying Spanish courts and the government.

Pikachu has inspired an augmented reality resurgence, but some of the AR headsets on show in Shanghai struggle to make the grade.

The Lionel Messi-led Argentina saw off their old rivals Brazil, winning 1-0 through a Gabriel Mercado goal just before the interval in front of more than 95,000 fans at the MCG in a quality friendly on Friday night.

Australian Richie Porte has claimed the overall leader's yellow jersey in the Criterium du Dauphine.

Finding potential terrorists who drop off the intelligence radar is a Sisyphean task.

Police were pelted with bottles and cans as they tried to break up a huge car meet in Docklands where hooning drivers did burnouts and raced through the streets.

Shock jock Alan Jones is reshuffling his real estate portfolio, listing the Avoca Beach apartment he bought in 2008 for $4.5 million.

The State government plans to co-opt the private sector in its fight against terrorism.

Apparently you still need a Sherrin to sell the Socceroos to Victorians.

British Prime Minister Theresa May has temporarily shored up her support within her party.

Is life getting better in Australia? Not on some important measures, according to the latest Wellbeing Index.

Adelaide's comfortable win on their home turf on Friday still won't answer their harshest critics, but St Kilda's loss tells us they're not the genuine finals contender most believed they were.

The one-time One Direction star backs up November shows with more next year while the Kiwi superstar comes out in November to play under the stars.

Police are on the hunt for a man in a red sedan who is reported to have stalked at least three Mentone schoolgirls in June.

Victorian schools are grappling with how to keep children with behavioural issues safe.

A Sydney surgeon who was subjected to a "vicious" campaign of harassment by a former patient including an offensive website and death threats has been awarded $480,000 in damages for defamation, after a judge lauded him as the "perfect plaintiff".

President Donald Trump called James Comey a "leaker", the day after his former FBI director accused him in a US Senate hearing of trying to quash an investigation into former national security adviser Michael Flynn.

Boyd was brilliant in the 24-18 victory, ensuring Billy Slater won't walk back into the Maroons fullback spot, while Anthony Milford left with a serious shoulder injury.

Argentina beats Brazil 1-0 in a high-profile friendly clash at the MCG in a testy game of football, in which star man Lionel Messi was subjected to some overly physical treatment.

Julie Fitzgerald's Giants are just one win away from a Super Netball grand final against Sunshine Coast.

The Australia team is fighting with its employers but must defeat a rampant England to stay alive in the Champions Trophy.

Theresa May forms a minority government after her early election gambled ended in a hung parliament.

Five burning questions ahead of the Wallabies three June Tests that get under way against Fiji on Saturday at AAMI Park in Melbourne.

The commonalities between a series of recent elections, including last year's poll in Australia, are striking.

Treasurer Curtis Pitt plans to deliver a surplus in his third budget next week but he was harder to pin down on whether he had prevented the public service from ballooning.

According to REIQ figures, 2300 new apartments came on to the Brisbane market in the first quarter of 2015. In the first quarter of 2017, that number had reduced to just 260.

A semi-trailer driver who tried to stop his rolling vehicle in an Adelaide shopping centre car park is killed.

Two months after Cyclone Debbie devastated the Queensland coast, evidence of the cyclone's destruction is scant in Airlie Beach.

Australian filmmaker James Ricketson has been charged with gathering information that could jeopardise Cambodia's national security and could face up to 10 years jail if convicted.

The federal government's changes for "foreign investors" also affect expats.

Malcolm Turnbull has known for years that a price on carbon is the way to tackle climate change but will have trouble convincing the fossil fools in his own party.

What if, shock horror, Paltrow isn't a hippy and instead is a straight-up capitalist just selling women stuff they don't need?

The woman they had called the accidental prime minister after she seemed to fall into the job when all the other candidates dropped out may have engineered her last political accident.

At this stage of the game, when World Cup qualification is balanced on a knife edge, a win is a win and the three points are all that matter – whether they are won with style or secured in ugly fashion.

Here's what the Maroons must do if they are to try and take the Origin series to a decider as they head to Sydney as distinct underdogs.

Former Wallabies fullback Matthew Burke has described Karmichael Hunt's selection for Australia's Test against Fiji as a "head-scratcher," saying selectors should have opted for youth.

One of the best places to start the war on thinning hair is with the choice of shampoo.

Manly have held off a gutsy Newcastle thanks to a refereeing blunder that led to Akuila Uate's second try.

Sarah Ferguson has opened up about her battles with an eating disorder during her marriage to Prince Andrew.