Throughout the mid-terms campaign, Trump and Democrats agreed on one thing: wanting to make the election about him.

Protecting politicians from online hate will be top of the agenda at an international forum committed to by the Prime Minister and his British counterpart.

EDITORIAL: Anthony Albanese’s refusal to acknowledge that the finger of blame on rates points his way takes the cake.

Throughout the mid-terms campaign, Trump and Democrats agreed on one thing: wanting to make the election about him.

AARON PATRICK: The main lesson from the Republicans’ defeat in the mid-term elections is that President Donald Trump should have stuck by his promise to avoid more foreign wars.

Democrat Annie Andrews has defeated senator Darline Graham, who was running for her late brother Lindsey Graham's seat in heavily Republican South Carolina.

A technical issue has left Telstra customers across the country puzzled after they received a number of missed calls and voicemail notifications at once. 

Sydney is facing another off-field crisis with a senior player in trouble with the law after failing a roadside drug test.

Two truck drivers have died after a horror head-on crash in WA that sparked an inferno.

Hundreds of shops have shut across Australia as authorities wage war against a multibillion-dollar illegal tobacco trade fuelling organised crime and deadly violence. See what’s closed in your community.

Mark Bouris, the executive chairman of Yellow Brick Road Home Loans, has issued a warning for first-homebuyers who got into the market recently after the Commonwealth Bank forecast $200,000 house price falls.

Investors are being told to forget the ASX and look to the US for big winners that offer the opportunity to create investing wealth over the next five years.

On the Philippine island of Negros, Sipalay has followed a different path to many of the country’s better-known beach destinations — and Manami acts as a gateway to a striking coastline most overlook.

Trendy dining abounds in this city with buzzy restaurants lining the streets.

A fresh serve of the Music City food scene — as lively and broad as it’s ever been

EDITORIAL: Anthony Albanese’s refusal to acknowledge that the finger of blame on rates points his way takes the cake.

Housing is down, living costs are through the roof and there’s no light at the end of the tunnel. And Albanese and Chalmers still won’t admit they’ve got it badly wrong, writes Jeni O’Dowd.

COLIN RUBENSTEIN: And if his right wing Coalition is replaced, don’t expect a left wing alternative to embrace Palestinian statehood.

THE NEW YORK TIMES: Once the victim of paparazzi stalking and tabloid phone hacks, the actor is starring in two projects that deal explicitly with surveillance.

THE NEW YORK TIMES: Tom Skerritt’s rugged good looks, commanding presence and versatility led to key roles in M*A*S*H”and Steel Magnolias, and he won an Emmy on Picket Fences

It comes after Presley Gerber suddenly died at a rehabilitation centre on September 20.

Eve Marksoki-Wood has been spotted publicly for the first time since the fitness guru was arrested on assault charges pertaining to her mother.

Three-time Olympic gold medallist Stephanie Rice has broken down over a particularly challenging period of her career.

Police have provided an update two months after the actress’ tragic death. Here is what we know.

The horrifying rate of Aussie adults who have experienced abuse from sexually explicit AI-generated images has been revealed in a new study.

As entrepreneurs peddle scans and supplements, biotechs are probing the mysteries of ageing

THE WASHINGTON POST: If the brain’s plumbing doesn’t work properly cellular garbage accumulates — a cleaner brain may be a healthier one.

Preparing your child for a future where technology is ubiquitous requires this low-tech approach, according to this expert.

Sarah Di Lorenzo unpacks the foods and lifestyle habits behind a Sardinian village where living to 100 is unusually common.

Sydney is facing another off-field crisis with a senior player in trouble with the law after failing a roadside drug test.

Australian son-of-a-gun Jack Doohan’s Formula 1 career appears to be hanging by a thread after being snubbed by Haas again.

The 32-year-old is officially a Saint, while another club has welcomed in three new additions.

The US military has issued a statement after North Korea launched several missiles, just hours after Kim Jong Un’s sister delivered a fiery warning to Washington.

Opposition leader Kemi Badenoch says Britain must stop rewarding hostile regimes while neglecting citizens jailed abroad

Spain's transport minister has resigned following a deadly high-speed train collision south of Madrid that killed 69 people, including two Australians.