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Russia has granted US whistleblower Edward Snowden permanent residency rights, his lawyer says, a step towards Russian citizenship if he wants it.

Victorians will be spared police drones buzzing over their backyards on AFL grand final day.

Australia Post chief executive Christine Holgate has been asked to stand aside pending an investigation into $12,000 worth of luxury watches gifted to senior executives.

A coronavirus outbreak in Melbourne's north has forced some 500 people into quarantine, shut down two schools and left five suburbs on high alert.

Brazilian health authority Anvisa says a volunteer in a clinical trial of the COVID-19 vaccine developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford University has died but adds that the trial will continue.

Pope Francis says in a newly released documentary that homosexuals should be protected by civil union laws, in some of the clearest language he has used on the rights of gay people.

Queensland's Liberal National Party wants to impose a night curfew on teenagers in two northern cities to curtail crime.

Nearly 300,000 more people have died in the United States in 2020 during the coronavirus pandemic than would be expected based on historical trends.

Scott Morrison wants Australia to become one of the world's leading digital economies within the next 10 years.

The Victorian government has backflipped over its controversial call to allow a select group of spectators on course for the 100th running of the Cox Plate after an overwhelming online backlash.