An escalating dispute over a new pay deal for thousands of drivers comes as the government unveiled an extra 3000 weekly bus services.

Votes are being counted in the US midterm elections, with Democrats looking like they are having a good night.

Orbit Resources has hit a 28.1m zone of visual sulphides to cap off stage 2 drilling at its Lewis Ponds project in NSW, with assays now pending for the program.

Record El Nino expected to affect China's winter climate

The 188-year-old retailer is facing collapse after crucial negotiations with its landlords have failed.

Detectives warn there are no borders in cybercrime after a “limited” breach of a NSW Health site as a hacker claims to have accessed 100,000 sensitive files.

Former teacher and celebrated organist Alan Caradus taught at several high-profile private schools and mentored young musicians.

Tech adventure in Shenzhen: A visit to the city of tomorrow

Alan Caradus allegedly raped a boy in a Sydney park

Firefighters and paramedics rushed to the scene after receiving a triple-zero call from a motorist.

Speaking from overseas, the prime minister also lashed out at the Coalition for not passing Labor’s existing savings measures.

Chinese Premier Li Qiang delivered a keynote speech on Tuesday at the opening ceremony of the 2026 World Internet Conference (WIC) Wuzhen Summit.

The Tibetan Plateau, home to the world’s largest expanse of alpine permafrost, is warming at about twice the global average but, counter-intuitively,researchers have found that ice in parts of the Tibet autonomous region is actually thickening. A team from Peking University found that shallow ground ice has unexpectedly increased over the past 20 years, affecting more than a third of the plateau’s permafrost, a phenomenon driven largely by natural climate factors. The authors noted that the...

One union described the leaked directive as pitting hospital workers and ambulance officers against each other in a “Hunger Games fight for beds”.

Follow the SCMP’s live coverage here: High voter turnout as US midterm results test Trump’s grip on Congress The United States’ midterm elections are unlikely to deliver a “disruptive” shock to relations between Beijing and Washington despite potential volatility over the issue of Taiwan, according to a prominent Chinese expert in US studies. Chen Dongxiao, president of the Shanghai Institutes for International Studies, said any shift in the make-up of the US Congress would mainly complicate...

It seems that the HomeView that Apple launched last month was just the beginning of a new lineup of smart home hubs.

Dateline Resources and the US Government have appealed a work ban at its Colosseum gold-REE project, arguing its 1985 mining plan at the billion-dollar prospect remains valid.

For autonomous vehicles, the hardest lessons to learn are the ones that can test the skills of even the most experienced human drivers: an errant cyclist darting through a red light, or an animal bolting into oncoming traffic from behind a corner. The Chinese tech giant Baidu has developed a new AI-driven simulator to prepare its Apollo robotaxis for just such rare but high-stakes road hazards, as the firm looks to gain an edge in the fast-growing self-driving taxi market. The system, Apollo...

The Atto 1 is by no means the first electric hatchback, but more options are welcome in this relatively underserved space.

Electric cars sitting at a park ‘n’ ride commuter car park could be charged by the sun all day. But it’s not as simple as putting up a few solar panels.

If a “blue wave” were to materialise in the elections, Trump would lose control of much of his domestic agenda. Expect him to double down.

China is willing to work with all parties to do a good job in the final stage of the 2026 APEC "China Year" and contribute to the fruitful results at the upcoming Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Economic Leaders' Meeting, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Tuesday.

A trash truck traveling southbound on Interstate 5 in the San Fernando Valley caught fire on Tuesday afternoon, prompting multiple lane closures.

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The rideshare giant lost its appeal of a landmark legal case - a setback likely to have a broader impact on the gig economy.

The veteran actor went from 10-pound Pom to Play School icon. He reflects on fatherhood, reuniting with Sigrid Thornton and why he loves it when his work schedule is relentless.

The Australian sharemarket had a soft start to Wednesday’s session, with investors digesting the latest rate hike by the Reserve Bank and waiting for news from the US midterm elections.

After spending 12 gruelling hours battling the Tai Po inferno, frontline firefighter Ah Fai* could not have imagined that, barely a year later, his department would find itself under the harsh glare of public scrutiny. The trauma of that night is still raw. He remembers burning debris from the bamboo scaffolding raining down from above, blocking one of the main entrances of Wang Fuk Court. “Our colleagues simply had no chance of getting in,” he said. Those who eventually breached the towers were...

Is it too late to vote? What time do polls close? Where's my nearest vote center? Answering all your last-minute questions about voting.

China is helping to train Solomon Islands police to use water cannons as part of an ongoing security partnership that is viewed with scepticism by the West. The Chinese embassy said on Tuesday that six officers from the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force took part in a week-long training exercise, without giving dates. The programme helped familiarise officers with the use of crowd control vehicles and different scenarios in which they may be used, the embassy said. The programme cultivated a...