Mafia fighter suggests NY-style laws to stop unions delaying Olympic builds

Victorian Greens senator Steph Hodgins-May has confronted a man over a "deeply offensive" comment left on social media.

Shen Jiaoqi, a banker living in southern China’s Guangdong province, cannot stop watching microdramas. The shows are so addictive that she sometimes spends entire days gazing at her phone. One time, she even kept watching while she showered. “Honestly, I was watching for the eye candy rather than the plots,” she said. “The AI has really made the characters look stunning.” Shen is far from alone. Microdramas have exploded in popularity in China over the past few years, offering viewers a quick...

A 53-year-old man has faced court after police found the woman, aged in her 40s, with multiple stab wounds.

California Atty. General Rob Bonta announced Tuesday that his office is seeking civil penalties and equitable relief against the operators of Castaic's Chiquita Canyon Landfill for allegedly mismanaging the operation, lawsuit says.

The US central bank has left interest rates on hold, but inflation data due later this week is expected to show another increase in prices.

U.S. District Judge David O. Carter ruled that the administration's allegations were "not credible" and that the intervention it sought would violate a host of federal laws.

Immigration rules are discouraging a growing number of air travellers from visiting certain destinations, a global aviation survey has found, while geopolitical tensions are also influencing travel decisions, particularly in the Asia-Pacific region. The International Air Transport Association (IATA), an airline industry body, said its annual Global Passenger Survey found that 43 per cent of respondents had been put off from visiting certain destinations by immigration requirements, up from 33...

Delayed by more than two years, the final stretch of the $30 billion M1 metro rail line was almost derailed on several occasions.

The government owes veterans, and every taxpayer, an honest account of what this sale will really cost.

Lois Billedo was a 12-year-old runaway when Reverend Bill Crews gave her a place to sleep. Almost 40 years later, the pair share the deepest of bonds.

The Australian sharemarket has made a bright start this morning on the back of a positive lead from Wall Street after the Federal Reserve, as expected, kept interest rates on hold.

The Herald charts the ups and downs of the creation of Sydney’s newest cultural institution.