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TOPSHOT - Former US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump dances after speaking during an election night event at the West Palm Beach Convention Center in West Palm Beach, Florida, early on November 6, 2024. Republican former president Donald Trump closed in on a new term in the White House early November 6, 2024, just needing a handful of electoral votes to defeat Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris. (Photo by Jim WATSON / AFP)

Donald Trump wins US presidency

Democratic process is the winner in a historic presidential election that divided voters but swept Republican Donald Trump to a decisive victory over Democratic nominee Kamala Harris

Space
KIDS NEWS 2024: students watch the launch at the Powerhouse Future Space Launch of their algae experiment for the International Space Station. Picture: Powerhouse Future Space Launch/Maja Baska.

Student experiment goes to space

Australian students are celebrating the successful lift off of their history-making space mission, as their algae experiment heads to the International Space Station in a bid to grow a greener future

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(COMBO) This combination of pictures created on November 04, 2024 shows, L-R, US Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris speaking during a "When We Vote We Win" rally at the Wisconsin State Fair Park Exposition Center in West Allis, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, November 1, 2024 and former US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump departing the stage after speaking at a campaign rally at Lee's Family Forum in Henderson, Nevada, October 31, 2024.  (Photo by Brendan SMIALOWSKI and Ian Maule / AFP)

Five-minute guide to US election

The US political system differs from ours – here are key details and some essential information, so you can follow the US presidential election as history unfolds and America decides

History
LiDAR survey data reveals ancient Maya buildings (inset, center) clustered on a hilltop, while a satellite image (far left and right) shows modern agriculture and roadbuilding underway in the valleys below. Picture: Luke Auld-Thomas

Lost city found hidden in jungle

An archaeologist has stumbled upon an ancient city in modern-day Mexico that was buried ‘in plain sight’ for centuries, after unanalysed data from a Google search led to the remarkable find

VIDEOAnimals
Cassius has reclaimed his crown.
 Green Island's resident giant estuarine crocodile, Cassius, measuring 5.48m, is once again the world's largest crocodile in captivity after Philippines' monster crocodile Lolong died on Sunday night.
 Cassius was first named the world's biggest by the Guinness World Records in 2011.
 But he was stripped of the title last year, when the 6.17m Lolong was captured in the Philippines' town of Bunawan.
 Authorities will try to determine what caused the death of Lolong who had become a star attraction of the marshy town of 37,000 people about 830km southeast of Manila.

World’s largest croc dies in QLD

A record-breaking crocodile that as a younger predator rampaged through Australian waterways, attacking boats and stalking cows, has passed away peacefully after nearly 40 years in captivity

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Australia's Gout Gout, 16, powered home for silver in the 200m final with a personal best time of 20.60 at the World Athletics U20 Championships in Lima. Photo: X

Aussie teen smashes sprint record

Homegrown athletics sensation Gout Gout is fast becoming a legend of the track, after recording the fastest 200m sprint by an Australian in more than 31 years – and he’s just 16-years-old

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Health
The artifical tissue mimics the top crucial layers of skin and comes after years of work at The Alfred and Monash University. Picture: supplied

Grow your own ‘skin’ for burns

In a world-first medical trial, an Australian patient has received human-like skin grown in a lab to treat severe burns – a major breakthrough doctors say could improve healing and save lives

Health

Peanut allergies linked to pollution

A study from Murdoch Childrens which identified a key change in the immune system that underpins peanut allergy remission, enabling them to develop a targeted treatment. Stella 9 years old was diagnosed with a peanut allergy at 18 months of age. But after taking part in a Murdoch ChildrenÕs allergy trial, she has had been in clinical remission for almost four years and now eats peanut regularly. At her home in Carnegie. Picture Rebecca Michael.

What raises the risk of developing peanut allergies – and what changes could “help turn the tide” on the rise in food sensitivities – has been revealed for the first time by an Australian team

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Meet Australia’s million dollar kid

Heamasi Makasini on the run. Picture: Michael Gorton. NSWRL Junior Reps, Harold Matthews Cup round three, Newcastle Knights vs Western Suburbs Magpies at St Johns Oval, 17 February 2024

The nation’s richest schoolkid is rising NRL star Heamasi Makasini, who plays rugby union for his high school but has just signed a massive $1 million-plus deal with league’s Wests Tigers

ANIMALS

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KIDS NEWS. Taronga Zoo 9-week-old Fiordland Penguin chick with mother penguin Dusky. Picture: Taronga Zoo

Meet Australia’s precious penguins

Not only are these recent hatchlings flippin’ cute, they could prove crucial to the survival of their species thanks to a world-first breeding program that is revealing new insights into how they live

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Giotto the skateboarding bulldog pictured in Kurnell today with owner Greg Denaro. Picture: Sam Ruttyn

Dog teaches himself to skateboard

Pigs may not fly but at least one dog can skateboard, after six-year-old Australian bulldog Giotto showed his form on his local circuit and social media helped make him a skateboarding star

Animals
KIDS NEWS. The team at Taronga’s Wildlife Hospital treat an injured  diamond python brought in by wildlife rescue service WIRES. The python that had been discovered on the side of the road near Sydney. Picture: Taronga Wildlife Hospital

Python patient’s road to recovery

The roadside rescue of an injured diamond python this International Reptile Awareness Day is a timely reminder that even our slithery friends need a helping hand from time to time

Animals
Mickey the cockatoo rescued by local dedicated wildlife rescuer and his helpful cockatoo assistant. Picture: Supplied

Feathered friend rescues cockatoo

Birds of a feather really do flock together, after a sulphur-crested assistant helped rescue another cockatoo trapped inside Coles for four weeks, leading it to seeds and safety in a successful extraction

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MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - OCTOBER 30: Sophie Garbin of Australia of Australia passes the ball during game four of the Constellation Cup match between Australia Diamonds and New Zealand Silver Ferns at John Cain Arena on October 30, 2024 in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by Daniel Pockett/Getty Images)

Diamonds get their shine back

Australian women’s netball team the Diamonds have won their last Constellation Cup match against New Zealand just when it looked like their Kiwi rivals would deliver a clean sweep

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DUISBURG, GERMANY - OCTOBER 28: Kyra Cooney-Cross of Australia scores her team's first goal during the Women's international friendly match between Germany and Australia at Schauinsland-Reisen-Arena on October 28, 2024 in Duisburg, Germany. (Photo by Alex Grimm/Getty Images)

Matildas star stuns with epic goal

The Matildas have delivered a stunning win against longstanding rivals Germany thanks to a sensational goal from one of the lesser known but highly valuable players on the revamped team

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ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA - OCTOBER 27: Caoimhe Bray of the Sydney Sixers during the WBBL match between Melbourne Renegades and Sydney Sixers at Adelaide Oval on October 27, 2024, in Adelaide, Australia. (Photo by Sarah Reed/Getty Images)

15yo stuns in WBBL cricket debut

Year 9 student Caoimhe Bray has made history with a standout performance against the Melbourne Renegades during her Sydney Sixers debut as the youngest female to ever play WBBL cricket

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BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos OCTOBER 26, 2024 QLDVOTES24: LNP leader David Crisafulli during the party function in Brisbane. Picture: NewsWire/Tertius Pickard

Brisbane Games high on To Do list

Australia’s next Olympic Games in Brisbane 2032 was the top topic when Queensland’s first Liberal National Party premier in a decade took a congratulatory call from Prime Minister Albanese

SOCIETY & CULTURE

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A picture taken on October 31, 2024 shows piled up cars following deadly floods in Sedavi, south of Valencia, eastern Spain. Rescuers raced on October 31, 2024 to find survivors and victims of once-in-a-generation floods in Spain that killed at least 95 people and left towns submerged in a muddy deluge with overturned cars scattered in the streets. About 1,000 troops joined police and firefighters in the grim search for bodies in the Valencia region as Spain started three days of mourning. Up to a year's rain fell in a few hours on the eastern city of Valencia and surrounding region on October 29 sending torrents of water and mud through towns and cities. (Photo by Manaure Quintero / AFP)

Angry Spanish flood victims react

Spanish communities reeling from last week’s devastating floods in the Valencia region have publicly erupted at their king, queen and government officials – why are impacted residents so furious?

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, Birtles and Bean Round the world trip with Daily Telegraph Cartoonist, Warren Brown and Journalist, Matthew Benns. The pair have made it to Cairo, Egypt. Picture: Supplied.,

Push to get roadster to pyramids

The epic 24,000 km journey to recreate Francis Birtles’ famous 1927 drive from London to Melbourne in a classic roadster roars through the Egyptian capital to raise funds for Australian charity

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Mark Knight cartoon for Herald Sun, October 29, 2024

High-flying PM hits turbulence

From working class man to Chairman’s Lounge king, Anthony Albanese’s ‘man of the people’ pitch might not pass muster with the public amid the cost of living crisis in Mark Knight’s cartoon