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Omega's photofinish camera captured a dog running across the finish line in the women's team sprint event at the Olympics . MUST CREDIT : 2026 OMEGA SA .

Winter Olympics: week 2 highlights

A curious canine’s photo finish in the cross-country qualifiers wins hearts as a howling new hero, while Australians celebrate our best ever Winter Olympics showing at the 2026 Milano Cortina Games

Georges River Council will host the Lunar New Year festival at Hurstville on February 21, 2026.

Giddy up for the Year of the Horse

Join Asian-Australians celebrating Lunar New Year from February 17 as the rare Year of the Fire Horse brings special significance to family traditions and cultural unity – discover what it’s all about

A baby crocodile was found in the pool at Nitmiluk Camping and Caravan Park on Monday, February 9, 2026, delighting staff. Picture: Facebook/ Nitmiluk Tours

Snappy swimmers take to the pool

Splash-happy Australians got more than they bargained for this week after a crocodile and a shark were both spotted swimming laps in two separate swimming pool incidents. Watch the video

Society and Culture

Logan, 14 yrs, was verbally abused by tennis legend John McEnroe at Melbourne airport where he tried to get a photo and autograph. Pictured with some of the other celebs he has met. Friday, February 6. 2026. Picture: David Crosling

Teen autograph-hunter’s adventure

The old saying ‘never meet your heroes’ has new meaning for one Aussie selfie-snapper but with 100 wins on the autograph circuit, the tenacious teen has already set his sights on the Grand Prix

KIDS NEWS WHAT'S ON WRAP. Australiaâs favourite Japanese magic bar, MAHO MAGIC BAR, will delight and astonish the whole family this summer with its family-friendly sessions, perfect to keep the kids entertained this school holidays. Picture: Jeff Busby

What’s on these summer holidays

The festive season is finally here and there’s plenty of magic happening across the country. Here are some of our favourite things to do and see in each state and territory across Australia

Chris Byrnes broke three national records at the Aus/NZ National Skydiving Championships in Moruya on 12/3/19.

Green Flying Dude is king of the sky

High-flying wingsuiter Chris Byrnes — otherwise known as The Green Flying Dude — is king of the sky after claiming three national titles

Elsa in a scene from Disney movie trailer for Frozen 2

First look at Frozen 2 movie trailer

The first teaser for the Disney movie Frozen 2 has been released. This time , Elsa and Anna must navigate their way through another dangerous adventure

A man takes a photograph of a woman front of the Sydney Opera House in Sydney, Thursday, Oct. 6, 2016. NSW's net debt will be wiped out following a bumper budget surplus of $4.7 billion for the last financial year, Treasurer Gladys Berejiklian. (AAP Image/Mick Tsikas) NO ARCHIVING

How the Opera House could have looked

It’s one of Australia’s most recognisable landmarks, but the Sydney Opera House could have looked very, very different if any of the other ideas submitted were built instead

Nilanshi Patel, a 16-year-old girl from Gujarat, India, has her record-breaking hair combed. Picture: Guinness World Records

Girl’s long hair breaks world record

She’s only 16 years old, yet this girl has already broken a world long-hair record, all because she had a bad haircut when she was six years old

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Kids News reader vs kids book author

Kids News reader Alexa B has interviewed children’s book author David Baddiel on how long it takes to write a book, his inspiration for Head Kid and if there’ll be a sequel

OnlineOpinion Art 9 Feb 2018. Politicians inside the Canberra bubble. John Tiedemann

‘Canberra bubble’ the 2018 word of the year

A two-word phrase — made famous by the Prime Minister — about politicians worrying about themselves rather than everyday Australians has been named the 2018 Word of the Year

2019 marks the 19th year in a row that Christmas has been celebrated on board the ISS

Astronauts feast for Christmas in zero gravity

Elon Musk sent Christmas dinner to astronauts on the ISS via a SpaceX cargo capsule. The festive menu sounds delicious, but no one will want to eat the other special items on board

Adelaide’s Irene O’Shea the oldest person ever to jump off a plane. Picture: Bryce Sellick & Matt Teager

World-record skydiving for MND

Australian 102-year-old great grandma Irene O’Shea made skydiving history, set a new world record and raised much-needed funds and awareness for motor neurone disease

Popcorn Beach, Canary Islands, Spain. Picture: Instagram

Beach made of millions of pieces of ‘popcorn’

The internet’s latest sensation is a beach that looks like it’s made of popcorn. We find other incredible beaches around the world and explain what happens in nature to create them

An enormous steer in Western Australia is making headlines. At 194cm 'Knickers' is the largest in his category in Australia. Picture: Twitter #7News

“Holy Cow!” story goes viral

Giant Australian steer Knickers is so big his story has gone viral around the world. Back on the farm, Knickers is just getting on with his job of coaching his herd of 20,000 much smaller bovines

The Embraer E190-E2 is unlike any plane you’ve seen before. Picture: Embraer

World’s biggest ‘shark’ seen at Mount Everest

A new kind of aeroplane is on a world tour to show off so airlines buy lots of them. To attract attention, it was first painted as a flying tiger. Now it’s a flying shark. Such big teeth!

There’s the Hogwarts Express at the recreated Hogsmeade Village

Wizard world undergoes doubling charm

In a truly magical display that looks like the work of a doubling charm, Diagon Alley, the Whomping Willow and other features of Harry Potter’s world have turned up 10,000km away in Singapore

Holiday treasure hunt treasure image

Join the treasure hunt to win!

It’s holiday time and we’re here to help you have fun and maybe even win a great prize. Can you find your way through the Kids News questions to reach the treasure?

****NEWS CORP EXCLUSIVE - EMBARGOED FOR 12.01am THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 6, 2018**** GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS 2019 The most flower girls in a wedding is 253, and was achieved at the wedding of Charlene Pearson and Leon Watts (both Australia) in Hita, Japan, on 2 April 2017

Australians on quest to be best

You don’t have to be Usain Bolt to break a world record if you choose the right record for you and your skills. Which is your favourite world record?

Quentin Valentine is 68 years old and recently ended a running streak of 36 years and 6 days - running for at least 5km everyday since 1982. Picture:Rob Leeson.

Man runs for 36 years, 6 days

It started as a bet with mates that he won in the first three years, but this determined man kept on running for another 33 years. Could you do that?

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