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Labor is tightening visa rules for international students and backpackers, while increasing efforts to remove overstayers as it seeks greater control over migration.

Authorities in Saudi Arabia say they've intercepted a drone fired by Houthi rebels at Mecca. It's the latest sign of escalating tensions in a conflict which is threatening the transport of oil through the key Bab el- Mandeb strait.

China says calls for an AI slowdown from industry leaders are a "Cold War" tactic, aimed at curbing its progress in the sector.

Up to 600 jobs will be lost after South Australia's, Whyalla steelworks plant announced its shutting down its blast furnace.

Australians are marking the 25th anniversary of the shocking terror attacks in the United States on September 11, 2001.

The US President, Donald Trump has promised to give every American adult US $5000 if the Republicans win the mid-term elections in November.

The father of two Australian men killed in Mexico has told a court he does not hold animosity for their killers.

The federal government has released draft laws that would change Australians' social media feeds and allow people to decide if they want an algorithm to determine what they see.

One Nation's plan to give Australians early access to their superannuation to help with the cost of living is being criticised by the super industry, the government and some economists.

Two men have been rescued from a hydropower tunnel in Nepal, nine days after devastating floods hit the country.

Health groups have slammed the Coalition's plan to slash the tobacco tax by 80 per cent as a strategy to tackle the illicit tobacco market.

In Nepal and Tibet, the search for flood survivors continues with nearly 4,000 people still missing.

An Australian missing in the Himalayan flood disaster has been found safe in Tibet as more than one thousand people are confirmed to have died in the flash flood.

More than two-thousand-four-hundred people remain missing after last-week's flash floods in Nepal and Tibet including over 40 Australians.

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34 Australians are among more than one thousand people missing after devastating flash floods swept through central Nepal.

The federal government's proposed rules for AI data centre power use have been debated at a meeting of National Cabinet today.

The Australian Energy Market Operator is warning that data centres will put huge pressure on the national electricity grid over the next decade.

The Prime Minister has again promised not to change Western Australia's GST deal while he is running the country.

The captain of the Sydney Swans women's team is urging fans to stand by the club as it deals with the hotel scandal that has seen five male players suspended for the rest of the season.