3 share Nobel Prize in Economics for work on technology, growth and creative destruction
Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt won the Nobel memorial prize in economics Monday for their research on how
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Watch: Emotional moment mum video calls hostage son ahead of reunion
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Read MoreSussan Ley praised for ‘standing up for democracy’ as Labor’s freedom of information crackdown looks set to fail
Government’s FoI changes unlikely to pass Senate as Coalition, Greens and key crossbenchers voice outrage Follow our Australia news live
Read MoreVideo shows Israeli hostage convoy crossing into Israel
Released video shows the moment a convoy of Israeli hostages entered Israeli territory amid the Gaza peace deal.
Read MoreUS calls for China to release 30 leaders of influential underground church
Zion Church, founded by pastor Jin Mingri in 2007, is one of China’s largest underground church networks.
Read MoreNew rules have been proposed for your super. Here’s what you need to know
Major changes include indexing super balances to inflation and addition of a new threshold taxing balances between $3m and $10m
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Jim Chalmers says revised superannuation tax reforms still raise a ‘substantial’ amount of money, but it will be much less
Read MoreBoy, 11, shoots farm worker dead in tragic South Africa accident, police say
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In a major milestone, Hamas releases final group of living Israeli hostages
The release by Hamas of living Israeli hostages began an expected swap of hostages for prisoners. In turn, Israel will
Read MoreVictoria’s ‘major crime problem’ and ‘lack of trust’ in police sparks force’s biggest overhaul in years
Chief commissioner says force needs to ‘police differently’ as restructure announced Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates
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