The 2020 prize for Merriam-Webster's word of the year went to an obvious choice: pandemic.

New Zealand has intervened in the escalating diplomatic row between Australia and China, raising concerns over a doctored image shared by a senior Chinese official...

The South Australian government will issue a second round of travel vouchers to stimulate the state's tourism sector during the COVID-19 pandemic.

People in the US could have access to their first two vaccines against the coronavirus before Christmas, Health Secretary Alex Azar says.

Thousands of Australian households and small businesses have struggled to pay their power bills during the COVID-19 crisis, a new report shows.

Qantas insists safety won't be compromised by its plan to outsource about 2000 positions, having rejected an in-house bid to save jobs at the COVID-battered...

NRL star Jack de Belin and his friend Callan Sinclair remain accused of sexual assault after a jury was unable to reach any verdict and...

Thirteen parties have been charged over the deaths of 22 people during a volcanic eruption on a New Zealand island in 2019.

Inland NSW is set to bear the brunt of another stint of steaming hot weather, with authorities particularly worried about the growing risk of grass...

A mysterious monolith that had left onlookers baffled has disappeared from the spot where it was discovered in the Utah desert.