Grand Finals keep auction clearances in the shade

A weekend of football finals, public holidays and school breaks in Melbourne and Sydney has led to very low auction clearance rates for homes.

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Luxe for less: hatted restaurants on a budget

Dining at hatted restaurants while you’re in penny-pinching mode doesn’t have to mean sharing an iceberg wedge between two

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BBC NEWS - Elon Musk reaches deal over tweets about taking Tesla private

Elon Musk reaches a deal with US regulators over tweets he sent about taking Tesla private.


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BBC NEWS - Indonesia tsunami: Rescuers dig through rubble for survivors

Over 20 people are dug out of a hotel by hand, but fears grow that the death toll of 408 will rise.


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BBC NEWS - Kanye West: Rapper changes his name to Ye

The rapper posted on Twitter: "The being formally [sic] known as Kanye West. I am YE."


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BBC NEWS - Brett Kavanaugh: FBI contacts Deborah Ramirez for interview

Agents investigating the US Supreme Court nominee approach Deborah Ramirez for an interview.


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BBC NEWS - North Korea 'won't disarm if sanctions continue', minister says

Ri Yong-ho tells the UN that the sanctions are deepening North Korean mistrust of the US.


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BBC NEWS - Jair Bolsonaro: Large protests against Brazil election front-runner

Tens of thousands of women say "not him" to candidate Jair Bolsonaro ahead of next week's election.


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BBC NEWS - HIV/Aids: China reports 14% surge in new cases

The vast majority of new cases were transmitted through sex. not blood transfusion as in the past.


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BBC NEWS - Egypt sentences activist for 'spreading fake news'

Amal Fathy has publicly criticised the government over the extent of sexual harassment in Egypt.


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BBC NEWS - Danish police free manhunt suspects in death threat case

Two men in a Swedish car were detained over fears an attack was about to take place, police say.


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BBC NEWS - Turkey's Erdogan opens mosque in German city of Cologne

Turkey's president ends a tense state visit by opening one of Europe's largest mosques in Cologne.


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BBC NEWS - Lindsay Lohan under fire for 'bizarre' Instagram video

Lindsay Lohan has been criticised online after posting a video showing an altercation with a homeless family.


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BBC NEWS - Jefferson Airplane's Marty Balin dies aged 76

He was the co-founder and vocalist-guitarist of the 1960s psychedelic rock group in San Francisco.


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BBC NEWS - Trump on Kim Jong-un: 'We fell in love'

The US president told a rally that the North Korean leader had sent him "beautiful" letters.


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BBC NEWS - Special words that don't exist in English (yet)

Some languages have words and phrases that English speakers never knew they needed.


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BBC NEWS - Protesters throw paint at police in Barcelona

Several people were injured as those for and against Catalan independence clashed in the city.


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BBC NEWS - Why are Hong Kong domestic workers practising their dance moves?

Why a domestic worker in Hong Kong takes part in beauty contests


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BBC NEWS - What will the FBI inquiry into Kavanaugh actually do?

The probe was ordered by a Senate committee after a Republican changed his mind about the nomination.


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BBC NEWS - Rudolf Nureyev: How the dance legend continues to inspire

The Russian ballet legend became a star in 1961 but a new film shows how his skill and legacy live on.


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BBC NEWS - Brazil indigenous group bets on 'golden fruit'

A rare variety of cocoa growing on its land is a ray of hope for an indigenous community in Brazil.


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BBC NEWS - Why Hollywood writer Ubah Mohamed hated her name

Ubah Mohamed used aliases to get work before breaking into Hollywood.


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BBC NEWS - India airports: Has PM Modi built more than others?

The Indian prime minister says he's built more airports than previous governments - has he?


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BBC NEWS - Racism and stereotypes in colonial India’s 'Instagram’

A recent exhibition of postcards from colonial India explores how Indians were portrayed.


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Conservative Party conference app reveals MPs' numbers

Boris Johnson was among those whose details could be accessed through the party's conference app.

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Palu mourns: Death toll from Indonesia's quake-tsunami rises

PALU, Indonesia - The death toll from Indonesia's latest natural disaster rose to 380 on Saturday, a day after the country witnessed a powerful earthquake, followed by a devastating tsunami.&nb

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Four People Injured In Donetsk Explosion

At least four people, including a candidate for the head of the Russia-backed formation called the Donestsk People's Republic (DPR) have been injured in an explosion in Donetsk.

The explosion

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1 missing after plane crash

In this Sept. 28, 2018, file photo, local fishing boats move in to recover the passengers and crew of Air Niugini flight following the plane crashing into the sea on its approach to Chuuk Internati

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1 missing in Micronesia plane crash

SUBSCRIBE WELLINGTON, New Zealand -- The airline operating a flight that crashed into a Pacific lagoon on Friday in Micronesia now says one man is missing, after earlier saying all 47 passengers an

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Pilot, passenger survive plane crash into Lake Hancock

A pilot and passenger survived a plane crash into Lake Hancock on Friday afternoon, the Polk County Sheriff's Office reported.The plane crashed about 1:30 p.m. into shallow water on the edge o

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Plane crash near Homeport Airport

SPOKANE, Wash. - A small plane crash has been reported on West Smythe Road and South Short Road.The crash site is about four miles from Cheney Spokane Road and near Homeport Airport. KXLY';s T

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2 rescued after plane crash in Polk County

BARTOW, Fla. - A small plane crashed on Friday afternoon in Bartow, the sheriff';s office confirmed.According to the Polk County Sheriff';s Office, the plane crashed around 1:30 p.m. near

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Tampa Bay area man dies in plane crash

GREENVILLE, S.C. - An Indian Rocks Beach man is one of two people who were killed in a plane crash in Greenville, South Carolina.A mid-sized jet that tried to land at a South Carolina airport ran o

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Indonesia quake offers get out of jail card for hundreds of inmates

Jakarta - Hundreds of inmates escaped from a prison in the Indonesian city of Palu after a powerful earthquake caused its walls to collapse, local media reported on Saturday. There were 560 inmates

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SA dignitaries make an appearance at New York Global Citizen Festival

Johannesburg - With around two months till the much anticipated Global Citizen event in Johannesburg, South African businessman Patrice Motsepe, his wife entrepreneur Dr. Precious Moloi-Motsepe, Mi

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One person missing after Pacific lagoon plane crash

Local fishing boats move in to recover the passengers and crew of Air Niugini flight following the plane crashing into the sea on its approach to Chuuk International Airport in the Federated States

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PICS: Death toll from Indonesia tsunami and quake tops 380

Palu, Indonesia - A tsunami swept away buildings and killed at least several hundred people on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, dumping victims caught in its relentless path across a devastated l

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Indonesia's tsunami sensors did not detect huge waves - official

Jakarta - Indonesia's geophysics agency lifted a tsunami warning 34 minutes after it was first issued following a major earthquake that sent huge waves crashing into the northeastern coast of

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Bowing to pressure, Trump agrees to FBI probe of Kavanaugh

Protesters rally against Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh as the Senate Judiciary Committee debates his confirmation at the Supreme Court in Washington. Picture: J. Scott Applewhite/AP..

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Pope issues month-long prayer appeal as Catholic Church battles sex scandals

Vatican City - The world's 1.3 billion Catholics should take some time during the month of October to pray daily for their scandal-hit church, Pope Francis said on Saturday. 'The Holy Fat

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At least 48 killed by quake, tsunami on Indonesia's Sulawesi island

Jakarta - Many bodies were found on Saturday along the shoreline of the Indonesian city of Palu on Sulawesi island which was hit by a major earthquake and tsunami, as the death toll rose to 48 peop

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Latest security breach is worst yet, says Facebook

The logo for Facebook appears on screens at the Nasdaq MarketSite in New York's Times Square. Facebook says it recently discovered a security breach affecting nearly 50 million user accounts.

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Emotional Kavanaugh offers glimpse into why Trump wants him to head Supreme Court

Washington - Glued to high-stakes testimony on his Supreme Court nominee, President Donald Trump and his allies were shaken by Christine Blasey Ford's emotional appearance on Capitol Hill. But

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Pope defrocks priest at centre of Chilean sexual abuse scandal

VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis has defrocked a 88-year-old Chilean priest who sexually abused teenage boys over a period of many years and is at the centre of a wider abuse scandal that is still under

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Kavanaugh gains key GOP senator ahead of crucial vote

Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 27, 2018. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, Pool)...

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Senate panel to vote on US Supreme Court nominee Kavanaugh

Washington - Brett Kavanaugh's nomination to a lifetime seat on the US Supreme Court hung in the balance on Friday after a jarring and raucous hearing into sexual misconduct allegations agains

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3 Palestinians killed, 190 injured along Gaza border in ongoing protests

Palestinian protesters run for cover from teargas fired by Israeli troops during a protest at the Gaza Strip's border with Israel, Friday, Sept.28, 2018. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)...

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A jogger's murder case went cold until a sex offender spoke to his pastor

Members of the tiny congregation where William Winters Leverett had bowed his head since 2015 would later say he was 'very childlike, very trusting of others.' A co-worker at the Fresh Ma

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Elon Musk sued for fraud, calls mount for his removal from Tesla

New York - The US Securities and Exchange Commission accused Tesla Inc Chief Executive Elon Musk on Thursday of fraud and sought to remove him from his role in charge of the electric car company, s

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Indonesian city hit by tsunami after powerful quake

In this photo released by the Disaster Management Agency, a house sits damaged after a magnitude 6.1 earthquake early Friday, Sept. 28, 2018, in Donggala, central Sulawesi, Indonesia. Powerful eart

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