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Humanity originated on the African continent at least 300,000 years ago. We know from fossil evidence in southern Greece and the Levant (modern-day Israel) that some early members of our species expanded beyond Africa around 200,000 years ago, and again between 120,000 to 90,000 years ago.

Medical and other hardship cases, exacerbated by confusion and delays, have brought sharp attacks on the Queensland government.

Social media around the world lit up over the weekend, discussing the possibility that an asteroid (known as 2018 VP₁) could crash into Earth on November 2.

The RSV Nuyina icebreaker is on its way to the Netherlands for final fitout and sea trials. It is expected in Hobart in 2021.

Australian universities are expected to lose billions of dollars in revenue due to the impacts of COVID-19. The estimated lost revenue from international students alone is A$18 billion by 2024.

The Australian Alps in southeast New South Wales is the traditional home of three Aboriginal groups: the Ngarigo, Walgalu and Djilamatang people. It is home to Australia’s highest peak, Mount Kosciuszko.

From early on Saturday morning, nobody from NSW and ACT will be able to enter Queensland. Premier says ‘tough decision’ is necessary.

This week’s annual Australia-US ministerial (AUSMIN) talks took place within the fraught context of a world growing in enmity and anxiety — but no longer economically.

The Democratic National Convention is approaching — in virtual form — and Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden will present his pick for vice president to the delegates for their affirmation.

Australia wants to build a 2.7-kilometre concrete runway in Antarctica, the world’s biggest natural reserve.

COVID-19 doesn’t spell the end of the centralised office predicted by futurists since at least the 1970s.

Australian native trees and shrubs

The two papers are the latest in a growing number of news outlets to close their doors

As bushfires blackened forests last summer, one tree species was protected

Here are 7 ways to help them navigate a changed world

Freshwater flows are vital to maintaining the health of the Murray River’s lower lakes

SPECIAL FEATURE: Climate change is making extreme events even more severe, resulting in unprecedented conditions that are rewriting our nation’s history.

OPINION & ANALYSIS: These unprecedented fires are an indication that a much-feared future under climate change may have arrived earlier than predicted. The week ahead will present high-stakes new challenges.

I have to say I felt out of place in the teeming, crowded cauldron that is Edinburgh City Centre in August, and I must confess that those pseudo intellectual talks and plays by Sophocles often leave me baffled.

Australia has a bona fide number one contender for the Wimbledon crown in Ash Barty. It's time for a nation to get behind this genuine champ.

SPECIAL FEATURE: Despite fighting and dying for Australia, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders still weren’t considered citizens upon their return from the war.

Art, books, music, bad beer and sensational crabs. Baltimore might not be her place exactly, but it’s definitely her kinda place, discovers JENNIFER PERKIN.

OPINION & ANALYSIS: Enough. Most Australian voters surely care less about who is running the country than they do about making sure our country is still a habitable place to live in the future.

The new British citizenship solution is giving some people with British descent renewed hope of obtaining UK nationality through their parents and grandparents.

With its political & economical problems a thing of the past, Zimbabwe is welcoming increasing numbers of tourists back into the country and hoping for even more. Armed with a camera & notepad, Kris Griffiths takes a tour of the reborn nation, experiencing its full range of impressive natural wonders ...

SPECIAL FEATURE: A staggering 3.9 billion malicious login attempts occurred during the last year against sites belonging to airlines, cruise lines, hotels, online travel, automotive rental and transport organisations.

Take your Monopoly piece with you and stay out of jail (down behind Kings Cross, by the way) and keep an eye out for the little man in the top hat.

TRAVEL DEALS: Prices are fantastic right now with Sydney return fares from £601, Brisbane £554, Melbourne from £571, Perth from £523, Adelaide from £526 and Cairns from £600. Fly in comfort and style on a modern Dreamliner aircraft.

Tributes have been pouring in on social media for the scientist, who made complex science accessible to everyone in his 1988 bestselling book A Brief History of Time. There have been reactions too from the world of Astronomy in Australia.

OPINION & ANALYSIS: After nearly two years of a facilitated conciliation process, Australia and Timor Leste have finally reached agreement on a maritime boundary in the Timor Sea.

Are you considering moving to the land down under? Australia is a beautiful land with a favorable climate and great people. Spend your days wandering through the outback or tanning on a sunny beach, Australia has it all.

OPINION & ANALYSIS: Today the Commonwealth exists as an organisation in search of a rationale. When this coalition of whimsy meets a hard policy issue, its solidarity falls victim to its diversity, while its breadth of membership can’t deliver real weight and gravitas in the present day.

When you make the big jump for a stint in the UK, there's a lot in your life that is going to change and you will need to adjust in a major way. Here's some top advice on how, from someone who has taken the leap.

Antipodeans were foremost among more than 75,000 New Years' revellers as Edinburgh's Hogmanay Festival celebrated its 25 year milestone in style. "I've never experienced anything like it!"

Poor discipline once again blights the Wallabies as they finish their autumn tour with a brutal defeat at the hands of a resurgent Scottish side, writes CHARLIE INGLEFIELD.

As much as we love the UK, its winter can break your soul. But you don't have to fly home to the other side of the globe to escape...

There are few countries around the world that can offer sublime beauty and an awe-inspiring natural diversity and wonder as exotic Morocco.

OPINION & ANALYSIS: This very active season comes after a “hurricane drought” with very few major storms making landfall on the US coast over the previous decade. So why are we seeing so many hurricanes now? Is climate change to blame?

Thinking of moving to the UK? Is it best to live where other expat Australians have gone before or would you prefer to trailblaze further afield and leave old London town behind? Find some answers, here...

OPINION & ANALYSIS: Researchers have observed that, as climate zones change, animals and plants migrate to keep up. But as biodiversity and ecosystem services are threatened, species that can’t adjust to rapidly changing conditions face extinction.

OPINION & ANALYSIS: Today Britain serves the EU official notice that it is leaving. For Australia, Brexit is the diplomatic equivalent of moving into a shared house with a divorcing couple.

Western France is a food and wine lover's ultimate adventure, laced with a juicy history.

From bridge climbing, to shark diving, to the southern aurora and the Devil's Marbles... Down Under is a wealth of awesome experiences just waiting for you.

Attacker shouts "Allahu akbar" as British backpacker Mia Ayliffe-Chung murdered and another critically injured in North Qld hostel.

I’d managed to negotiate the fruit and vegetable aisle - where capsicums are peppers, eggplants are aubergines, mandarins are clementines or satsumas, snow peas are mange tout and zucchini are courgettes - but earned ‘The Look’ at the checkout when I asked for ‘cash out’.

London hosts a swag full of Australia Day events for happy little Vegemites of every persuasion. Here’s your tip-top choices.

There are few countries around the world that can offer sublime beauty and an awe-inspiring natural diversity as Morocco.

Got camper, will go road tripping!

The world seems to be waking to that fact as MTV even took notice. MTV Crashes Plymouth, in its first year, brought some incredible talent mixed in with the stunning views - to provide the locals a night to remember.

Snow, strong winds and hail lash Australia's Sunshine state.