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US Senate takes steps toward vote to end historic federal shutdown

The US Senate on Sunday moved toward a vote on reopening the federal government, suggesting that an end to the historic shutdown, now in its 40th day,...

Maggots in the meals, glass in the rice: Indonesia?s free school meals tainted by food poisoning

Rini Irawati feared the worst when she found her teenage daughter Nabila pale and barely breathing in an emergency centre in Indonesia?s West Java. ?M...

No link between paracetamol in pregnancy and autism or ADHD in children, review finds

A wide-ranging review into paracetamol use by pregnant women has found no convincing link between the common painkiller and the chances of children be...

Growth in global demand for ?green? office buildings slows amid Trump policies

The growth in global demand for ?green? office buildings has slowed after Donald Trump?s assault on environmental protection policies caused a slump i...

Girl, 17, joins lawsuit against government after seeing horrific phone videos at school

A 17-year-old girl who says she was exposed to horrific images and videos including porn, a shooting and a beheading on a smartphones during the schoo...

The Mushroom Tapes review ? Erin Patterson through the eyes of Helen Garner, Chloe Hooper and Sarah Krasnostein

Every reader of The Mushroom Tapes will open the book knowing that Erin Patterson was found guilty in July of murdering three people ? her in-laws, Ga...