From: The Australian on Thu, Jun 23 2011 5:03 PM

Japanese inventors have created a wired torso-shaped device that will hug you back.

From: The Australian on Thu, Jun 23 2011 10:34 AM

Qantas will cancel all flights in and out of NZ on Friday as the ash cloud lingers from Chile’s volcano.

From: The Australian on Thu, Jun 23 2011 10:34 AM

Lord Christopher Monckton will not be censored at a mining conference, even after his 'fascism' comments.

From: The Australian on Thu, Jun 23 2011 4:16 AM

Virtual hugs and energy beams offer an alternative reality to visitors at the Advanced 3D and Motion Sensing technology expo in Tokyo.

From: The Australian on Wed, Jun 22 2011 10:13 PM

Relive the momentous day when Kevin Rudd was knifed by his own party and Julia Gillard became PM

From: The Australian on Wed, Jun 22 2011 10:13 PM

Japan has issued a tsunami alert after a magnitude 6.7 earthquake struck in the northeast of the country.

From: The Australian on Wed, Jun 22 2011 8:10 AM

Defence Minister Stephen Smith has announced a wide ranging review into Australia’s Defence Force.

From: The Australian on Wed, Jun 22 2011 8:10 AM

Asian stock markets rise after Greece’s embattled government survives a confidence vote crucial to avoiding a sovereign debt default.

From: The Australian on Wed, Jun 22 2011 12:46 AM

Amish man charged with soliciting a 12yo girl for sex, sent 600 texts, nude pics and videos. At the undercover police sting, he turned up in a horse-drawn buggy.

From: The Australian on Wed, Jun 22 2011 12:45 AM

More riots are taking place in Belfast are two people were shot and homes were attacked with gasoline bombs.

From: The Australian on Tue, Jun 21 2011 6:04 PM

Mass demonstrations continue in Syria after Assad’s pledged reforms have yet to yield change. Deborah Lutterbeck reports

From: The Australian on Tue, Jun 21 2011 11:45 AM

Four-year-old Martinho Ronaldo has undergone life-changing cranio-facial surgery in Adelaide.

From: The Australian on Tue, Jun 21 2011 11:44 AM

Greece’s Prime Minister George Papandreou is facing a confidence vote - the first of three tests the government must survive to avert the euro zone's first debt default.

From: The Australian on Tue, Jun 21 2011 5:17 AM

Amateur video footage shows the immediate aftermath of Russian plane crash.

From: The Australian on Mon, Jun 20 2011 10:50 PM

Top End cattlemen will deliver a personal message about the ban on live exports when they meet MPs today.

From: The Australian on Mon, Jun 20 2011 10:50 PM

Ms Roxon said there had been no cuts to health expenditure to pay for the new drugs listed on the PBS.

From: The Australian on Mon, Jun 20 2011 3:47 PM

A Labor MP has called for leadership change in SA, backing Education Minister Jay Weatherill to be premier.

From: The Australian on Mon, Jun 20 2011 3:47 PM

A host of new web addresses have been approved by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names ande Numbers (ICANN) so from next year internet address names will end with almost any word and any language.

From: The Australian on Mon, Jun 20 2011 8:36 AM

Angelina Jolie and U.N. highlight the plight of African refugees in Lampedusa, Italy. Jessica Gray reports.

From: The Australian on Mon, Jun 20 2011 8:34 AM

Two young security guards are 'extremely shaken' after robbers rammed their van and shot at them in Sydney.