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A man sitting on a couch and leaning down to pat a small dog, inside the lounge room of his home.

Women, the elderly and other vulnerable residents in Alice Springs say they feel increasingly unsafe after a string of violent incidents, and are taking steps to protect themselves.

Middle East correspondent Eric Tlozek travels to the Syrian capital to get a first look inside the country since the fall of the Assad dictatorship.

Usman Khawaja walks as rain falls around him and on his helmet
Ground staff run the covers onto the ground at the Gabba during a rain delay in the Test between Australia and India.
The Gabba is flooded by rain during the third Test between India and Australia.

The Gabba was flooded by a freak Brisbane downpour, disappointing the tens of thousands who had come to watch the third Test but relieving India's Rohit Sharma, who would have been briefly sweating on his decision at the toss.

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Hunter Biden has been a main character in far-right conspiracy theories for years. Now Joe Biden has chosen to pardon his son, despite the very real cost to his own reputation, and the country. Matt Bevan takes a look.

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A network of green vineyards staggered up the side of a hillside
A woman wearing green shirt and thick rimmed glasses fixes her hair amid vineyard on a sunny day

Travel by cable car up to alpine vineyards so beautiful Prince wrote a song about them, in a place that keeps the best wines all to itself.

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Sally Goode views her pampered chickens as more than just egg providers — and she's not alone, according to research from the University of Adelaide.

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SOS written in dirt nearby water way

Lisa and Tony Fogg spent three days without food or clean water after their car was swept away by floodwaters. The sight of a helicopter brought them "absolute elation".

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