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Scott Morrison faces 'moment of truth' as demands intensify for a bushfire royal commission and emergency relief Demands are growing for a greater response to the bushfires as firefighters struggle to keep multiple blazes across the country under control. Greens leader Richard Di Natale has said it's now a "moment of truth" for the Prime Minister, who has been under intense scrutiny since holidaying in Hawaii while parts of the country burned.

There's just a handful of Sydney suburbs cheap enough to qualify for the government's first home loan scheme Sydney first home buyers hoping to take advantage of the federal government's new loan guarantee scheme, which opens with limited places on Wednesday, will have to restrict their property search to outside a 10-kilometre radius of the CBD.

Former Google exec says he was 'sidelined' as the company refused to implement human rights policies while pushing into China Google's former head of international relations, Ross LaJeunesse, says he was effectively pushed out last April after 11 years with the company after raising human rights concerns.

Amazon employees say they won't stop pushing the company on climate change, despite fears of being fired Amazon Employees for Climate Justice, the Amazon employee group that has publicly pushed the company to adopt aggressive climate change say they won't stop, despite fears of being fired.

The massive popularity of Baby Yoda memes highlights just how successful Disney Plus has been, one analyst says The massive popularity of Baby Yoda memes suggests DisneyPlus is performing well in childless households, Rosenblatt Securities said in a Wednesday note.

'Fortnite' made $1.8 billion in 2019, analysts say — that's down 28% from 2018, but it's still the biggest game in the world "Fortnite" continues to be the biggest game in the world, with tens of millions of monthly players across seven different platforms. Even though the game is free, it managed to pull in nearly $US2 billion in 2019, according to Nielsen's SuperData tracking arm.

Bernie Sanders ends 2019 with a massive $34.5 million fundraising haul, setting the pace in the Democratic field Sen. Bernie Sanders has set the pace for other 2020 Democrats in terms of fundraising, bringing in $US34.5 million in the fourth quarter of 2019. The Vermont senator on Wednesday said his campaign has received 5 million individual contributions, which he said was "more contributions than any campaign has received at this point in a presidential election in the history of our country."

Here are all the bizarre theories surrounding Carlos Ghosn's international bail-jumping escapade The escape of Carlos Ghosn from Japan to Lebanon has captured the world's attention. But how, exactly, the former auto executive disappeared under intense surveillance, remains the source of much mystery.

15 secrets you never knew about flying on planes There are a lot of things even frequent flyers might not know about being on a plane.

Scientists say these 11 major cities could become unlivable within 80 years As global temperatures and sea levels rise, some of the world's major cities could experience unbearable living conditions. Cities like Chicago and New Delhi have already endured fatal heat waves, which could get worse in the future.

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