Google launches video chat app, Duo, to compete with FaceTime, Skype and Messenger
Google has launched its video chatting app, called Duo
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Australia to close Manus Island asylum centre
Australia has agreed to close a controversial asylum seeker detention centre in Papua New Guinea (PNG).
We all know cheating is bad. So why do we do it?
Cheating at work and sport is unethical, but we sometimes do it anyway. Here's why.
The mysterious ancient origins of the book
The book is changing. Electronic books, or ebooks, are more portable than their paper counterparts, capable of being carried in their hundreds on a single reader or tablet.
Earth-sized world ‘around nearest star’
The nearest habitable world beyond our Solar System might be right on our doorstep - astronomically speaking.
Ranga, bogan and mugachino among new words added to Australian dictionary
"Feeling schmick in your budgie smugglers having a chardy in the arvo with ya bunji."
Stanford sexual assault: Judge to stop hearing criminal cases
The judge who gave a six-month jail term to a former Stanford University swimmer convicted of sexually assaulting an unconscious young woman is to stop hearing criminal cases.
Dubai ruler’s spot check finds empty desks
A spot inspection of civil service offices by Dubai's ruler resulted in embarrassing footage of Sheikh Mohammed standing awkwardly by empty desks which should have been occupied by high-ranking officials.
A dog has given birth to the first identical twin puppies
Outside of humans and one species of armadillo, identical twins seem to be vanishingly rare. Now for the first time a dog has given birth to a pair
Hangzhou G20: China’s ambitions for global leadership
China mobilises for a big event like nowhere else.
