USA TODAY's soccer experts lock in their picks for Paraguay vs Australia in Thursday's World Cup matchup

Australia faces multi-faceted threats from autocratic regimes, hackers and antisemitic extremists that present a systemic challenge to national security and

When extreme heat scorches Australia, underground bees retreat into insulating soil to survive, but stem-nesting bees have nowhere to go. A new study reveals just how close these critical pollinators are to a threshold they may not be able to cross.

SYDNEY, June 24 (Reuters) - Australian authorities ramped up surveillance and testing of wildlife and livestock on Wednesday after a second state reported a case of the highly pathogenic H5N1 bird flu.

Seven Aussie cafes made the top 100.

Australia's largest union body has reignited the country's fiercest culture war - backing a Voice model and calling for the date of Australia Day to be changed.

Melbourne has joined the Global Urban Data Centers Pact, to tackle the nexus between new technologies and climate change.