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Renderings depict a vast space with gold and crystal chandeliers, gilded Corinthian columns, a coffered ceiling with gold inlays, gold floor lamps and a checkered marble floor.

Sanae Takaichi is an acolyte of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and an admirer of Britain's Margaret Thatcher

Experts say task paralysis manifests when there is an overload of tasks or information.

It's a series of newly discovered short stories Harper Lee wrote in the years before To Kill a Mockingbird, as well as previously published essays and magazine pieces.

Austalian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese laughed off the interaction at the White House.

US envoys met Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday aiming to corral Israel and Hamas to get the Gaza ceasefire plan back on track.

The objects could be quickly broken down into component parts and sold on because they aren't recognisable, an expert says.

Australia has lodged a diplomatic protest with Beijing after a close encounter between an Australian plane in the South China Sea and a Chinese fighter jet.

Experts say it is unlikely the eight stolen pieces will ever be seen again.

The air attacks came after two Israeli soliders were killed on Sunday by an launched an anti-tank missile.

The country's worst economic crisis in a generation helped propel the end of nearly two decades of leftist rule.

One year on from its opening, the orange icon has brought people from all over the country - and the world - to Western Australia's Midwest.