There are calls for people to stop eating bat meat from an “extreme” animal market in Indonesia, amid fears over the coronavirus. WARNING: This story contains images and descriptions that some people may find distressing. The self-proclaimed “extreme” market — officially named Beriman — sells a variety of animals for food, including bats, rats, snakes and dogs. Syerly Sompotan, Deputy …

American Sofia Kenin has broken through for her first grand slam title at just 21 years of age, with a three-set win over two-time major winner Garbine Muguruza. Muguruza, who won the 2016 French Open and Wimbledon 2017, took out the first set before her 14th-seeded opponent took control to take out the title with the 4-6, 6-2, 6-2 win. …

Australia has upgraded its travel advice in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak to include all of mainland China to level four, “do not travel”, Prime Minister Scott Morrison has announced. The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) has advised Australians not to travel to China due to the “escalating threat” of the virus, while asking those who have …

The man responsible for the nation’s borders has defended a plan to quarantine Australians evacuated from China on Christmas Island. Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton was grilled on Thursday about the plan to fly up to 600 Australians from China’s coronavirus-plagued Hubei province to Christmas Island. They will remain on the isolated Australian island for up to 14 days. Mr Dutton said …

Prime Minister Scott Morrison says the Federal Government will try to evacuate “isolated and vulnerable Australians” trapped in China because of the outbreak of the deadly coronavirus. The National Security Committee of Cabinet met earlier today and decided to launch the operation, after a briefing from Chinese authorities in Beijing on Monday. Mr Morrison said Australian children and elderly people …

A second Chinese city will go into lockdown in an effort to control the spread of a new virus that has left 17 dead in the country. Authorities have suspended planes and trains in and out of Wuhan – a city of 11 million people – as well as all public transport within the city. Similar measures will take effect …

President Donald Trump has set a record for activity on his favourite social media platform, tweeting and retweeting more than 130 times about his US Senate impeachment trial, the Democrats who want to replace him and much, much more. By 4.25pm on Wednesday (Washington time), Mr Trump had barrelled through his previous record of 123 Twitter postings in a day, …

A Melbourne mother who left her 14-month-old boy alone in a car in 38-degree heat last week has been allowed to see the child in hospital. The boy was rescued from a parked car outside The Brook Point Cook Hotel in Melbourne’s west about 3:15pm on Wednesday. He remains in a critical but stable condition at Melbourne’s Royal Children’s Hospital …

Three US crew members were killed when their Large Air Tanker crashed while fighting a bushfire in southern NSW this afternoon. Earlier this afternoon, the NSW Rural Fire Service (RFS) said it had “lost contact” with a Lockheed C-130 Hercules being used in water bombing operations in the Snowy Monaro area. Firefighters, emergency services and military personnel launched a search …

Deputy Nationals leader Bridget McKenzie is facing calls to resign amid revelations a Federal Government pre-election cash splash was biased towards seats the Coalition wanted to win. A scathing audit report found a disproportionate number of grants were funnelled towards seats then-sports minister Senator McKenzie’s office had earmarked as “marginal” and “targeted” before last year’s federal election. The Coledale Waves …