As Australia debates the need to spend money on renewable energy projects to power our future without destroying the environment, it is worth taking a look at rubbish.

Fist fights, underage drinking, youngsters dancing through traffic, the ever-present smell of vomit. Welcome to schoolies week in Bali.

At the heart of these annual celebrations is a culture that seems less afraid of death than those in the West, refusing to let their loved ones disappear into faded memories. 

Brexit will be a “sad and tragic moment”, said European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker last year. But - quietly - a very different take is emerging.

At least 25 people, many of them schoolchildren, were killed when a speeding bus fell into a canal in southern India on Saturday, an official and media reports said.

French police have fired tear gas and water cannons to disperse demonstrators in Paris, as thousands gathered in the capital and staged road blockades across the nation to vent anger against rising fuel taxes and Emmanuel Macron's presidency.

Nearly 30 items stolen during the colonial era will be returned to the West African nation of Benin, following a decision by President Emmanuel Macron.

A row between Spain and the UK over the British enclave of Gibraltar threatens to overshadow a European Union summit aimed at endorsing Theresa May's Brexit deal.

The earliest known example of a plant-eating reptile has been found, a fossil discovered in 300-million-year-old rocks in southern New Mexico.

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Buckingham Palace has released the official photographs from the wedding of Princess Eugenie and Jack Brooksbank.

While Mohammed bin Salman is known to refer to China, with its authoritarian leadership and soaring economy, as a better model for Saudi Arabia than the West.

The World Bank has promised Indonesia up to $1.4 billion to help rebuild the cities of Palu and Lombok, both of which have been hit by earthquakes.

Anwar Ibrahim has won back a seat in Malaysia's parliament. But he should not rush to replace Mahathir Mohamad.

The activists were instrumental in persuading Lorde to cancel a Tel Aviv show, leading to legal action on behalf of distraught fans.

A leaked email showing Arlene Foster's frustration with the EU negotiations adds to British PM Theresa May's problems as the Brexit deadline looms.

An American pastor jailed in Turkey for 'spying' appears to have become a pawn in a power play between the US, Turkey and Saudi Arabia.

The fish and game commission member killed a giraffe, leopard, impala, sable antelope, waterbuck, kudu, warthog, gemsbok (oryx) and eland in Namibia.

Parties have a maximum of four attempts to form a government or face a new election within three months.

After nearly five years on the job, Office Amber Guyger has been fired for the shooting and for engaging in "adverse conduct" when she was arrested.