A Curiosity rover on Mars has detected the most complex organic matter found so-far since the robot landed on the Red Planet in 2012.

​​​​​​​Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has warned Syrian President, Bashar al-Assad, that if Assad fires at Israeli forces, he will carry out direct missile strikes against Syria.

Ground-breaking technology is being trialled across New South Wales schools, after the Gonski 2.0 report found that standardized tests such as NAPLAN do little to identify student learning needs.

Global expert Manuel Cardoso has called for drug decriminalisation in Australia.

The construction of a new 32 storey tower in Brisbane’s CBD has been given the green light.

Brisbane mayor, Graham Quirk, has said no to banning smoking in King George Square despite strong opposition.

Spain’s incoming Prime Minister has given the majority of cabinet positions to women.

With 11 of 17 positions now being held by women, including some of the biggest portfolios such as education, finance, education, and defence.

In a televised statement, Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, said his new government was made up of people who "shared the same vision of a progressive society that was both modernising and pro-European".

Sánchez promised his government would be "socialist and have gender parity".

A French man has won the country's lottery for the second time in less than two years.

The winner, who was not named, won his first million euros in late 2016 and continued to play each week.

Last month he won his second million.

Mathematicians said that that the odds of this happening is one in 16 trillion.