As a rare one-two punch of earthquakes hit Venezuela this week, residents in the capital city of Caracas watched in horror as buildings shook and were sent “pancaking” before their eyes. An initial 7.2-magnitude quake struck near the town of San Felipe on Wednesday just after 6pm, local time, and was followed a mere 39…

The federal government has acknowledged change is needed to a home loan subsidy scheme offered to Australian Defence Force members and veterans, which some argue is seeing uncompetitive home loans subsidised with taxpayer funds. The Defence Home Ownership Assistance Scheme offers (DHOAS) eligible members and veterans direct subsidies on the interest charged on their home…

Senegal Five changes for Senegal. Mory Diaw, Ismail Jakobs, Habib Diarra, Abdoulaye Seck and Ibrahim Mbaye come in as Kalidou Koulibaly, Nicolas Jackson, El Hadji Malick Diouf, Pape Gueye and injured goalkeeper Edouard Mendy miss out. Iraq Iraq boss Graham Arnold makes four changes from the 3-0 defeat by France. Frans Putros, Rebin Sulaka, Ali…

Each question in the ABC 50/50 quiz has only two options: one is right; the other is wrong. You have an even chance of guessing correctly each time.  But there’s a catch. We award one point for each correct answer, but subtract one point for each wrong answer. Give it a crack: it’s the only…

These days, finding love often starts with a swipe on a screen, but in the New South Wales Riverina, people are being urged to put down their phones and get back to meeting the old-fashioned way — face-to-face. Publican and self-proclaimed wing woman Emma Reynolds and her husband Brendon are gearing up to help lonely…

It’s been three years since artists and bands, spearheaded by UK metalcore act Architects, called out venues for their practices of taking merch cuts from bands after gigs. A merch cut is where a venue takes a percentage of an artist’s merchandise sales at the end of a live gig. For a wave of fans,…