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There are a few surveys out there that it’s something like 60 diets by mid-lifetime that women and men have been on,

Here are eight new book titles to explore, including a pick of the week for non-fiction and fiction.

Top seed Ashleigh Barty has defeated Garbine Muguruza in three sets to reach the semi-finals of the Qatar Open.

Benchmark Australian share index tumbles to lowest level since August 2019, extending slide from record highs to over 10pc.

Police have confirmed the incident, saying the girl began damaging property and lunged at an officer.

California officials declined to reveal how many people may have crossed paths with the woman, who is the first person in the United States to develop the new COVID-19 disease without traveling to a virus hotspot or having close contact with someone who did.

A young Los Angeles basketballer will avoid a long prison sentence after pleading guilty to the fatal Hollywood hit-and-run death of Australian Andrew Mallard.

The rapid spread of the coronavirus raised the spectre of a global pandemic as governments ramped up their emergency responses and financial markets slumped again. Follow our live updates.

Travel bans and community fears about the coronavirus have turned once-thriving Asian food districts in Sydney and Melbourne into “ghost towns".

The Andrews government has brokered a truce between Yarra Trams and the public transport union.

Australia missed out on a medal as Denmark powered to gold in the men's team pursuit, breaking the world record for the third time in two days.

Your child's favourite novelist is now writing for you.

What happened overnight and what is ahead for the Australian sharemarket.

West Coast coach Adam Simpson says the club will put their arms around Daniel Venables after the premiership forward was ruled out of 2020 with ongoing concussion symptoms.

The fate of Sun Yang will become known tonight after the Swiss-based Court of Arbitration for Sport announced it had reached a verdict in the doping case against the Chinese Olympic champion.

The US Centre for Diseases and Control Prevention has confirmed what appears to be first American case of a "community spread" of the virus in California.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison condemned the ruling as "madness" and said it was proof that embracing "mindless commitments".

The world economy is now on course for its weakest year since the financial crisis as the coronavirus damages demand in China and beyond.

The Australian, dressed in a grey suit and white shirt, looked tired, yawned often and spent long periods of the hearing with his eyes shut.

Muslim pilgrims traveling from abroad to perform the Umrah pilgrimage to the holy city of Mecca or visit a sacred site in Medina will not be allowed to enter the kingdom.