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Aged care residents are evacuated as the Los Angeles fire approaches.

Why LA is burning in the middle of winter

What’s behind the Santa Ana winds that are blowing more than 100km/h and can make fires rage downhill just as fast as uphill?

  • Caitlin Fitzsimmons and Nick O'Malley

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London Bridge was moved from London to Lake Havasu, Arizona, brick by brick.

How London’s most famous bridge ended up half a world away

London Bridge is falling down? Not quite – it was disassembled and reconstructed brick by brick in another country.

  • David Whitley
The Trumps and the Morrisons

Scott Morrison spends New Year’s Eve with Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago

The former Australian prime minister and his wife partied their way into 2025 at the president-elect’s Florida estate.

  • James Massola
Shen Yun has been forced to issue a statement that their dancers are based in the USA.

How Shen Yun tapped religious fervour to make a fortune

The dance group has accumulated enormous wealth, in large part by getting followers of the Falun Gong religious movement to work free and pay its bills.

  • Michael Rothfeld and Nicole Hong
The Arrabelle at Vail Square has a mode-luxe feel.

Of America’s two most famous ski towns, which one is the best?

We put two of North America’s glitziest ski towns up against each other in an alpine battle royale.

  • Steve Madgwick
Dimes Square natural wine bar Le Dive.

No bookings required: The coolest place to eat in New York

Unlike Australia’s most talked-about restaurants, you don’t book a table at Dimes Square’s establishments. It’s good, but it’s chaotic good.

  • Melissa Mason
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Art is front and centre at Casa Malca.

Former property of world’s most notorious drug lord now a stunning hotel

Casa Malca, the reimagined former beach mansion of Pablo Escobar, isn’t trying to be an art hotel. But it could rival many modern art museums.

  • Katherine Scott
Meander around Tom Lee Park: there’s a great playground.

Beyond Graceland and Beale Street: Nine other highlights of Memphis

Tennessee’s second-largest city is known as a music lover’s paradise and a destination for serious barbecue lovers. But Memphis has more surprises in store...

  • Carrie Hutchinson
The Deluxe Room at The Langham, New York is generously sized.

Not cheap, but this supremely modern stay puts you in the thick of NYC

In a city where rooms can resemble a glorified wardrobe, these lodgings offer a welcome sense of space – and a hard-to-beat location.

  • Carolyn Beasley
The Langham Huntington in Pasadena, California.

No wonder celebs love this iconic LA hotel

This historic pink-hued hotel which opened as The Huntington in 1914 has always attracted A-listers.

  • Sue Wallace

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