Winds gusted up to 98kmh overnight as a fast-moving thunderstorm hit the Illawarra and left almost 1000 properties without power.

A humble Australian professor has won science's most prestigious prize by doing what he loves, after pondering on "big chemistry thoughts" for decades.

French President Emmanuel Macron will appoint a new prime minister in the next 48 hours, his office says.

The Manchester synagogue attacker phoned the UK emergency number to claim responsibility for the attack and pledge ...

France's caretaker prime minister Sebastien Lecornu says the country could have a new government leader in the ...

Young women are accounting for increased overdoses from a popular party drug as experts call for change in the way the drug is talked about in education campaigns.

A Wollongong couple has been fined $18,000, banned from owning animals and put on a community corrections order after pleading guilty to animal cruelty charges.

Californian authorities have charged a 29-year-old man with starting a deadly fire that erupted into the most destructive blaze in Los Angeles history and destroyed much of the wealthy Pacific ...

Maria Luciana is a proud Australian citizen, Emilio Felli's family Luke Harborow, Mattia Felli and Connie Felli at Castagne Day this year, Guiseppe and Antoniette Calella at their home in West ...

The organisers of Edinburgh's Oktoberfest had to pour away 7000 litres of beer after events were cancelled over Storm Amy, which swept across Scotland last weekend.

On Wednesday, Illawarra Mercury staff gathered to celebrate the masthead's proud milestone of 170 years. Earlier in the day the team gave out cakes and chatted with readers at the Corrimal Lotto and ...

Illawarra Hawks head coach Justin Tatum has hit out at the NBL over the treatment of star big man JaVale McGee.