The search for missing Sydney conwoman Melissa Caddick's remains in waters around her Dover Heights neighbourhood has been called off.

California health officials have given Walt Disney Co's Disneyland and other theme parks the go-ahead to reopen at limited capacity from April 1 after a closure of almost a year due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Italy has surpassed three million confirmed coronavirus cases, with Friday marking the third straight day this week that daily new caseloads exceeded 20,000 cases.

Almost one in 10 Australians have felt at risk of sexual assault in the workplace, a new poll has found.

A powerful series of undersea earthquakes have struck northeast of New Zealand, but tsunami waves that forced many people on the country's North Island to flee to high ground passed without causing substantial damage.

More stranded Australians will soon be able to return each fortnight with a quarantine facility in the Top End given the all clear to increase its capacity.

Embattled Defence Minister Linda Reynolds has apologised for calling an alleged rape victim a "lying cow" after the threat of legal action.

The first doses of the AstraZeneca virus vaccines are ready to be administered, as leaders prepare for their next major meeting.

Australia posted the biggest monthly trade surplus in history on the back of record iron ore exports, as the economy continued to rack up new markers in its rebound from last year's deep recession.

The Duchess of Sussex says she is not afraid of the consequences of speaking out in her and Harry's interview with Oprah Winfrey, saying "a lot .