The ACT Government has adopted new national building standards which ensure houses are more energy efficient and accessible. It's become the first jurisdiction to implement the 2022 National Construction Code which includes new residential energy efficiency standards.

Ancient DNA helps explain why northern Europeans have a higher risk of multiple sclerosis than other ancestries according to a major study. Researchers say it’s a genetic legacy of horseback-riding cattle herders who swept into the region about 5,000 years ago.

The United Nations Children's Fund says water shortages and a lack of essential supplies are adding to the humanitarian challenges in the Gaza Strip. UNICEF's Tess Ingram has told Catalina Florez children are getting sick because they're drinking contaminated water.

For refugees and asylum-seekers grief is often a multi-layered experience. In many cases, they are navigating the loss of family, home and identity, all while trying to forge a new reality.

Uranium stocks continue to rise in an otherwise quiet market. SBS Finance Editor Ricardo Gonçalves takes a look with David Berthon-Jones from Aequitas while Matt Cowgill from Seek preview's Thursday's market moving official jobs data.

While Australians are facing a cost of living crisis, billionaires have been breaking wealth records. Oxfam's new report, "Inequality Inc.", reveals the income of Australia's 47 billionaires has doubled to $255 million in the last two years.

Several states in Australia are seeing a surge in COVID cases driven by the JN.1 subvariant. The variant is highly transmissible and could be serious for vulnerable parts of the population. But most elderly Australians are not up to date with COVID vaccine booster shots, and that's causing concern among experts.

A new campaign aimed at combating surging rates of sexually transmitted infections has been launched by the Federal government. It aims to educate and raise awareness of STI prevention, with a focus on testing and promotion of safe sex behaviours.

Now 100 days old, the latest Israel-Hamas war is by far the longest, bloodiest, and most destructive conflict between the two parties. Diplomatic efforts continue to avert the war turning into a region-wide conflict, with Foreign Minister Penny Wong embarking on a week-long trip to the Middle East.

Crown Prince of Denmark Frederik has now become King Frederik the Tenth following the abdication of his mother Queen Margrethe. Thousands celebrated in Copenhagen as Frederik paid tribute to his mother, the official announcement of his ascension made by Denmark's Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen.