We've been asked to stay at home and wait out the coronavirus pandemic. Here are some ways to help you pass the time this weekend.

The health care sector has cut 1.4 million jobs in April. And as COVID-19 has consumed health care resources, other essential routine procedures — like screenings for strokes — have gone down.

Laureate Education, Inc. (LAUR) on Thursday reported that its net income for the first quarter was $98.3 million or $0.47 per share, down sharply from $194.3 million or $0.85 per share in the year-ago period.

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(ABM FN-Dow Jones) Op Wall Street zijn vrijdag zes van de negen AEX-genoteerde fondsen ten opzichte van het slot in Amsterdam hoger gesloten.

The Coalition contest to choose a candidate for the Eden-Monaro by-election is rapidly descending into farce.

Good government groups are pressing Gov. Asa Hutchinson to act now to encourage absentee voting in the November election.

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A museum can reopen May 18 to 50 people. Casinos can reopen to hundreds and they can smoke as well. What's wrong with this picture?

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Walmart's payments to foreign officials in years past are raised anew in a lawsuit by a former executive who says he was fired for refusing to water down a memo he'd written about his findings in Mexico.

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Tasmania's east coast is experiencing some of its driest conditions on record, but in the west there has been record high winter rainfall. How can the weather vary so much in such a small state?

Turkeys bred on a farm in western Victoria are at the centre of the global fight to improve the flu vaccine.

When cattle farmer Lindsay Titmarsh decided to carbon date a grey mangrove that had caught his eye on his Queensland property, he discovered it was the oldest known mangrove in Australia.

There are too many video conferencing apps. So this week on Download This Show, which is the least worst? Plus, how well is Australian internet holding up to our socially isolated future? And, how are streaming services responding to us all being stuck in the house? Guests: Tegan Jones, Editor, Gizmodo @Tegan_Writes and Seamus Byrne, writer, broadcaster of tech, future, gaming and digital culture @seamus This is an updated version of our episode

The Fremantle Candidate is a finely crafted look at one of Australia's great political heroes, says ABC 720 cultural correspondent Victoria Laurie

Serial child sex offender Gary John Tipping was due to be released from prison today, but will remain behind bars after an urgent application was granted by the Supreme Court.

Mark Wadeson was sleeping rough and battling cancer and overzealous council workers now his life is looking up and he's keen to be a voice for the underdogs.

How much is SARS-CoV-2 mutating, and does it matter?

A farmer at the centre of the Menindee fish kill story has lodged a complaint with police, alleging he felt "intimidated" by a staff member of lobby group Cotton Australia.

The most remote voters in New South Wales say they feel forgotten by politicians as the state election draws closer.

WA's District Court has confirmed Collingwood defender Marley Williams will face trial next month, accused of causing grievous bodily harm.

NSW has recorded two new coronavirus infections with 4,400 tests conducted. It is the lowest number of new cases recorded in the state since March 8.

There have been five new cases from over 4,112 people tested in the last 24 hours in NSW.

NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian and NSW Chief Health Officer Dr Kerry Chant has confirmed four new cases of COVID-19 overnight with 9,400 tests conducted for May 8.

A burst water main in the western Sydney suburb of Kingswood has spilled a million litres of water and inundated the streets.

National Cabinet is due to meet again this week to decide on the easing of nationwide COVID-19 restrictions on movement and businesses.

Two local leaders who rose to national prominence during the summer bushfires will likely slug it out for the major parties in the Eden Monaro by-election in southern New South Wales.

One high-tech regional library hosts a "zoom room" for video conferencing, an interactive jumping floor for kids, eBooks and eAudiobooks and yes, plenty of good, old-fashioned printed books.

Wildlife carers in Victoria say more native animals are being injured or killed as prolonged dry weather drives them to seek food and water closer to urban areas.

Japan reaches the decision to approve the antiviral medication previously used to treat Ebola patients just three days after the drugmaker filed for approval.

As the popularity of state and territory leaders grows during the coronavirus pandemic, Michael Gunner tells Territorians 175,000 litres of beer are en route up the Stuart Highway.

The UK Government will reveal the next "very cautious" phase of its plan to deal with the fallout from coronavirus, Brazil registers 10,222 new cases in one day, and Donald Trump says he isn't worried about a spread of the virus in the White House after a Mike Pence aide tests positive.

High-profile Liberal candidate Georgina Downer announces she is returning to Victoria after failing twice to win the South Australian seat of Mayo.

Liberal candidate Mina Zaki yells at Katy Gallagher before police are called to a polling station in Canberra.

Labor candidate for Chisholm, Jennifer Yang, said Liberal Party posters in purple and white which stated the "correct" way to vote was to put Liberals first were "unethical".

The Coalition's candidate for the marginal South Australian seat of Mayo moderates her previous position that the minimum wage and penalty rates should be abolished.

Snowtown "bodies-in-the-barrels" serial killer Robert Joe Wagner loses his bid for a non-parole period to be set, confirming the original judgment that he should never be released.

These farmers have an unusual complaint. As drought takes its toll on the rest of the nation, they just cannot keep water off their land and it's forcing them to halve their stock numbers.

Date palms in the central desert are a legacy of Afghan cameleers bringing a little bit of home with them. Today, Australian farmers are keen to grow the local date industry to feed the Middle East and the health food sector, while staving off cheap imports.

The Northern Territory Government is trying something new to entice remote school students back to class at the start of Term 3 just in time for the head-count that determines how much school funding comes from Canberra.

A mayor, an electrician and a prison manager will try to help the Country Liberal Party claw back some seats in next year's NT election.