The most recent CSO figures on farmland sales shows that the highest number of sales and the greatest volume of land changes hands in the west.
"Climate strike" has been crowned Collins Dictionary's word of 2019.
Donald Trump has angrily denied asking his attorney general, William Barr, to declare publicly that his phone call with Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine was not illegal, only for Mr Barr to decline.
Prosecutors pulled back the curtain on Roger Stone's private dealings with Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign, portraying the president's longtime adviser as a liar who misled Congress about his outreach efforts to WikiLeaks to protect Mr Trump from looking bad.
Enjoyment of music comes from the right combination of uncertainty and surprise, according to an analysis of more than 700 pop songs.
French President Emmanuel Macron has warned European countries they could no longer rely on the United States to defend Nato allies.
People in New South Wales have been warned to avoid talking themselves up on dates as Australia's biggest state considers law reforms which would mean sexual consent obtained through lying would be invalid.