Former Australian batting coach Michael Di Venuto says Steve Smith, David Warner and Cameron Bancroft have been "treated as criminals" and he would be keen to sign one of the suspended players at his English county side Surrey.

When the going gets tough in the US capital, the President gets going to the greens of one of his private golf clubs — and, it turns out, phones an Australian friend to help keep spirits up.

The 37th first lady of the United States is being remembered by her family as a unique woman who brought "levity, love and literacy to millions".

The families of two children slain in the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre seek $US1 million in damages from right-wing radio host and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones for claiming the shooting in Connecticut did not happen.

CIA director Mike Pompeo made a secret visit to North Korea over the Easter weekend and met with its leader Kim Jong-un, a senior US official confirms.