Tsunami warning after quake off Alaska

OFFICIALS have cancelled a tsunami warning for parts of southern Alaska and coastal Canada. The Alaska Tsunami Warning Centre says a tsunami was generated by a strong earthquake, but the waves don't pose a threat to the areas. The centre says...

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Tsunami warning canceled for Alaska, Canada

OFFICIALS have canceled a tsunami warning for parts of southern Alaska and coastal Canada. The Alaska Tsunami Warning Centre says a tsunami was generated by a strong earthquake, but the waves don't pose a threat to the areas. The centre says...

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Cooler weather helps Vic firefighters

Victorian firefighters hope to gain control over two major bushfires as the temperature cools. Source: AAP FIREFIGHTERS are making progress against a major bushfire in Victoria's southwest. About 40 trucks and several aircraft were at...

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Afghan govt releases 80 Taliban prisoners

SOME 80 Taliban prisoners once held at the US military Bagram jail have been released by the Afghan government amid hopes that it might help reconciliation efforts. Their release was secured through a special complaints committee that looked into...

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Man seriously hurt in Qld machete attack

A MAN is in a critical condition in hospital with serious head injuries after being attacked with a knife and a machete by two men at Landsborough in the Sunshine Coast hinterland. Police said the 49-year-old victim also suffered wounds to his...

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Death report as Tas bushfire razes homes

TASMANIAN police are investigating reports of a death in a huge bushfire in the state's south that has destroyed homes, and damaged a school and an RSL club. Police say up to 65 buildings could have been damaged or destroyed in the small community...

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Bid to restore Vic fire website and app

WORK is under way to restore Victoria's Country Fire Authority (CFA) website to full capacity. The crash occurred as the state sweltered through its hottest day in several years. At some points up to 700 people a second tried to access the website...

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Chavez suffers lung woes, aides allege war

VENEZUELA'S government has accused opposition leaders of waging a "psychological war" to destabilise the country, as cancer-stricken president Hugo Chavez battles a serious lung infection. The hardline stance was adopted after Vice President Nicolas...

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Superstorm Sandy tops insurance claims

A LEADING insurance company says natural disasters cost the industry $US65 billion ($A62.20 billion) last year and Superstorm Sandy accounted for nearly two-fifths of the total. However, Munich Re AG said on Thursday total insured losses from...

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Tycoon blames government for land prices

A CHINESE property tycoon is blaming a government "land famine" for high property prices after he paid one billion yuan ($A153.10 million) for a plot in Beijing. Ren Zhiqiang, a prominent real estate tycoon, paid the mammoth price for development...

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German jobless rate up to 6.7 percent

GERMANY'S unemployment rate crept up to 6.7 per cent in December due to seasonal factors and a more sluggish economy, but the labour market remained robust. The Federal Labor Agency said on Thursday the unadjusted jobless rate was up from 6.5...

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China denies rejecting journo's visa

BEIJING has denied rejecting the visa of an Australian journalist working for the New York Times after the paper - which has published a series of exposes on Premier Wen Jiabao's family - said he had been forced to leave mainland China. Chris...

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Russia's oil output hits post-Soviet high

WORLD energy power Russia says its 2012 oil output hit a post-Soviet record high while natural gas production declined amid stalling European sales. The energy ministry's reporting unit said on Wednesday oil and gas condensate production grew...

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Goldfinger scene is Bond favourite: poll

A sucessful Goldfinger would have brought Bond's fame, and philandering, to an end. Source: Supplied IN a scene voted the all-time favourite by James Bond fans, 007 is strapped to a table, a laser beam creeping towards his crotch. He asks...

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US sperm donor fights child support bid

A SPERM donor in Kansas is fighting a state effort to force him to pay child support for a child conceived through artificial insemination by a lesbian couple. William Marotta, 46, told The Topeka Capital-Journal he's "a little scared about...

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Angola stampede kills 10

TEN people, including four children, have died in a stampede during a religious gathering at a sports stadium in Luanda, the Angolan capital. Angop, the Angolan news agency, cited officials as saying on Tuesday 120 people were also injured....

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Iran warning to foreign jets, ships

IRAN'S navy has issued dozens of warnings to foreign planes and warships that approached its forces during a five-day sea manoeuvre near the strategic Strait of Hormuz. Admiral Amir Rastgari said naval and air defence forces on 30 occasions hade...

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Charity workers shot dead in Pakistan

SIX women and a man working for a charity have been shot dead in a drive-by shooting after they left a community centre in northwest Pakistan. All the victims were Pakistani citizens and the incident happened on Tuesday in the Swabi area, close...

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Aleppo airport closed due to rebel attacks

THE international airport in Syria's second city of Aleppo has been temporarily closed due to repeated attacks by rebel fighters. "There have been continued attempts by opposition militants to target civilian aircraft, which could cause a humanitarian...

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Ivory Coast NYE stampede kills 60

AT least 60 people have died and dozens have been injured in Abidjan as crowds stampeded during celebratory New Year's fireworks, Ivory Coast rescue workers say. The head of military rescue workers, Lieutenant Colonel Issa Sako, told public television...

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Asian markets weighed by US fiscal cliff

ASIAN markets fell in New Year's Eve-shortened trade as hopes that US lawmakers will reach a deal to avert the fiscal cliff faded just a day before a deadline. However on Monday there was some bright news out of China, where a survey by HSBC showed...

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Over it - banish the term fiscal cliff

SPOILER alert: This story contains words and phrases that some people want to ban from the English language. 'Spoiler alert' is among them. So are 'kick the can down the road,' 'trending' and 'bucket list'. A dirty dozen have landed on the 38th...

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Sydney's firework go off with a roar

Sydney's lord mayor says the city is spending $6.6 million on its New Year's Eve event. Source: AAP SYDNEY'S skyline has exploded in gold, pink, green and blue as part of the traditional New Year's Eve family-oriented curtain raiser. The...

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UK singer remanded on child sex charges

ROCKER Ian Watkins has reappeared before a Welsh court to face allegations of plotting to rape a baby girl. The 35-year-old vocalist, whose band Lostprophets has sold more than 3.5 million records worldwide, was arrested with two women earlier...

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Syrian troops hit Homs, kill 23 children

SYRIAN regime forces have pressed a fierce offensive in Homs after overrunning a key neighbourhood of the central city, according to a watchdog, which also listed 23 children killed in violence across the country. The latest bloodletting on Sunday...

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East Timor hailed a UN success

TROOPS sent by Australia and New Zealand have all gone home and only a handful of United Nations police will be left when the UN flag comes down in East Timor's capital of Dili after six years. "As of Monday, the liquidation team will be there....

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Russia investigates Moscow plane crash

RUSSIAN medics have begun identifying the bodies of four crew killed when a passenger jet careened off the runway of a Moscow international airport and smashed into a highway. Rescue workers recovered the flight recorders from the four-year-old...

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French paper to publish comic on Mohammed

A FRENCH weekly known for publishing cartoons of Prophet Mohammed to the ire of conservative Muslims says it plans to release a comic book biography of Islam's founder that will be researched and educational. Satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo...

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