WA facing day of fire danger

LARGE sections of Western Australia are facing a day of serious fire danger on Sunday. The Department of Fire and Emergency Services (DFES) has declared a severe fire danger rating for the Gascoyne, Goldfields, Great Southern, Central West,...

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'Climate change hurting economy'

THE president of the World Bank warned that global warming is a real risk to the planet and already affecting the world economy in unprecedented ways. Addressing the G20 finance ministers at their meeting in Moscow, Jim Yong Kim called on the...

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Obama calls for reviving US manufacturing

US President Barack Obama has called for quick congressional action designed to grow the US economy, create jobs and make the US a magnet for manufacturing. "After shedding jobs for more than 10 years, our manufacturers have added about 500,000...

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Labor's Nicole Manison wins Wanguri

NICOLE Manison has won an overwhelming victory for Labor in the Northern Territory by-election for the seat of Wanguri. Final figures for Saturday, released by the Northern Territory Electoral Commission, show Manison leads with 69.7 per cent...

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Oscar Pistorius appears in court

Olympic amputee sprinter Oscar Pistorius (C) has been charged with the murder of his girlfriend. Source: AAP A TEARFUL Oscar Pistorius has been remanded in custody after being formally charged with the murder of his girlfriend. He was...

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Passengers leave stricken US cruise ship

The crippled cruise ship making its way to the US has suffered a setback after a tow line snapped. Source: AAP THE last passengers have left a stricken cruise ship in the United States, some kissing the ground, and many angry. "All guests...

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Mideast funeral picture wins top award

SWEDISH photographer Paul Hansen has won the 2012 World Press Photo award for a picture of two Palestinian children killed in an Israeli missile strike being carried to their funeral. The picture, published in the newspaper Dagens Nyheter, shows...

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Deadly hepatitis E outbreak hits S Sudan

THE United Nations says an outbreak of hepatitis E has killed 111 refugees in camps in South Sudan since July. UN refugee agency spokesman Adrian Edwards says the influx of people to the camps from neighbouring Sudan is believed to be one of...

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Streets cordoned off in WA siege

POLICE are negotiating with a man holed up in his house in Perth's northern suburbs. Firefighters were called to the home on Mayflower Crescent, Craigie, mid-afternoon on Thursday because of a fire in the backyard. The man became aggressive...

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President's son quits Indonesia parliament

THE son of Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has resigned from parliament following criticism over his absence at a recent plenary session of the House. Edhie Baskoro announced his resignation on Thursday, two days after being caught...

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'Axe the Tampon Tax' issue rises again

FEDERAL politicians are again under pressure to scrap the GST on tampons, with thousands of people signing an online petition calling for the 10 per cent levy to be dropped. Perth student Sophie Liley launched the petition on change.org on Tuesday...

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Zygier did not appear suicidal: lawyer

A TOP-SECRET Israeli-Australian prisoner gave no indication he was about to commit suicide, says an Israeli lawyer who met him days before his death. "When I saw him, there was nothing to indicate he was going to commit suicide," said Avigdor...

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Two homes destroyed in WA bushfire

TWO homes have been destroyed in Western Australia's South West as a string of bushfires sparked by lightning strikes sweep through the region. The Department of Fire and Emergency Services said just before 6pm (WST) that a homestead in Southampton,...

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Energy agency cuts oil demand forecast

THE International Energy Agency (IEA) has cut its world oil demand forecast for 2013 on continuing fragility in the world economy despite signs of recovery in China and the US. The IEA said the marginal cut of 85,000 barrels a day was in line...

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NATO raid kills civilians: Afghan official

A NATO airstrike has hit two houses, killing nine Afghan civilians and four insurgents in an eastern province near the Pakistani border, a local politician says. The attack occurred during a joint NATO-Afghan operation in the Shigal district of...

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Applause as outgoing Pope greets faithful

The Vatican has begun a momentous transition process following the resignation of Pope Benedict XVI. Source: AAP LOOKING tired but serene, Pope Benedict XVI has told thousands of faithful he is stepping down for "the good of the church". ...

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UK inflation holds steady at 2.7 per cent

BRITAIN'S inflation rate remained unchanged in January, figures show. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) said the Consumer Prices Index (CPI) was unchanged at 2.7 per cent but economists predict energy price hikes and rising food prices...

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Train hits truck in Japan, 16 injured

A PASSENGER train has hit a truck at a level crossing in Japan with footage and reports from the scene showing it had mounted a station platform. A picture published by the Yomiuri Shimbun showed a carriage half-on a platform in Hyogo prefecture....

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Iran calls for end to all nuclear arms

SANCTIONS-HIT Iran has called for the destruction of all atomic weapons in the world after North Korea announced that it had staged its most powerful nuclear test yet. "We need to come to the point where no country has any nuclear weapons and...

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Man missing after Sydney speedboat crash

POLICE and emergency services continue to search for a man in the Georges River after a speedboat crash southwest Sydney. Police said two men were on a boat on the river near Revesby when it overturned on Tuesday afternoon. One man was rescued...

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Federal money now for Qld flood victims

QUEENSLAND farmers and business owners hit by ex-tropical cyclone Oswald can start applying for money to rebuild. Federal government clean-up and recovery grants of up to $25,000 are now available to people in Queensland's hardest hit areas....

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Ten killed in Russian coal mine blast

AT least 16 miners were killed when a methane explosion tore through a coal mine in the remote Russian Far North within the Arctic Circle, in the latest disaster to hit the country's mining industry. Two miners were still missing after the explosion...

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Hostility over climate change cools off

VENOMOUS attacks against the scientific community have markedly decreased since the introduction of Labor's carbon pricing scheme, one of Australia's leading climate change experts says. Professor Will Steffen, science adviser to the Department...

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India's Kumbh Mela chief quits over deaths

At least 22 people died in a stampede at a railway station serving an Indian religious festival. Source: AAP THE chief organiser of India's massive Kumbh Mela festival has quit after a stampede killed 36 people as the emergency services came...

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Hunt for fugitive LA cop continues

THE hunt for a former Los Angeles police officer suspected in three killings is continuing for a fourth day in snow-covered mountains. Meanwhile, officials will re-examine the allegations in 2007 by Christopher Dorner, 33, that his law enforcement...

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Four Qld councils to vote on reform

RESIDENTS of four former council areas in far north Queensland will vote to secede from their current councils next month. The Queensland Electoral Commission announced on Sunday that residents of the former Douglas, Mareeba, Livingston and...

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Opera House turns red for Chinese New Year

THE Sydney Opera House has turned red to mark the start of Chinese New Year and recognise the contribution of Chinese Australians to the state. The iconic building turned from white to red when NSW Premier Barry O'Farrell and consul general...

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Second suicide bombing rocks northern Mali

The northern Malian city of Gao has been shaken by a large explosion, Malian military sources say. Source: AAP NORTHERN Mali's largest city was rocked by its second suicide bombing in two days, a soldier said on Sunday, as Islamist rebels continued...

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