Newman hits reset button
Premier Campbell Newman has tried to reset the rules of engagement for the final week of the Queensland election campaign. Mr Newman’s election campaign in recent days has been sidetracked by his...
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Marched to their death, 21 beheaded by ISIL
The Islamic State (ISIL) group in Libya has released a video purportedly showing the beheading of 21 Egyptian Coptic Christians, prompting Egypt’s president to threaten a “suitable” punishment for the...
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Jordan Spieth claims historic Masters win
Jordan Spieth has cemented his place as the next big thing in golf, becoming the second-youngest Masters champion in history after dominating the field by going wire-to-wire to win by four shots....
View ArticleHockey fields taxing questions on Q&A
Treasurer Joe Hockey’s living arrangements moved centre stage alongside his budget during a solo appearance on Q&A. Mr Hockey was the sole guest on the ABC program on Monday night, fielding...
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Top FIFA officials arrested in Zurich
Swiss police have arrested some of the most powerful figures in global soccer, announcing a criminal investigation into the awarding of the next two World Cups and plunging the world’s most popular...
View ArticleFerry explosion injures Aussies
Four Australians have been released from hospital after they were caught in a ferry explosion in Indonesia. The four were injured along with other tourists when small explosions rocked a ferry crossing...
View ArticlePope slams global ‘atmosphere of war’
Pope Francis has attacked “the atmosphere of war” currently besetting the world as he urged Bosnians to pursue reconciliation efforts, 20 years after a conflict that ripped the country apart. Many...
View ArticleEx-IMF chief acquitted of pimping
Former International Monetary Fund [IMF] chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn has been acquitted of pimping charges over sex parties in Paris, Brussels and Washington. The 66-year-old merely nodded his head in...
View ArticlePremier League club sacks trio for ‘racist orgy’
English Premier League club Leicester City have sacked three players after they appeared in a sexually explicit video where they were seen racially abusing a Thai woman. James Pearson – the son of club...
View ArticleMissing two-year-old found
A two-year-old has been reunited with his family after going missing from a caravan park in Victoria’s east on Saturday. The family of Joe Morrison, from Armidale in New South Wales, were celebrating...
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Paris enters 2024 Olympics race
Paris has entered the race for the 2024 Olympics, proclaiming the bid on Olympic Day in what promises to be a tightly fought contest. Paris, which failed in bids for the Olympics in 2008 and 2012,...
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Tunisian terrorist laughed as he selected victims
Thirty-nine people were killed when a gunman jumped from a boat and stormed a tourist beach in Tunisia. The attack happened yesterday at the popular holiday resort of El Kantaoui, north of Sousse, with...
View ArticleIS bombing at Kuwait mosque
A suicide bomber has blown himself up during prayers at mosque in the capital of Kuwait, killing at least 27 people, in an unprecedented attack claimed by the Islamic State group. Another 200 people...
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‘I’m no cheat’ insists Novak Djokovic
Wimbledon champion Novak Djokovic has denied accusations of cheating despite admitting top players routinely break the rules by communicating with their coaches during matches. Tennis’ governing body...
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Warne: no Ashes sledging? You’re kidding, Jimmy
Australia great Shane Warne has told England new-ball duo James Anderson and Stuart Broad to expect plenty of sledging in the upcoming Ashes series. Anderson recently compared the sporting atmosphere...
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Hewitt says farewell the only way he knows how
Old warrior Lleyton Hewitt has bid an emotional farewell to Wimbledon after losing a five-set thriller to Finland’s Jarkko Nieminen in the first round overnight. Hewitt is embarking on a prolonged...
View ArticlePrince to donate entire $41 billion fortune to charity
Saudi tycoon Prince Alwaleed bin Talal has promised his entire $US32 billion ($41.8 billion) fortune to charitable projects in coming years in one of the biggest ever such pledges. The pledge was...
View ArticleHow autism could be detected earlier
A simple sniffing test could determine if children have autism even before they are able to speak, researchers say. People spend longer smelling pleasant aromas such as flowers than sour smells such as...
View ArticleGreek referendum too close to call
Greece is almost evenly split over a weekend referendum that could decide its financial fate, with a “Yes” result possibly ahead by a whisker, the latest survey shows. That is despite warnings that a...
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Tunisia victims remembered
Britain’s Queen Elizabeth and Prime Minister David Cameron have led a nationwide minute of silence a week after a jihadist gun massacre in Tunisia killed 38 people, 30 of them Britons. Flags flew at...
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