US troops are fanning out across Haiti as aid operations gather momentum. The first of 2,000 US marines have arrived, landing by helicopter in the grounds of the presidential palace. At the same time, aid drops by helicopter have resumed after being...
Security has been restored after a deadly attack on the Afghan capital Kabul. After 20 Taliban gunmen and suicide bombers stormed government buildings in one of the most heavily fortified parts of the city. At least 12 people are dead and 71 others w...
The International Red Cross says 40 people have been pulled alive from the rubble in Haiti in the last 12 hours. The latest is a Danish, United Nations worker rescued from the ruins of the UN mission headquarters. The UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon...
Hello, Melissa Hamilton with the National Weather. Let's check the satellite image first. You can see cloud over Queensland and northern New South Wales thats causing a few showers and storms. Cool southwesterly winds are pushing more cloud across th...
Americas second biggest banks recorded a huge jump in revenue. JPMorgans recorded the fourth quarter of profits of 3.5 billion Australian dollars. The banks capital in the first nine months of this year was also 70% higher than the year before. But t...
Planes carrying aid workers and supplies are facing major delays trying to get into Haiti. Haitis government has stopped all civilian flights into Port-au-Prince because theres no room on the ground for more planes and not enough jet fuel for planes...
The Prime Minister of Haiti says the number of people killed in yesterday's powerful earthquake could be well over 100,000. The 7.0-magnitude quake was the largest to hit the impoverished nation in 200 years. Homes, hospitals and schools were reduced...
In breaking news: a major earthquake in Haiti has prompted a tsunami warning for parts of the Caribbean, including the Dominican Republic, Cuba and the Bahamas. There are reports the 7.3-magnitude quake destroyed a hospital. We will bring you more ne...
Catastrophic fire warnings continue in the south and east of Australia today as temperatures soar into the mid 40s. There is a total fire ban in much of Victoria and southern New South Wales. Commuters in Melbourne are facing more delays as the extre...
Firefighters are bracing for another day of extreme weather conditions in Australia's southeast. Victoria's first code red fire warning is in place for the Wimmera in the state's west while catastrophic fire warnings are in force for 10 of South Aust...
Hello, Kirsty Heenan with the National Weather. Cloud over the tropics in a monsoon will bring more rain and storms to the north. Cloud over the interior near a low and trough is triggering showers. Bands of cloud in a trough are causing storms in WA...
US employers have unexpectedly cut 85,000 jobs in December but the unemployment rate is holding steady at 10%. The construction sector bore the brunt of the job losses shedding 53,000 positions. In manufacturing, 27,000 positions were lost. It's a se...
The US President Barack Obama has taken responsibility for the foiled Christmas Day plane bombing, saying the buck stops with him. Security reviews into the attempted attack are now complete. Mr. Obama says the incident wasn't the fault of a single i...
The Japanese whaling fleet has denied that a ship deliberately hit protest ship the Ady Gil. The Institute for Cetacean Research says the Ady Gil was steaming towards the Japanese boat to try to cut it off when the crash occurred. But the captain of...
The Federal Opposition has condemned the use of Australian airports for Japanese whalers' spy flights. A company linked to Japan's Institute of Cetacean Research reportedly chartered Australian planes to track the Sea Shepherd ship, the Steve Irwin....
