Firefighters are continuing to battle a chemical fire in Canberra. There've been a series of explosions throughout the morning, and a plume of black smoke is drifting over parts of the city. The blaze has forced the closure of roads and schools acros...
The man charged with Sydneys collar bomb hoax could be back in Australia within days. Paul Peters appeared in court in Louisville, Kentucky and decided not to fight his extradition. Its alleged the Australian businessman attached a fake bomb to Mosma...
Look at finance now, and the United States Congressional Budget Office has delivered a grim assessment for the countrys economy as the president continues to push his jobs creation package. It says the economy will grow more slowly than anticipated o...
It could be another volatile day on the Australian share market. Investors have again punished European markets because of fears about a debt default in Greece. Shares fell across the board. The banks were hardest hit because of their exposure to Gre...
Emotional ceremonies have been held in America to mark the 10th anniversary of the September 11 attacks. President Barack Obama was joined by his predecessor George W Bush at Ground Zero in New York. Relatives read out the names of the victims and th...
The Tasmanian government has confirmed it has finalised a revised offer to Gunns for a retiring its residual rights to public native forests. The timber company rejected the government's original undisclosed offer on Monday. The premier's office has...
The weather satellite picture shows patchy cloud remains about eastern New South Wales as a Tasman low directs fresh southerly through the state, triggering isolated showers. Low cloud over southeast Australia in cold southwest winds is causing showe...
Prime Minister Julia Gillard has returned from the Pacific Islands Forum to a looming row over the carbon tax vote. The Government will introduce its carbon tax legislation to Parliament when it resumes next week, but the Federal Opposition is still...
A Russian plane carrying one of the country's top ice hockey teams has crashed on takeoff, killing 43 people. The plane was leaving the city of Yaroslavl in western Russia when it clipped a radio mast. The team included several foreign players and a...
The local share market ended the session sharply lower as investors took their cue from a sell-off in Europe. The All Ordinaries Index lost 1.4 per cent, and the ASX 200 gave up a little more by the close. The losses were broad-based with mining and...
The European shares have tumbled to close at their lowest levels in more than a fortnight. Germany's DAX had the sharpest fall, closing down more than 5 per cent. France fell more than 4.5 per cent and London's FTSE closed almost 4 per cent lower. Co...
A search is continuing for a shark that attacked and killed a man in the south-west of Western Australia yesterday. The 21-year-old man was bodyboarding with friends at Bunker Bay about 300 kilometres south of Perth when he was attacked. He died at t...
The US economy added no new jobs in August. The zero figure is much worse than had been expected. The predicted figure was about an addition of about 70,000. Figures from the Department of Labor show the unemployment rate remains unchanged, from July...
The weather satellite picture shows a band of cloud moving through South Australia with a cold front bringing showers and storms. Cloud over WA is triggering showers. Patchy cloud over coastal New South Wales and Queensland with isolated showers, ski...
The body of a 70-year-old woman has been found in a house that was destroyed by fire in the Blue Mountains, west of Sydney. Fire crews were called to the blaze at around 4:30 this morning. Neighbouring homes on Macquarie Road had to be evacuated. Fir...
