Boston police investigating the marathon bombings have canceled a media conference due to be held about now. It's the latest twist of a number of developments overnight. It's believed the suspect has been identified on security camera footage taken i...
To finance and the International Monetary Fund has timed its projections for global economic growth.It cut for custs 3.3% this year and 4% next year.And the IMF blames a most subdue outlook for the United States and Europe. Emerging market and develo...
And two explosions in Boston, at the finishing line of Boston marathon have claimed two lives. According to local media outlets, including the Boston Globe, more than 100 people injured and are being treated in nearby hospitals. There's been a series...
The Federal Government is preparing for a fight with some states over its plan to increase school funding. It wants to give schools 14.5 billion dollars more over six years and is asking the states to chip in about a third of the cash. But Queensland...
Portugal and Ireland are to be granted an extra 7 years to pay back their emergency bailout loans. European Union and the IMF bailed out the Republic of Ireland in 2010 and Portugal in 2011. The 17-member-group that uses the euro currency agreed to t...
And an associated trough off the Queensland coast is causing showers and gusty winds along the coast. A weak front is causing patchy rain over Victoria and Tasmania. While a high is keeping the remainder of NSW, Victoria and South Australia mostly cl...
The Christmas Islan ddetention centre is overflowing now because of a surge in asylum seeker arrivals. More than 2,200 asylum seekers have been detained on the island. That's about 200 above the official capacity. Now this has forced authorities to h...
South Korea says there is a very high probability now that the North could fire a medium-range missile at any time. South Korea and U.S. forces have raised their alert level to vital threat status. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and NATO's chief...
And a a new house price survey reveals both good and bad news for buyers. Loan repayments are shrinking because of falling interest rates, but the amount needed for a deposit is rising.Financial comparison website, Ratecity, says the average Australi...
Former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher is being remembered as a strong but divisive leader. Baroness Thatcher has died in London following a stroke. She became Britain's first female prime minister in 1979 and transformed the U.K. with a rad...
A new level of mutual trust and benefit. That's how Australia and China are now describing their partnership. Prime Minister Julia Gillard has held her first meeting with President Xi Jinping and she says her(口误) it's left her with a real sense o...
When the markets finished to the end of the trading week and in Europe, London's FTSE was down 94 points. That's around one and a half percent. It was even worst in Germany. The Dax's down 159 points. Ah....Similar story in the US, although not quite...
A large high is directing moist winds and showers onto the coasts of NSW and Queensland. Troughes over southern parts of WA and central Australia are generating storms and showers. Looking around the country. In Queensland, there'll be storms in the...
A senior government adviser on asylum seekers is demanding the removal of children from Manus Island's processing centre. Refugee advocate Pairs Aristotle was part of the panel of experts who recommended the return to offshore processing. He says the...
More than fifty people have been killed and scores injured in a Taliban attack in western Afghanistan. It happened at a court building where the militants tried to free suspected Taliban members who were standing trial. The attackers were disguised a...
