GOLD prices have inched lower with it becoming increasingly clear there's little the US and European Union are willing to do to prevent Russia from annexing Crimea. In a hastily called referendum on Sunday, 97 per cent of Crimean voters supported ...
A HISTORIC pact to eradicate slavery and human trafficking was finalised at the Vatican yesterday between Australian mining magnate Andrew Forrest and representatives of Pope Francis, the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby and Mohamed Ahmed ...
AN experimental drug made from snail venom has shown early signs of promise in numbing pain, raising hopes in the hunt for new, non-addictive medications, an Australian researcher says. The drug, which has not been tested yet on humans, is judged to be ...
THE investigation into the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 has sharpened its focus on sabotage, according to aviation and industry officials, amid strong indications that one or more people on the plane deliberately changed its course and tried ...
CHINA'S iron ore imports have soared in the past month, in a windfall for the Australian economy. Trade figures released today by the National Bureau of Customs showed Chinese exports crashed by 18.1 per cent in February, compared with the same period ...
A UN special envoy has cut short his mission in Crimea after being threatened by 10 to 15 armed men and ordered to leave the region, where Ukraine and Russia are locked in a tense standoff. After a confrontation at a cafe, envoy Robert Serry was driven to ...
A UN special envoy has cut short his mission in Crimea after being threatened by 10 to 15 armed men and ordered to leave the region, where Ukraine and Russia are locked in a tense standoff. After a confrontation at a cafe, envoy Robert Serry was driven to ...
INDIA will go to the polls next month in the biggest democratic exercise in the nation's history, an election which will involve 543 constituencies and draw in up to 100 million new voters. Chief election commissioner VS Sampath announced yesterday the ...
SURROUNDED by the Russian forces who took over much of their military air base in Crimea, some 300 Ukrainian troops have made a peaceful attempt to retake their airfield at Belbek. They were driven back by a dozen or so Russian soldiers who fired ...
GLOBAL stocks slumped and gold and oil prices soared as Russia's sending of troops to Ukraine's Crimea sparked a backlash and threats of reprisal from leading Western powers. The rise in tensions over Ukraine fed worries on everything from economic ...
MICHAEL Clarke has brought up his 27th Test century wearing a borrowed arm guard and spread of bruises. The South Africans are in trouble with Dale Steyn unable to bowl in the innings due to a hamstring strain. The Australian captain, still in pain from a ...
UNIONS have emerged from crisis talks with Qantas to claim chief executive Alan Joyce has “no strategy†to revive the national carrier. Speaking outside the meeting, ACTU secretary Dave Oliver urged the company to commission an independent audit to find ...
TONY Abbott has voiced his concern about an emergency debt guarantee to help Qantas, telling parliament that help for one company would have to be offered to all. Challenged by Labor to offer aid to the national carrier, which today posted a $252 million ...
SUSPECTED Islamic militants have killed 29 students in a pre-dawn attack on a northeast Nigerian school, survivors said, setting ablaze a locked dormitory and shooting and slitting the throats of those who escaped through windows. Some were burned alive.
BITCOIN suffered a major setback as the website of Mt. Gox, the once dominant trading platform for the virtual currency, was all but shut down. The Tokyo-based exchange posted a brief statement to its website that said it has stopped all transactions “for the ...
SAMSUNG has taken Apple head-on, releasing an upgraded Galaxy S5 smartphone with a fingerprint reader and improved battery life, and avoiding a long list of gimmicks. In April last year, Samsung promoted its predecessor as a constant companion: the ...
EGYPT'S interim prime minister has announced the resignation of his cabinet, in a surprise move that could be designed to pave the way for the nation's military chief to run for president. Hazem el-Beblawi's military-backed government was sworn in on July ...
A WOMAN and a child have died in a grenade attack in a main Bangkok shopping district, drawing the Thai prime minister's denunciation of “terrorist acts†as fears over violence mount after nearly four months of political crisis. The Sunday afternoon attack ...
MICROSOFT is pushing more manufacturers to make cheaper Windows-based smartphones, a bid to boost sales of an operating system that still lags far behind those of Google and Apple. The Redmond, Washington, company said it is broadening the ...
CHINA'S environment ministry says it has sent inspectors to Beijing and other areas of the country to inspect polluting industries and check construction sites amid a spell of severe air pollution. Twelve teams will inspect factories, including those producing ...
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