Blast heard at Beijing airport terminal

CHINESE state media say that a man set off a homemade bomb in Terminal 3 of the Beijing International Airport, but that no one besides the man was injured and order has been restored. The official Xinhua News Agency cited witnesses in reporting...

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Silliness reigns as UK awaits royal baby

FROM royal baby name generators to interminably dull live-feeds of a hospital door - the longer Britain waits for Prince William's wife Catherine to give birth, the more nonsense the internet provides. Bored web users can while away hours creating...

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Thistlethwaite snags Peter Garrett's seat

LABOR senator Matt Thistlethwaite will soon be door-knocking after winning a resounding preselection vote for the NSW seat held by retiring federal MP Peter Garrett. The 40-year-old beat Randwick Mayor Tony Bowen on Saturday by a branch vote...

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HK opens exhibit to honour Bruce Lee

THE late superstar Bruce Lee is best-known for the kung fu skills he displayed in his movies, but his daughter hopes that more people take the effort to understand his teachings and life philosophy. Marking his death 40 years ago on Saturday,...

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Thyroid cancer risk for Fukushima workers

AROUND 2000 people who have worked at Japan's wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant face a heightened risk of thyroid cancer, its operator says. Tokyo Electric Power (TEPCO) said on Friday that 1973 people - around 10 per cent of those employed in...

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France drops terror charges against rocker

French prosecutors have dropped terror charges against Norwegian neo-Nazi musician Varg Vikernes. Source: AAP FRENCH prosecutors say they have dropped terror charges against a Norwegian musician and freed him from custody, but still want...

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Iran's Ahmadinejad visits Iraq

IRANIAN President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is in southern Iraq to visit two of the holiest cities for Shi'ite Muslims amid tight security on the second day of his two-day visit to the country. The outgoing Iranian president waved to worshippers and...

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Suicide bomber kills 20 in Iraq mosque

A SUICIDE bomber has struck a crowded Sunni mosque north of Baghdad, killing 20 people, police say, as Iraq struggles to contain the worst violence since 2008. The bomber detonated explosives in the Abu Bakr al-Sadiq Mosque as the imam gave...

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Qld to crack down on removal of trackers

TOUGHER penalties for Queensland sex offenders who damage or remove their GPS trackers are on the cards. Since GPS electronic monitoring was introduced in November 2011, five offenders have deliberately removed their devices. This resulted...

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Elvis heirs win German court case

THE heirs of Elvis Presley have won a tactical court case in Germany, where they are campaigning to claw back lost royalties for radio replays of the King of Rock's greatest hits. A Munich appeal court on Thursday ordered a company controlled...

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Putin critic sentenced to five years' jail

Anti-Putin protest leader Alexei Navalny (C) has been convicted of embezzlement by a Russian court. Source: AAP A COURT in Russia's northern Kirov region has sentenced protest leader Alexei Navalny to five years in a penal colony after finding...

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Man missing in NSW Blue Mountains

THERE is no sign of a man missing in the NSW Blue Mountains after he disappeared from a work conference at a popular retreat three days ago. Police say they have growing fears for 23-year-old Gary Tweddle, who was last seen leaving the Fairmont...

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FBT changes dominate climate debate

Labor minister Mark Butler (C) says legislation will be drafted for the ETS before the election. Source: AAP LABOR'S crackdown on work-related benefits to help pay for a shift to an emissions trading scheme (ETS) continues to anger the motor...

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Rudd close to boat policy announcement

THE Rudd government is closer to laying out changes to its strategy on asylum seeker boat arrivals as Opposition Leader Tony Abbott declared Australia was facing a national emergency. After moving to neutralise the carbon tax as an election issue...

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European stocks climb at open

EUROPE'S main stock markets rose at the start of trading on Wednesday, with London's benchmark FTSE 100 index up 0.26 per cent to 6,573.30 points. In Frankfurt, the DAX 30 gained 0.19 per cent to 8,216.70 points and in Paris the CAC 40 advanced...

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22 Indian children dead from school meal

Eight children died and 80 were hospitalised after eating lunch served at their school in India. Source: AAP TWENTY-TWO children have died after eating a free lunch feared to contain poisonous chemicals at a school in eastern India, as angry...

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Yahoo wins ruling in data collection case

YAHOO has won a court fight that could help the public learn more about the US government's efforts to obtain data from internet users. The US Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, which reviews government requests to spy on individuals,...

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German TV set maker files for protection

LOEWE, the German manufacturer of television sets, has filed for protection from creditors so as to accelerate a restructuring. The board said on Tuesday it had taken the action "to assist the company in implementing its restructuring program...

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Chance of Qld ratings downgrade: Nicholls

Queensland Treasurer Tim Nicholls says there is a one-in-three chance of a credit ratings downgrade. Source: AAP QUEENSLAND Treasurer Tim Nicholls says there is a one-in-three chance the state's credit rating will be downgraded. Queensland...

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UN court not a medieval inquisition: Japan

TOKYO has told the UN's top judicial body it is a court of law, not a "medieval inquisition" as proceedings wrapped up in the whaling dispute between Australian and Japan. Japan used the final day of the three-week hearing to argue the International...

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Aust woman gored by bull in Pamplona

AN Australian Department of Foreign Affairs spokeswoman has confirmed a 23-year-old woman from NSW is in hospital after being injured in the running of the bulls festival in Pamplona, Spain. Officers from the Australian embassy in Madrid are providing...

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Britain's royal baby bides its time

LONDON July 14 AFP - The hospital is ready, the Wikipedia page and Twitter accounts are up and Britain's famously creative press are running out of ideas. But Sunday arrived with no sign of the royal baby. Prince William is filling the time until...

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ElBaradei sworn in as Egypt VP

PROMINENT liberal Egyptian leader Mohamed ElBaradei has been sworn in as Egypt's interim vice president for foreign relations, the presidency says. Sunday's appointment of ElBaradei, a former head of the UN nuclear watchdog and a Nobel peace...

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Angry protests in US at Zimmerman verdict

AMERICANS angry at the acquittal of George Zimmerman over the death of black teenager Trayvon Martin have marched in US cities, with reports of sporadic acts of violence. Spontaneous marches of varying sizes erupted in cities throughout Saturday...

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