Roof collapse in Latvia kills at least 45

RESCUE workers have retrieved 45 bodies from the rubble of a supermarket in the Latvian capital Riga a day after a large section of its roof collapsed. The Maxima supermarket in central Riga was full of shoppers when the roof caved in Thursday...

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UK 'slavery' suspects arrested before

THE two suspects bailed after three women were alleged to have been held as slaves in London for 30 years were previously arrested in the 1970s. They have been arrested on suspicion of immigration offences as well as in connection with the investigation...

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Cyclone warning issued for southern India

A TROPICAL cyclone over the Bay of Bengal is likely to hit coastal areas of India's southern state of Andhra Pradesh over the next 24 hours, with evacuations set to begin soon, officials said on Thursday. Cyclone Helen is predicted to bring...

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Aussie tour a long shot for Python show

MONTY Python haven't ruled out eventually touring their reunion show to Australia although John Cleese has joked it would be easier to travel to another planet. The remaining members of Monty Python will perform together in London's O2 Arena in...

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UK police free women held as slaves

THREE "traumatised women" kept as slaves in London have been freed after spending three decades imprisoned against their will, police say. A 30-year-old British woman, a 57-year-old Irish woman and a 69-year-old Malaysian woman are believed to...

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Ryanair opens new destinations for 2014

LOW-FARE airline Ryanair has announced new routes for next northern summer. The budget carrier will be operating from Stansted airport to 12 new destinations, including Basle, Bordeaux and Bucharest. The no-frills airline, which has launched...

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Pedestrian dies in crash near Townsville

A PEDESTRIAN has died after being hit by a car at Nome, near Townsville. The woman died at the scene when she was hit on the Bruce Highway at about 9pm (AEST) on Thursday, police said. The woman driving the car was taken to Townsville Hospital...

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Double Nobel winner Fred Sanger dies in UK

SCIENTISTS have paid tribute to biochemist Fred Sanger, described as "the father of the genomic era" and the only Briton ever to win two Nobel Prizes, after his death at the age of 95. Dr Sanger, who spent his whole scientific career at Cambridge...

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Cafferkey killer to appeal over sentence

THE man sentenced to die in prison for killing Sarah Cafferkey and dumping her body in a bin is appealing over his life without parole sentence. Steven James Hunter, 47, was told he would never be released when he was sentenced to go to jail...

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Deere profit beats US estimates

DEERE & Co's fourth-quarter net income has risen 17 per cent as it raised prices for its farm and construction equipment. But it is predicting a slowdown in the farm economy and smaller profits for next year. Crop prices have been dipping...

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Patel to be sentenced for fraud

FORMER Bundaberg doctor Jayant Patel is due to be sentenced on Thursday for fraudulently working as a surgeon in Queensland. The 63-year-old pleaded guilty to four counts of fraud in the Brisbane District Court last Friday. All criminal negligence...

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McDonald's sorry over rap lyrics

FAST food giant McDonald's has apologised to a grandfather and his toddler grandson who were blasted by rap music peppered with explicit sex lyrics as they ate. A song by x-rated American rapper Rucka Rucka Ali blared out across the Haverfordwest...

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Brooks a demanding editor: UK lawyer

REBEKAH Brooks was a demanding editor who wanted to "get stories into the newspaper", a lawyer has told her phone-hacking trial in Britain. But Justin Walford, who worked as an in-house lawyer at the company that published The Sun and the News...

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Singer in UK court on child sex charges

VETERAN folk and rock performer Roy Harper has appeared in a UK court charged with committing a series of child sex offences in the 1970s. The singer-songwriter, who has performed with Pink Floyd and influenced rock band Led Zeppelin, was not...

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Malta to ID buyers of its citizenship

THE Maltese government has rolled back one element of its controversial law to sell its citizenship for 650,000 ($A942,644), saying it will publish the names of people buying their way into European Union passports. The government had argued that...

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Pike River disaster three years on

IT'S three years since a huge explosion ripped through New Zealand's Pike River mine but the remains of the 29 men who were killed, including two Australians, still haven't been recovered. In the afternoon of November 19, 2010 there was a large...

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Vic Labor wants to sell Port of Melbourne

THE Victorian Opposition will remove Melbourne's 50 worst level crossings within eight years if it wins next year's election. This is part of its alternative plan to the East West Link that it would pay for with the $6 billion sale of the Port...

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Royal Commission begins in Sydney

BRUTAL bashings and the sexual abuse of children under the care of the Anglican church in NSW will be examined at the next round of public hearings in a national inquiry. The third case study by the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses...

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Cancer gene women unprotected: research

MANY Australian women are failing to protect themselves from breast and ovarian cancer despite knowing they carry a dangerous gene mutation, according to a new study. About 20 per cent are likely to have their breasts removed, according to the...

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Bold action needed for Aussie kids: report

AUSTRALIA needs bold action to improve the wellbeing of its young people, says a high-powered group concerned the country is underperforming compared with its peers. The main problems include a lack of support for babies and toddlers, education,...

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Nobel-winning author Lessing dies

DORIS Lessing, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature and author of The Golden Notebook, has died aged 94. The British author died peacefully at her London home in the early hours of this morning, a spokesman said. Born in Iran in 1919, Ms...

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Eddie Obeid to give evidence at ICAC

EDDIE Obeid will take the witness stand at the NSW Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) on Monday as more than three weeks of public hearings into the corrupt former MP's conduct conclude. Since late October the ICAC has been examining...

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