Royals defend apartment spending

Renovations of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge's apartment will cost UK taxpayers STG4 million. Source: AAP THE British royal family has defended spending a seven-figure sum refurbishing the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge's Kensington Palace...

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Pregnant woman airlifted to hospital

A PREGNANT woman has suffered serious head injuries after a car crashed into a northwest Sydney house, also injuring a teenage girl and another woman. THE 25-year-old, who is four months pregnant, has been airlifted to Westmead Hospital with...

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Another Tamil man sets himself on fire

ANOTHER Tamil man has set himself alight, the latest in a spate of self-immolation cases involving asylum seekers who fear being sent back to Sri Lanka. THE 40-year-old man splashed himself with petrol and ignited it, but his housemates intervened...

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Hendra virus kills NSW horse

Hendra virus has killed a horse in northern NSW, causing authorities to quarantine a property. Source: AAP HENDRA virus has killed a horse in northern NSW, causing authorities to quarantine a property as they run tests on its stablemates...

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SUV carrying rapper ScHoolboy Q fired on

A gunman has fired on an SUV carrying rapper ScHoolboy Q after a concert in Colorado. Source: AAP A GUNMAN with a rifle fired on an SUV carrying rapper ScHoolboy Q after a concert at the popular Red Rocks outdoor amphitheatre near Denver...

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Pedophile poses risk out of prison: judge

A CONVICTED paedophile who sadistically tortured and chained one of his victims in a cupboard will be paroled in a matter of weeks. IVAN Andrew Campbell, 48, was sentenced to 14 years' jail in 2001 for multiple sexual offences in Auckland, including...

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Man charged after Sydney explosion

A MAN has been charged following an explosion that brought peak-hour traffic to a standstill in Sydney's inner-west. EMERGENCY services raced to Wentworth Park Road in Glebe just after 5pm on Wednesday (AEST) after reports of an explosion and...

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BlackBerry results top expectations

BLACKBERRY has surprised Wall Street by posting results that beat analyst's expectations. SHARES rose almost 12 per cent in pre-market trading as CEO John Chen cut expenses quicker than expected. The embattled smartphone company reported net...

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FedEx Q4 profit rises to $US730m

FEDEX says its quarterly profit rose as growth in online shopping gave its ground-shipping business a lift. THE earnings of $US2.46 per share beat Wall Street's forecast by a dime. Revenue also topped expectations. Its shares rose 4 per cent...

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UK 'cancels' Assange working group

THE UK Government has cancelled a working group set up with Ecuador to find a way of resolving the future of Julian Assange, the WikiLeaks founder has claimed. FOREIGN Secretary William Hague agreed to the group after meeting Ecuador's foreign...

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Nine dead after boat sinks off Malaysia

AT least nine people have drowned and 26 others are missing after a boat carrying Indonesian migrants sank off Malaysia, officials said. FISHERMEN recovered the bodies of a man and a woman, believed to be from the boat, floating near the mouth...

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Knox defence turns to Italy's last resort

AMANDA Knox's lawyers have formally asked Italy's court of last resort to review the US student's appeals court conviction for the 2007 murder of her British room mate. DEFENCE lawyer Luciano Ghirga said the paperwork was submitted last Thursday...

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Scientist gets World Food Prize for wheat

A CROP scientist credited with developing hundreds of varieties of disease-resistant wheat adaptable to many climates has been awarded the 2014 World Food Prize. SANJAYA Rajaram, who was born in India and is a citizen of Mexico, wins the $US250,000...

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Complaints about data fees on the rise

MORE mobile users are complaining of being hit with up to thousands of dollars in fees for exceeding data limits. THE Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman says overall mobile and network complaints dropped by almost a fifth in the first three...

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US home building declines 6.5% in May

THE pace of US home construction has slipped in May, with many Americans still struggling to afford new houses. THE Commerce Department says builders started work at a seasonally adjusted annual rate on 1.01 million homes. That was down 6.5...

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Liberia links seven more deaths to Ebola

A HEALTH official says seven people believed to have the Ebola virus have died in recent days in the Liberian capital, in the first reported deaths in Monrovia. DEPUTY Health Minister Tolbert Nyenswah said on Tuesday that brings to 16 the number...

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Walmart tech lab buys Stylr app

WALMART Stores' innovation lab is diving deeper into mobile apps with another acquisition. THE latest purchase for WalmartLabs is Stylr, a mobile app that allows shoppers to find clothes in nearby stores. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.Stylr...

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'Smart glasses' hope for blind

BRITISH-DESIGNED "smart glasses" that provide a new set of eyes for the visually impaired are being tested in public for the first time. THE devices, which use a pair of video cameras to enhance residual vision, have the potential to transform...

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US factory output rebounded in May

US manufacturing output rose in May after shrinking in April, led by greater production of vehicles, computers and furniture. THE Federal Reserve on Monday said factory output rose 0.6 per cent in May after dipping 0.1 per cent the previous...

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D-day trip veteran marks 90th birthday

A WAR veteran who turned up in Normandy after he was reported missing from his care home in England says he is overwhelmed by the number of cards and gifts he has received for his 90th birthday. BERNARD Jordan, whose birthday is on Monday, made...

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Indian students charged over PM in mag

NINE students at a southern Indian college have been arrested for using "objectionable and unsavoury language" about Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a crossword puzzle in their college magazine, according to news reports. THE nine students from...

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