Obama renews call for efficient energy

US President Barack Obama has renewed his call for the development of new technologies to reduce dependence on fossil fuels and move American cars and trucks off petrol and diesel. "The only way we're going to break this cycle of spiking gas...

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Pope sets date to visit predecessor

Pope Francis has set a date to visit Benedict XVI at the papal summer residence, Castel Gandolfo. Source: AAP THE Vatican has set the date for a historic meeting between Pope Francis and the first pope to resign in 600 years. Pope Francis...

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China completes transfer of power

CHINA'S new leaders have turned to veteran technocrats, many with strong international experience, to staff a cabinet charged with overhauling a slowing economy and pursuing a higher global profile for the country. The ceremonial legislature on...

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PM, Abbott brave rain for Greek festival

AUSTRALIA'S political leaders have braved a wet and chilly Melbourne evening for a celebration of all things Greek. Under umbrellas and coats, Prime Minister Julia Gillard and Opposition Leader Tony Abbott walked along the city's Greek precinct...

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Pope turns on charm at press meeting

POPE Francis has shared intimate insights into the moments after his papal election, telling journalists he was immediately inspired to take the name of St Francis of Assisi because of his work for peace and the poor. "Let me tell you a story,"...

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Planned burnings set to resume in Victoria

Tanya Plibersek says relations may be improving between the Victorian and Commonwealth government. Source: AAP MELBOURNE March 15 AAP - Victorians can expect less hazardous fires because of controlled burns, set to resume in light of improving...

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Qantas owes workers $50,000: union

The Transport Workers Union of NSW says about 400 workers are owed $50,000 by Qantas. Source: AAP A UNION says $50,000 in disability allowances owed by Qantas to 400 workers will be donated to a charity if the airline pays up. The Transport...

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Five face jail over fake UK movie

THE clue was in the title. In some ways A Landscape of Lies was a typical indie film, with a tiny budget, a B-list cast and an award from an American film festival. What made it special was that it was created solely to cover up a huge tax fraud....

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Find new ways to spread faith, says Pope

Pope Francis has warned in his first mass that the Catholic Church risks becoming a charity. Source: AAP POPE Francis has urged the troubled Catholic Church not to give in to "pessimism" and to find new ways of spreading the faith "to the ends...

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Girl, 13, missing from Melbourne

A 13-YEAR-OLD girl has gone missing from Melbourne's outer suburbs. Eliza Falua was last seen at a medical centre in Dandenong at around 4.30pm (AEDT) on Friday, police said. She was due to be collected by family members at Dandenong railway...

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Honda recalls vehicles for braking issue

Honda is recalling vehicles for brakes that can suddenly kick in when the driver isn't braking. Source: AAP HONDA is recalling nearly 250,000 vehicles, including 1000 in Australia, for brakes that can suddenly kick in when the driver isn't...

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Wild cyclonic weather to hit Lord Howe

A tropical cyclone is expected to cause extreme winds and surf on Lord Howe Island. Source: AAP A TROPICAL cyclone is expected to pass close by Lord Howe Island on Friday morning, lashing the island with damaging winds and surf, the weather...

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Man's body found near Broken Hill

THE body of an elderly man has been found near Broken Hill in outback NSW. Police said two elderly men, aged 81 and 78, went missing on Wednesday near Broken Hill after leaving the isolated mining town in a four-wheel drive. Police told AAP...

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UK, France prepared to arm Syrian rebels

FRANCE and Britain are ready to arm rebels in Syria, even without full support from the European Union, French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius says. UK government sources said on Thursday that no decision had been taken to seek the lifting of...

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Govt lets down defence victims: taskforce

THE head of a taskforce investigating alleged abuses in the defence force says he's disillusioned with the federal government's failure to act on claims - and thinks victims may be too. DLA Piper taskforce leader Gary Rumble told a Senate Foreign...

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Gillard stands by sports doping probe

PM and AFL fan Julia Gillard says politicians shouldn't play politics with doping investigations. Source: AAP PRIME Minister Julia Gillard says she doesn't want to play politics with the doping crisis that has engulfed Australian sport. ...

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Europe disrupted as snow turns to ice

Heavy snow has caused havoc in Britain and Western Europe, cutting off power and disrupting travel. Hundreds of flights have been cancelled as a late-winter snowstorm batters northwestern Europe. Source: AAP ICY roads are disrupting...

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Both sides use child soldiers in Syria

CHILDREN are being increasingly used on the frontline in Syria's war, with both sides utilising boys as soldiers and even human shields, a British charity says. Save the Children says girls are being forced into early marriage in an effort to...

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Chilean poet Neruda may have been poisoned

THE remains of Chilean Nobel prize winning poet Pablo Neruda will be exhumed to determine if he died of cancer or was poisoned. The leftist, who died 12 days after the 1973 military coup that ousted socialist president Salvador Allende and brought...

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Traders on sidelines as Asian markets slip

MOST Asian markets have closed lower, with few catalysts to drive buying after recent gains. At the close on Wednesday, Tokyo fell 0.61 per cent, or 75.15 points to 12,239.66, Sydney slipped 0.5 per cent, or 25.5 points, to 5,092.4, while Seoul...

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At least 21 killed in Afghanistan

AT least 21 people, including seven foreign troops, have been killed in a single day in Afghanistan. In separate incidents on Monday, five NATO soldiers were killed in a helicopter crash, a landmine and mortar round killed at least six civilians...

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Labor plans to push through media reforms

LABOR hopes to ram through its proposed media reforms, including a public interest test and stronger industry self-regulation, within the next two sitting weeks. Communications Minister Stephen Conroy announced on Tuesday the federal government's...

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1.7 million apply for 1500 Indian jobs

India's largest state-run bank has received 1.7 million applications for 1500 clerk jobs. Source: AAP INDIA'S largest state-run bank has received 1.7 million applications for 1500 entry-level clerk jobs - and has promised to examine all of...

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Unusual snow hits UK and Europe

HEAVY snow has caused havoc in Britain and Western Europe, cutting off power and disrupting road, air and train travel. In Britain, drivers including former Eurovision song contest winner Cheryl Baker were trapped for more than 10 hours as ice,...

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Coal use falls to record low

COAL use in energy production has fallen below 75 per cent for the first time in Australian history, lowering carbon emissions and suggesting a trend towards alternative energy. Carbon emission index monitors pitt&sherry say summer peak...

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Greek economy shrinks 5.7% in 4th quarter

GREECE'S ailing economy contracted by 5.7 per cent in the fourth quarter of 2012 in an annual comparison, provisional data from the state statistics agency shows. The agency said on Monday the contraction was slightly lower than the previous...

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Insider attack kills 2 US, 2 Afghan forces

A POLICE officer has opened fire on US and Afghan forces inside a police headquarters in eastern Afghanistan, sparking a firefight that killed two US troops and two other Afghan policemen. The attacker was also killed in the shootout, officials...

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Sick Queen misses Commonwealth Day service

QUEEN Elizabeth II will miss the Commonwealth Day service in London as she is still recovering from the symptoms of gastroenteritis, Buckingham Palace says. The 86-year-old was admitted to hospital for the first time in 10 years last week due...

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Deliberate fire ended Tas tree sit: tweet

POLICE have reportedly confirmed that a deliberately-lit fire was behind a record-breaking Tasmanian anti-logging activist being forced from the tree that was her home for 15 months. Tree-sitter Miranda Gibson had until Thursday lived on a 60-metre...

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Portugal in worst recession in 37 years

PORTUGAL'S statistics agency says the economy contracted 3.2 per cent last year - its sharpest annual downturn since 1975. Portugal is enacting broad debt-reduction measures, including tax hikes and pay and pension cuts, in return for a 78 billion...

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Syrian refugees may double or triple: UN

THE number of Syrian refugees, which just passed the million mark, could double or triple by the end of the year if no solution is found to the conflict, UN High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres says. "Now if this escalation goes on...

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Obama pokes fun at US peers and politics

Barack Obama has cracked jokes a week after budget cuts, known as the sequester, came into force. Source: AAP US President Barack Obama has taken a satirical swipe at the political drama over an $US85 billion ($A83.23 billion) austerity drive...

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WA's McGowan takes blame for loss

West Australian Labor leader Mark McGowan refuses to link his election defeat to the federal party. Source: AAP WEST Australian Labor leader Mark McGowan refuses to link his election defeat to the federal party yet hopes his diminishing pool...

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Greens battered in WA election

The Greens suffered even more than the Labor Party in the WA election. Source: AAP IF Labor's performance in the West Australian election was bad, the Greens was worse - and the party's federal leader Christine Milne says it's a clear warning...

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India's Kumbh Mela festival draws 120m

THE world's biggest religious festival has concluded with nearly two million pilgrims taking a dip in an Indian holy river that washed away the sins of 120 million people in the last 60 days. The Kumbh Mela, celebrated every 12 years at the conjunction...

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