UN negotiations resume in Geneva on Sunday to streamline the bloated draft for a climate pact that nations, still at odds over key elements, must sign in Paris in December. The six-day
AUSTRALIA’S central bank Friday cut its forecasts for economic growth and inflation this year and warned unemployment would likely rise as the economy transitions away from a mining investment boom. The Reserve
INVESTIGATORS probing a rail accident which killed six people near New York City say the train was within the speed limit for that section of track. The crash happened after a mother-of-three
JORDANIAN air strikes on Islamic State (IS) targets are “the beginning of our retaliation” for the killing of a captured Jordanian pilot, Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh has said. He told CNN that
POLICE in Brazil have questioned the treasurer of the governing Workers’ Party in connection with a scandal involving state oil giant Petrobras. Joao Vaccari Neto has not been charged but was taken
TWO Australian Liberal party MPs have said they will call a leadership challenge against beleaguered PM Tony Abbott next week. The motion was proposed by Luke Simpkins, a backbencher from Western Australia,
RADICAL changes to the way the NHS in England is organised have been “disastrous” and “distracted” from patient care, leading analysts say. The evaluation by the King’s Fund think tank says the
DIPLOMATIC efforts are under way to end renewed fighting in eastern Ukraine. French President Francois Hollande and German Chancellor Angela Merkel held urgent talks in the capital Kiev, presenting a new peace