BusinessAustralian Associated PressWall Street gains as investors weigh bank risks
The S&P; 500 and the Dow Jones have gained as a state-backed rescue of embattled lender Credit Suisse helped calm some jitters around a bigger banking crisis while investors weighed odds of the Federal Reserve pausing its rate hikes this week.Traders have raised bets of the Fed likely hitting a pause on rate hikes on Wednesday to ensure financial stability as bank sector troubles triggered by the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank threaten to snowball.
SportAustralian Associated PressHarris hits Warriorz into play-offs, eliminates Gardner
Half-centuries from Grace Harris and Tahlia McGrath have booked UP Warriorz a spot in the Women's Premier League play-offs with a tense victory over Gujarat Giants.Ash Gardner made a 39-ball 60 for Giants and also took McGrath's wicket, a catch and a run-out in a fine all-round display, but could not prevent her franchise being eliminated.
NewsAustralian Associated PressN Ireland's DUP MPs to vote against new Brexit deal
Northern Ireland's Democratic Unionist Party leader Jeffrey Donaldson says its members of the United Kingdom parliament will vote against a central element of the government's deal with the European Union on post-Brexit trade rules later this week.Parliament will on Wednesday debate and vote on the so-called "Stormont brake," a key part of an agreement that enables the UK to stop new EU laws from applying to goods in Northern Ireland if so requested by a third of MPs in the province's devolved l
NewsAustralian Associated PressUkraine says China should press Russia to end war
Ukraine expects China to use its influence on Russia to end the war in Ukraine, Ukrainian foreign ministry spokesman Oleg Nikolenko says."Ukraine is following the Chinese president's visit to Russia closely," Nikolenko said in a statement to Reuters shortly after Chinese leader Xi Jinping arrived in Moscow for talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
NewsAustralian Associated PressDon't delay 'clunky' safeguard mechanism, warns expert
The biggest polluters will blow Australia's emissions targets without agreement in parliament on an important revamped climate measure, according to a leading businesswoman.Chair of the business-led Carbon Market Institute Kerry Schott intends to confront politicians with the fact they face a stark choice.
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The good and the bad in the latest climate report
THE BAD NEWS:* The world has already warmed by 1.1C and warming is likely to exceed 1.
NewsAustralian Associated Press'This can be done': UN's message on net-zero deadlines
Australia and other developed countries must achieve net zero emissions a decade earlier than most have promised, the chief of the United Nations says.Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says "warp speed" action is needed to save humanity from the thin ice it's on, and what happens this decade will be key to limiting warming to 1.
SportAustralian Associated PressNadal out of world top 10 for first time since 2005
Rafael Nadal has dropped out of the world's top 10 men's tennis rankings for the first time in almost 18 years.Nadal has been in the top 10 ever since April 2005, but on Monday fell to 13th in the ATP rankings after injury forced him to miss Indian Wells.
SportAustralian Associated PressDon't blame Motlop for Richmond draw: Carlton skipper
Fans should blame a lack of defensive pressure for Carlton's draw with Richmond rather than making Jesse Motlop a scapegoat, Blues skipper Patrick Cripps says.Motlop, 19, played on at centre half-back in the last 90 seconds, rather than slowing the play as Carlton held a six-point lead.
NewsAustralian Associated Press'Blind' earthquake fault line discovered in Victoria
An earthquake fault line has been discovered in Victoria, which could have implications for insurance coverage and building codes.The so-called "blind" fault was behind the 5.
NewsAustralian Associated PressNetanyahu softens judicial overhaul after Biden call
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has announced a softening of his hard-right government's judicial overhaul plan, an apparent bid to calm more than two months of nationwide protests and misgivings voiced by Western allies.The announcement followed a call on Netanyahu by United States President Joe Biden to seek compromise and consensus in the constitutional crisis.
NewsAustralian Associated PressChildhood abuse survivor sues the state, teacher
Katrina Munting was a bright and bubbly teenager until her future was "irreparably and irreversibly" damaged by sexual abuse inflicted by her high school science teacher.Ms Munting is suing Marcus James Pollard and the state of Tasmania for damages in a civil case that began in the Supreme Court of Tasmania on Monday.
NewsYahoo News AustraliaFisherman's brutal shark video for tourists branded 'legal torture'
The footage has shocked onlookers who raised concern for the shark's welfare.
NewsAustralian Associated PressOff-the-scale clean up as rotting fish threaten water
Having endured droughts and floods, residents in outback NSW are dealing with the stench and clean up of millions of rotting fish as authorities work to protect drinking water.Emergency crews face a logistical nightmare removing millions of dead fish from the Darling-Baaka River, after the worst mass death in living memory.
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Charities call for more funding to fight world famine
A $110 million increase in foreign aid to global hunger hotspots from the Australian government could help avoid a catastrophe, say aid organisations.A group including Oxfam, Unicef and Caritas Australia have asked the Australian government to invest in a $110 million famine relief package for countries in Africa and the Middle East.
NewsYahoo News AustraliaAussie mum's shock cancer diagnosis during pregnancy: 'Worst day of my life'
The 35-year-old woman was 22 weeks' pregnant when she was told the tragic news, which put her own life and her baby's at risk. Read her story.
NewsAustralian Associated PressThailand dissolves parliament to pave way for election
Thailand's King Maha Vajiralongkorn has endorsed a decree to dissolve parliament, the Royal Gazette has announced, paving the way for elections.An election must be held 45 to 60 days after the house dissolution, which takes effect immediately.
NewsAustralian Associated PressWoman killed mother-in-law after being told to move out
A Victorian grandmother told a paramedic her daughter-in-law had stabbed her, as she laid in an ambulance fighting for her life. She died in hospital eight days later.
SportAustralian Associated PressOff-season AFL recruits sidelined in blow for Bulldogs
The Western Bulldogs could be without two of their major off-season additions against St Kilda after Rory Lobb underwent ankle surgery on Monday.Lobb will miss the Saints clash on Saturday and key defender Liam Jones is racing the clock to be fit after his neck injury in their 50-point loss to Melbourne.
BusinessAustralian Associated PressFears of wider hacking theft as Latitude stays offline
Latitude Financial fears the cyber attack on its system could be worse than first thought and is not taking on new customers.Some 330,000 customer records and identity documents were stolen last week.
SportAustralian Associated PressSouths hail one of the greats as John Sattler dies
South Sydney have hailed John Sattler as an embodiment of the club's proud history and one of their greatest players, after he died aged 80.One of the game's finest ever forwards, Sattler died on Monday after a battle with dementia.
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Site chosen for new Adelaide ambulance headquarters
The $120 million new headquarters for the SA Ambulance Service will be built on existing state government land on the outskirts of Adelaide's CBD.The government announced the Mile End location on Monday which will put the new facility close to the recently opened command centre for the Country Fire Service, the State Emergency Service and the Metropolitan Fire Service.
SportAustralian Associated PressAustralian stars join American T20 cricket league
Aaron Finch, Marcus Stoinis and Mitch Marsh are among the Australians who will play Major League Cricket when the inaugural edition of the American Twenty20 competition begins in mid-July.The largest-scale T20 cricket tournament held in the USA, the MLC features six teams - four of which have significant financial backing from IPL sides.
NewsAustralian Associated PressNew Zealand could bar anti-trans activist Keen-Minshull
Firebrand British anti-transgender activist Kellie-Jay Keen-Minshull could be barred from entering New Zealand after her rally in Melbourne attracted neo-Nazi supporters and descended into violence.Ms Keen-Minshull's radical "Let Women Speak" tour has scheduled events in Auckland and Wellington on Saturday and Sunday.
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Alarm at Nazi-backed group's new anti-transgender rally
An anti-transgender rights group whose Melbourne event attracted neo-Nazis has the green light to continue with a rally in Hobart despite "deep concerns" about it being given a platform.Anti-transgender activist Kellie-Jay Keen-Minshull from Let Women Speak is set to speak outside Tasmania's parliament house on Tuesday.
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