| | Rescue workers continue to dig through rubble through the morning in Mexico City, searching for dozens of children feared buried beneath a school among hundreds of buildings destroyed by the country's most lethal earthquake in decades. | | | The Government is urged to follow Belgium and Israel in banning a highly speculative "binary options trading" scheme hijacked by international fraudsters to steal millions of dollars from Australians. | | | The Melbourne-to-Brisbane inland rail line will be built across the Condamine floodplain in Queensland, despite farmers' warnings that it could put lives at risk. | | | Hurricane Maria, the strongest storm to hit Puerto Rico in 90 years, pummels the island, tearing off roofs and sending doors flying from hinges, as officials warned it would decimate infrastructure and communities. | | | Three adventurous meerkat pups find their feet and prepare for their public debut, after emerging from their den at the National Zoo and Aquarium in Canberra. | | | Jake LaMotta, the brutish former boxing champion whose life of violence in and out of the ring was portrayed in the Martin Scorsese's iconic movie Raging Bull, dies at the age of 95. | | | Controversial cashless welfare cards will be rolled out across the Wide Bay region from next year, with Bundaberg the first urban area in the country to get the scheme. | | | A children's entertainer lost work this week after coming out against same-sex marriage — but what protections are in place to protect your job if you views don't align with those of your boss? | | | Iran will "respond decisively" to any violation of the Iranian nuclear agreement, the country's President warns, while slamming US President Donald Trump's "ignorant, absurd and hateful rhetoric" about Iran being unfit to be heard at the United Nations. | | | Scientists are calling a recovery in sea turtle numbers a global conservation success story. | | | House prices in Australia's two biggest capital cities are between 25-30 per cent overvalued, according to a leading economist, but he only expects a 10 per cent fall. | | | Russia unveils a statue of Mikhail Kalashnikov, inventor of the AK-47 assault rifle that became by some estimates the most lethal weapon ever made and the best known Russian brand abroad. | | | ANZ argues with economic growth and inflation on the rise, the RBA can't afford to keep real interest rates in negative territory. | | | An RSL NSW state councillor admits he covered up allegations of former President Don Rowe's corporate credit card spending discrepancies to avoid embarrassment. | | | Tabcorp's high stakes gamble to avoid ACCC scrutiny comes unstuck as the Federal Court says it needs another look at the $11bn merger with Tatts. | | | Catalan President Carles Puigdemont says Madrid has effectively taken over his administration after Spanish police raided offices and arrested Catalan officials on Wednesday in the lead up to an illegal referendum on independence. | | | An ACT Liberal politician uses a parliamentary debate on inclusion to lament the lack of government support for heterosexual, white men. | | | In Myanmar's capital Naypyidaw, sellers at a morning market give their opinions of Aung San Suu Kyi's speech in which she condemned all human rights violations and said anyone responsible for abuses in troubled Rakhine State would face the law. | | |
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