Giant tuna sells for record $1.7m

A monster bluefin tuna sold for a record-breaking $1.7 million in the year's first auction at Japan's Tsukiji fish market, nearly three times the previous high set last year. The 222-kilogram fish, caught off Japan's northern city of Oma, fetched...

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Thousands stuck in airport as China freezes

THOUSANDS of angry passengers were stranded after heavy fog delayed flights at a Chinese airport, as the country was shivered through its coldest weather in almost three decades. Ten thousand passengers were stuck in Changshui International Airport...

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Trial begins for Indian rape accused

AN INDIAN public prosecutor says there is strong forensic evidence against five men accused of gang-raping a student in New Delhi on a moving bus as their trial begins in a city court. A district magistrate hearing the case took note of the...

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Merkel kicks off German campaigning

GERMAN Chancellor Angela Merkel is highlighting Germany's economic strength and dismissing worries that her party could be dragged down by its struggling coalition partner as she kicks off campaigning for an important state election. Mrs Merkel's...

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Iran building software to control networking sites

IRAN'S police chief says the Islamic Republic is developing new software to control social networking sites. Gen. Esmail Ahmadi Moghadam was quoted in Iranian newspapers as saying the new software will prevent Iranians from being exposed to...

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Five die in plane crash in French Alps

POLICE say five people have died after their plane crashed shortly after taking off from an airport in the French Alps. The plane crashed in a forest in an uninhabited area outside Grenoble, a city that is the gateway to the mountain resorts...

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Obama warns on 'dangerous debt game'

US President Barack Obama warned Congressional Republicans overnight against playing a "dangerous game" with the economy as lawmakers prepared for a new battle over the national debt ceiling. But the Democratic president also congratulated lawmakers...

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Hamas allows mass Fatah rally in Gaza

HUNDREDS of thousands of supporters of Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas's Fatah party on Friday held a mass rally in Gaza, their first since Hamas seized control of the territory in 2007. "Victory is near and we will meet you in Gaza in the...

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Govt gives $18.5m to McGrath Foundation

THE federal government is to provide a further $18.5 million to the McGrath Foundation for specialist breast cancer care nurses. The funding will allow all 44 existing McGrath Breast Care Nurse positions to continue and expand the program by...

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France to grill Swiss shooter over murders

FRENCH police want to question a Swiss gunman who killed three women in his home village over a number of unresolved murders in France, police in Switzerland say. The police in a neighbouring French region of Haute-Savoie made the request to...

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Armed raid at John and Yoko's 'bed-in for peace' hotel

MASKED gunmen have raided the Amsterdam hotel where John Lennon and Yoko Ono held their 1969 bed-in for peace, making off with cash but causing no injuries, police told AFP. "Two balaclava-wearing criminals entered the hotel just before midday,"...

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Spare elephants or I go to Russia: Bardot

FRENCH cinema legend Brigitte Bardot has threatened to follow Gerard Depardieu out of France unless two elephants under threat of being put down are granted a reprieve. In a surreal twist to the saga over Depardieu's move into tax exile, the...

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Shark spotting hit and miss: NSW study

AERIAL beach patrols detect as few as one in eight sharks and give the public an inflated sense of protection, a NSW government report says. The world-first study by the NSW Department of of Primary Industries was based on a trial at Jervis...

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Bomb kills two Pakistanis in Peshawar

A BOMB planted at an electricity tower on Friday killed two passers-by in Pakistan's northwestern city of Peshawar, police said. The explosive attached with a time device exploded when the victims were close to the electricity tower in the Badh...

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Rare Stephen King book for auction

A SIGNED copy of a rare Stephen King book is up for auction at a Maine bookstore, with proceeds going to a nearby homeless shelter's emergency home heating fund. The copy of the The Regulators, written by horror writer and Maine native King...

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Sandy Hook kids return to school

CLASSES are resuming for Sandy Hook Elementary School students for the first time since last month's shooting that killed 20 children and six educators. The more than 400 students are attending classes at a refurbished school in a neighboring...

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Bank card payments suspended in Vatican

THE Bank of Italy has suspended all bank card payments in the Vatican including for tickets to its famous museum until further notice because of a failure to fully implement anti-money laundering legislation, Italian media report. The payments...

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Man in hospital after Sydney home invasion

A MAN is in hospital after being bashed by three men and stabbed in the arm with a chisel when he answered the front door of his home in Sydney's west. The 45-year-old man was confronted at his front door in Smithfield about 2.45pm (AEDT) on...

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Hot cocoa 'tastes better in orange cup'

EUROPEAN scientists say they have found further evidence that how you serve food and drink matters hugely in the perception of taste. Researchers at the Polytechnic University of Valencia and the University of Oxford recruited 57 volunteers...

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US stocks ease after strong rise

US stocks have headed lower after rising strongly for two straight sessions driven by Congress's long-awaited deal to avert the "fiscal cliff". Five minutes into trade on Thursday, the Dow Jones Industrial Index was down 36.05 points, or 0.27...

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Iraq car bomb kills 12 Shiite pilgrims

IRAQI officials say a car bomb has struck a procession of Shiite pilgrims south of Baghdad, killing at least 12 and wounding dozens. A police official says the bomb exploded late Thursday afternoon in the town of Musayyib, about 60 kilometres...

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Emirates opens superjumbo concourse

DUBAI'S Emirates Airlines began operations from a $US3 billion ($2.9 billion) new concourse dedicated to Airbus' A380 superjumbos at the Gulf city-state's rapidly-expanding airport. Flight EK003 took off to London Heathrow from Concourse A, which...

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Telehealth rebate cut will hurt Vic: Davis

THOUSANDS of Victorians face longer waits and travel times for health services because of a change to a federal rebate, the state government says. The telehealth rebate, introduced in 2011, now only applies to remote patients, rather than those...

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Man killed in Adelaide crash

A MAN has been killed in a two-car collision in Adelaide's western suburbs. Two cars collided before one hit a power pole at Rosewater about 6.15pm (CDT) on Wednesday, police said. The person is the sixth person to die on South Australian roads...

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US shares soar on fiscal-cliff deal

US stocks shot up overnight in opening trade on news of a fiscal-cliff deal in Congress that prevented most tax increases and delayed sharp spending cuts. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 1.8 per cent in the first minutes of trade, while...

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Call to widen inquiry into child sex abuse

THE scope of the royal commission into child sex abuse should be extended to include physical assault and neglect, child welfare advocates say. The National Association for Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect says the scope of the royal commission...

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Twin mums give birth on New Year's Day

AIDEN and Donavyn didn't wait until New Year's Day to come screaming into the world, but the circumstances of their births are still pretty special: The babies were born about two hours apart to Ohio mothers who are identical twins. The Akron Beacon...

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School massacre survivors ready for class

STUDENTS at the elementary school where a gunman massacred 26 children and teachers last month were returning to class for the first time overnight in a new building adapted to look exactly like their old one. Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown,...

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Man stabbed in throat with sword

A MAN who allegedly stabbed another man in the throat with a sword in southeast Queensland on New Year's Day has been charged by police. Police said the 34-year-old stabbed the man in the throat with a small sword during an altercation in Pialba...

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Beattie calls for states to be 'abolished'

FORMER Queensland premier Peter Beattie has called for the abolition of the states, saying they could be replaced by larger councils. Mr Beattie has told The Australian newspaper the states needed to be redefined or abolished given a 2006 High...

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Rohingya boat people found near Thailand

A BOAT carrying about 70 asylum seekers from Myanmar's (Burma's) beleaguered Rohingya minority has been found adrift in the Andaman Sea off the Thai resort of Phuket. Thai navy, police, health and other officials have supplied medicine and food...

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US 'fiscal cliff' solution goes to House

A LEGISLATIVE fix to patch up America's fiscal crisis will be taken up by lawmakers in the Republican-controlled House of Representatives after passing the Senate. The White House and top Republicans struck a deal after dramatic 11th-hour negotiations...

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Syria sees in New Year with more violence

SYRIANS woke up to air strikes near Damascus on New Year's Day as Aleppo airport was closed after repeated rebel attacks, casting doubts on diplomatic drives to end the 21-month conflict. The violence came a day after activists reported finding...

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Russian ban on US adoptions kicks in

RUSSIA'S controversial ban on adoptions of Russian children by American families has come into force, days after its signing by President Vladimir Putin sparked an international outcry. The ban is part of a law rushed through parliament to hit...

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Nigerian officials deny report of massacre

NIGERIA'S emergency agency has denied a report from one of its officials that 15 people were killed at a church in the country's volatile northeast, saying two were dead in unclear circumstances. An official from the National Emergency Management...

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Melbourne into 2013 with hands and feet

MELBOURNE reached out and grabbed 2013 with hands and feet, as fireworks shaped like digits lit up the skyline in the southern capital. An estimated 550,000 flooded into the CBD to witness the fireworks display, a 10-minute spectacular that...

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Nearly 90% of Syria dead killed in 2012

NEARLY 90 per cent of those who have died in Syria's 21-month conflict were killed in 2012, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says. More than 45,000 people have been killed since the conflict broke out in March 2011, but 39,362 of those...

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Bob Brown joins Sea Shepherd board

FORMER Australian Greens leader Bob Brown has joined the board of anti-whaling group Sea Shepherd. Dr Brown, who retired from the Greens leadership and the Australian Senate last year, will join Sea Shepherd Australia's board of directors early...

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US stocks drop as 'cliff' deadline looms

US stocks have opened lower on the last day of the year as Washington politicians appeared still far from a deal hours before the deadline to avoid the fiscal cliff. Five minutes into trade on Monday the Dow Jones Industrial Average was off...

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European stocks mixed on last day of year

EUROPEAN stock markets diverged on the last trading day of the year, amid fading hopes of a deal to avert the US "fiscal cliff" of sharp tax hikes and spending cuts. The London and Paris markets operated for only half a day, resulting in thin...

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Fireworks light up foreshore at Gold Coast

CARTOON superheroes shone on a high-rise wall as fireworks lit up the beachfront for the New Year's Eve curtain-raiser at Surfers Paradise. Thousands of revellers took in the 9pm (AEST) show, a precursor to the main event at midnight, which is...

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Putin urges unity after year of protests

RUSSIAN President Vladimir Putin has used a traditional New Year address to call for unity following a year of protests against his return to the Kremlin for a third term. The country's "development and fate depend on our enthusiasm and labour,...

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Afghan soldier killings highest ever

MORE than 1000 Afghan soldiers died in action this year, the highest since the Taliban insurgency began, as the army assumes more responsibility before NATO forces withdraw in 2014. "In the past nine months, 906 Afghan army soldiers were killed....

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Obama 'sceptical' of armed school guards

US President Barack Obama has pledged to enact stronger controls on gun ownership. Picture: AFP Source: AFP RECALLING the shooting of 20 first graders as the worst day of his presidency, President Barack Obama has pledged to put his "full weight"...

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Five to die for murder of Saudi diplomat

A SPECIAL tribunal in Dhaka has sentenced to death five Bangladeshi men for the killing of a Saudi diplomat early this year in what appeared to be a street crime gone wrong. Khalaf bin Mohammed Salem al-Ali, a 45-year-old official in the Saudi...

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Vietnam War medals stolen from Qld home

FIVE Vietnam War medals have been stolen from a home in Brisbane's south. An unknown number of offenders gained access to the home in Mount Cotton Road, Mount Cotton about 2pm (AEDT) on Sunday, police said. The medals, which are of great sentimental...

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Merkel has 'women's bonus', says rival

ANGELA Merkel's main challenger in next year's German elections says the chancellor has an advantage over him because she is a woman. Peer Steinbrueck's told weekly Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung in an interview published on Sunday that...

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Obama blames Republicans for fiscal cliff

US President Barack Obama has blamed a Republican refusal to raise taxes on the rich for the "fiscal cliff" crisis as top lawmakers haggled in a desperate end-of-year search for a stop-gap deal. Obama slammed foes in Congress as the clock ticked...

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Spanish police arrest 17 'Voodoo pimps'

SPAIN'S Interior Ministry says police have arrested 17 people on suspicion of smuggling Nigerian women into Spain and forcing them into prostitution using threats including claims they would cast Voodoo spells on them if they didn't comply. ...

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