Leading the news this morning, Three Australian anti-whaling protesters been holding in a Japanese whaling ship are to be released. The men illegally boarded the ship at the weekend, protesters won't be charged and the arrangements are being made for...
The Federal Government is trying to secure the release of three Australian anti-whaling protesters being held in a Japanese surveillance boat. The trio illegally boarded the boat off the West Australian coast yesterday. The government concedes the me...
The regrowing signs. The U.S economy is picking up. Employment grew slightly in the last month with the jobless rate falling to near 3 year low of 8.5%. But the analysts say the economy needs to sustain the current pace of job creation to prove the b...
Look at the satellite picture. And the main area of cloud that will be impacted as we head in towards the weekend is this cloud massing Western Australia. It's in association with the trough system, triggering showers and storms. Some of those are se...
US President Barack Obama has outlined big cuts to the military and a greater presence in the Asia-Pacific region. Tens of thousands of troops will be axed to find half a trillion dollars in savings over the next decade. President Obama says troop nu...
Former Republican presidential candidate John McCain has endorsed Mitt Romney in his bid for the White House. The former Massachusetts governor narrowly won the Iowa caucus. He was just eight votes ahead of former senator Rick Santorum. Tea party fav...
And Germany has recorded a slower unemployment rate in 20 years. The jobless rate in December fell to 6.8 percent, that's down slightly from the 6.9 percent recorded in November. The number of people unemployed in Germany during 2011 topped more than...
Victoria and the South Australia are in front of another scrod today, Fire fighters are on higher alert as the temperatures expect to soar to around 40 degrees in some areas. One hundred fires have been burning across the Victoria and dozens of peopl...
An advisory body to the Arab League is calling the immediate withdrawal of its monitors from Syria. It says the observers have made knowing packed-all on the violence against protesters. Activists say at least 22 people are killed by government troop...
Major European indexes have posted their deepest annual fall in three years. In 2011, European markets were hit by a major debt crisis and sluggish US economy. British shares finished the year 5.6% weaker. Germany's DAX recorded a 14.7% decline and C...
