Stock markets around the world have fallen after the US president proposed sweeping new rules for Wall Street banks. Barak Obama's proposals could dramatically curtail the activities of American financial institutions, limiting their size and risk ta...
Haiti's government says the bodies of at least 75,000 people have been buried in mass graves since the earthquake struck the island more than a week ago. Workers are carving out graves on a hillside north of Haitis capital. And in Port-au-Prince, the...
There has been a strong aftershock in the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince. The tremor measuring 6.1 sent people running for safety and brought down debris from buildings already weakened by the first quake. Two thousand marines are now on their way in...
US troops are fanning out across Haiti as aid operations gather momentum. The first of 2,000 US marines have arrived, landing by helicopter in the grounds of the presidential palace. At the same time, aid drops by helicopter have resumed after being...
Security has been restored after a deadly attack on the Afghan capital Kabul. After 20 Taliban gunmen and suicide bombers stormed government buildings in one of the most heavily fortified parts of the city. At least 12 people are dead and 71 others w...
The International Red Cross says 40 people have been pulled alive from the rubble in Haiti in the last 12 hours. The latest is a Danish, United Nations worker rescued from the ruins of the UN mission headquarters. The UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon...
Hello, Melissa Hamilton with the National Weather. Let's check the satellite image first. You can see cloud over Queensland and northern New South Wales thats causing a few showers and storms. Cool southwesterly winds are pushing more cloud across th...
Americas second biggest banks recorded a huge jump in revenue. JPMorgans recorded the fourth quarter of profits of 3.5 billion Australian dollars. The banks capital in the first nine months of this year was also 70% higher than the year before. But t...
Planes carrying aid workers and supplies are facing major delays trying to get into Haiti. Haitis government has stopped all civilian flights into Port-au-Prince because theres no room on the ground for more planes and not enough jet fuel for planes...
The Prime Minister of Haiti says the number of people killed in yesterday's powerful earthquake could be well over 100,000. The 7.0-magnitude quake was the largest to hit the impoverished nation in 200 years. Homes, hospitals and schools were reduced...
