Missing Sydney businesswoman found

A WOMAN who went missing from a Sydney hospital last weekend has been found. Police found 40-year-old Belinda Burcham, nee Sheehan, in Paddington just before 9pm on Saturday (AEDT). She was taken by ambulance to hospital, where she is being...

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Woman missing from hospital found

Missing Sydney woman Belinda Burcham, who vanished from St Vincent's Hospital without money, shoes or phone, has been found by police. A SYDNEY woman who went missing from a Sydney hospital last weekend has been found. Police found 40-year-old...

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Pakistan charity workers shot dead

UNKNOWN gunmen shot dead two Pakistani charity workers involved in an education project in the northwestern city of Charsadda, 130 kilometres from Islamabad, police said. Zakir Hussain, head of the education wing of the Al-Khidmat Foundation...

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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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Read your face for health tips

Facial diagnosis is not an absolute science, but it could point you in the direction of a healthier lifestyle. Picture: Supplied Source: Supplied THERE'S more to the old adage about the truth being written all over your face than you may think....

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Man feared dead; fire devastates Tas town

WEATHER changes overnight will put more communities in the line of bushfire, the state's fire authorities says. Winds gusting to 100km/h whipped up the two largest blazes that had started on Thursday; at Forcett, near Dunalley in the state's south,...

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Ex-spy chief criticises Netanyahu

A PROMINENT Israeli ex-intelligence chief has sought to sway Israelis against Benjamin Netanyahu in upcoming elections, saying that the prime minister has mismanaged Israel's response to Iran's nuclear program and missed opportunities to make inroads...

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Approval expected on Superstorm aid

AT LAST, the storm-racked US Northeast is getting a House floor vote on billions in disaster relief aid for victims of October's Superstorm Sandy, but only after a host of East Coast Republican lawmakers threatened a near mutiny against GOP Speaker...

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Starbucks to open first Vietnam cafe

STARBUCKS says it will open its first Vietnam cafe early next month in Ho Chi Minh City as part of its strategy to expand across Asia. The Seattle-based chain will be entering a country of coffee lovers that already has an established market....

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Reef port expansion not justified - WWF

THE Queensland government's own figures show the building of new coal ports in and near the Great Barrier Reef is not necessary, environmentalists say. WWF Australia said the state government's Great Barrier Reef Ports Strategy Economic Analysis...

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Newspoll confirms Vic govt's woes

THE Victorian government is facing a drubbing from voters, the latest Newspoll suggests. The poll, published in The Australian on Friday, has Labor with a commanding 55-45 lead over the coalition on a two-party preferred basis, the same result...

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Rescuers evacuate 1200 skiers in Spain

RESCUERS have evacuated the last of 1200 skiers trapped by strong winds a day earlier on the slopes of a resort in the Spanish Pyrenees. Winds gusting up to 110km/h forced the Panticosa ski resort to stop the ski-lifts on Wednesday afternoon,...

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Syria air raid kills 12 in one family

AN air raid on a town partly held by rebels on the outskirts of Damascus has killed at least 12 members of the same family, most of them children, a watchdog says. Regime warplanes bombed the town of Moadamiyet al-Sham, southwest of the capital,...

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Angola New Year stampede death toll rises

THE official death toll from a stampede at a New Year's Eve evangelical vigil in Angola has risen to 16, as witnesses said the tragedy was caused by a scramble for sachets of holy water. "We confirm the death of 16 people, including four children,...

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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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Attacks down but Iraq in 'low-level war'

VIOLENCE in Iraq dropped in 2012, data shows, but insurgents proved they were still capable of mounting waves of attacks and a watchdog warned the country was still in a "low-level war". The warnings, which come after the first full year since...

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Workers 'killed boss, ate body parts'

Tea plantation workers torched a vehicle and the home of their boss, killing both him and his wife, following a labour dispute in the northeastern Indian state of Assam. Picture: AFP Source: AFP POLICE in northeast India say they believe...

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60 dead in Ivory Coast New Year's crush

AT least 60 people died and dozens more were injured in the Ivory Coast capital Abidjan as crowds stampeded overnight during celebratory New Year's fireworks, rescue workers say. The head of military rescue workers, Lieutenant Colonel Issa Sako,...

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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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2013 arrives with a pop and pink

SYDNEYSIDERS have paid homage to Australia's princess of pop as they ushered in the New Year with sparkle, glam and a little bit of cheek. 2012 was farewelled in a cascade of pink and gold as hit tunes from Kylie Minogue's 25 years in show business...

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European stocks mixed on last day of year

EUROPEAN stock markets diverged on Monday, the final trading day of 2012 amid fading hopes of a deal to avert the US "fiscal cliff" of sharp tax hikes and spending cuts. The London and Paris markets were operating for only half a day, resulting...

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Sydney leads New Year's Eve party charge

IT'S the party that starts the world's New Year celebrations and Sydney didn't disappoint yet again. As one of the first major cities in the world to welcome in 2013, Sydney has set the standard. Just ask the millions who watched the spectacular...

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Aust goes with US after NZ nuke ban

WHEN it came down to a choice between the United States and New Zealand on defence co-operation, the cabinet of Bob Hawke found there was really no choice. It was the US all the way. The choice followed a decision by the new NZ Labour government...

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Peace envoy talks up Syria plan

PEACE envoy Lakhdar Brahimi says he has a proposal to end the deadly 21-month conflict in Syria "that could be adopted by the international community". "I have discussed this plan with Russia and Syria ... I think this proposal could be adopted...

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Bad brakes cited in Moscow crash landing

RUSSIAN investigators have blamed a defective brake system for a Moscow airport crash that killed five crew members when a plane skidded off the runway and smashed into a highway. Rescue workers recovered the flight recorders from the four-year-old...

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Cops jailed over detainee's torture, death

A BAHRAIN court on Sunday jailed two policemen for seven years each after convicting them of torturing to death a Shiite detainee in the wake of last year's crackdown on protests, a local daily said. The Gulf kingdom's high criminal court found...

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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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