Opera House gets price tag for birthday

The economic, cultural and digital value of the Sydney Opera House works out at $4.6 billion. Source: AAP IT'S a priceless national icon, but a new report has put a figure on what the Sydney Opera House means to Australia. The tourist magnet...

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Duchess hits volleyball court in heels

THE Duchess of Cambridge has been praised for her prowess on the volleyball court - as well as her trim waistline. Kate ran around in five-inch high heels making passes and hitting balls over the net as she visited London's former Olympic Park...

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Appeal for UK Savile cop to come forward

A FORMER UK police officer who anonymously told journalists that he caught Jimmy Savile trying to seduce an underage girl in 1965 has been urged to come forward and speak to investigators. The ex-Leeds Pc spoke to the Daily Mirror and the BBC...

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Drug offers hope for pancreas cancer

A BREAST cancer drug can double two-year survival rates of patients with pancreatic cancer, trial results have shown. Nab-paclitaxel, marketed as Abraxane, also increased the proportion of patients still alive after one year by 59 per cent....

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Opera House gets price tag for birthday

IT'S a priceless national icon, but a new report has put a figure on what the Sydney Opera House means to Australia. The tourist magnet is worth $4.6 billion - or about $200 per citizen - to the Australian public, according to Deloitte. Ticket...

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Laos plane crash leaves 44 dead

A LAO Airlines plane carrying 44 people from the capital Vientiane to the southern town of Pakse has crashed killing all on board. Laos officials say the plane carrying 39 passengers and five crew went down around 8km from the airport in Champasak...

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Coca-Cola's profit up on increased sales

COCA-COLA says its profit have risen in the third-quarter as the world's biggest beverage maker managed to sell more of its drinks despite choppy economic conditions. The maker of Sprite, Powerade and Vitaminwater said global sales volume edged...

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Johnson & Johnson 3Q net rises slightly

HEALTH care giant Johnson & Johnson's third-quarter profit has edged up as a big jump in prescription drug sales and lower research spending made up for slumping sales of medical devices. Its results beat Wall Street estimates and its shares...

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Cost and number of cyber attacks drops

THE average cost of a cyber attack in Australia has dropped by $100 over the past 12 months. The average victim now loses $200, down from an average of $300 just 12 months ago, according to the annual cyber crime report from security firm Norton....

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Synthetic drugs gain popularity: study

SO-CALLED synthetic highs are becoming increasingly popular among recreational drug users in Australia, according to an annual survey of people who use psychostimulants like ecstasy. It's a big worry, says chief investigator Dr Lucy Burns of the...

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Hope for new way to beat aggressive cancer

AUSTRALIAN researchers are optimistic they have found a way to treat triple-negative breast cancer, an aggressive disease that mainly affects younger women. Although still being tested on mice, the treatment is based on two drugs that are already...

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Sea cucumber overfishing could hurt reef

OVERFISHING is putting sea cucumbers in a pickle on the Great Barrier Reef, marine biologists say. Sydney University's Professor Maria Byrne and Dr Hampus Eriksson, a post-doctoral researcher at Stockholm University, say more than 24 sea cucumber...

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Union to protest Telstra job cuts at AGM

THE public sector union will use Telstra's annual general meeting on Tuesday to demand the company stop sending jobs overseas. The union will demonstrate outside Telstra's AGM against "massive" job cuts made by the company. It claims there...

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Iran to send another monkey into space

IRAN is reportedly planning to send another monkey into space. Conservative daily Jomhuri Eslami quoted on Sunday the deputy head of Iran's space agency, Hamid Fazeli, as saying the planned launch, within a month, is part of the country's plans...

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Flying doctors offer chance to buy the sky

THE Royal Flying Doctor Service is giving donors a chance to claim a patch of the Australian sky. Demand for the flying doctor service has grown by more than a quarter in the past seven years as the mining boom sent more people into remote areas....

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Attacks across Iraq kill at least 31

A STRING of bombings in mostly Shi'ite-majority cities across Iraq has killed at least 31 people and wounded dozens. There was no immediate claim of responsibility but car bombs are frequently used by al-Qaeda's Iraq branch. The Sunni militant...

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Vatican beatifies 522 killed in Spain

THE Vatican has beatified 522 people - mostly priests and nuns - killed in the turmoil that led to Spain's civil war. The beatification, the last step the Roman Catholic church takes before sainthood, was conducted on Sunday by Cardinal Angelo...

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