Chess world championship starts

DEFENDING champion Viswanathan Anand has held Norwegian challenger Magnus Carlsen to a quick draw with the black pieces in the first game of their chess world championship match. Playing in Chennai on Saturday close to where Anand was born,...

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Young Aussies are most stressed out: study

AUSTRALIAN employees are suffering high levels of stress, a survey reveals. That's not surprising. Australians overall report declining wellbeing and increasing stress, according to a state-of-the-nation survey commissioned by the Australian Psychological...

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Rickets makes a comeback in Britain

RICKETS, the childhood disease that caused an epidemic of bowed legs and curved spines during the Victorian era, is making a shocking comeback in 21st-century Britain. Rickets results from a severe deficiency of vitamin D, which helps the body...

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Clergy inquiry to call for reporting laws

VICTORIA'S landmark inquiry into child sex abuse by clergy is expected to demand priests and religious leaders be forced into reporting abuse allegations against their colleagues or face jail themselves. A final report from the state's parliamentary...

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US jobs up 204,000 in October

US employers added 204,000 jobs in October, an unexpected burst of hiring during a month in which the federal government was partially shut down for 16 days. The US Labour Department says the unemployment rate rose to 7.3 per cent from 7.2 per...

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US consumer spending slows

US consumers slowed their spending in September, even as overall income grew at a solid pace for the second straight month. The Commerce Department says consumer spending rose 0.2 per cent in September, after a 0.3 per cent gain the previous...

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Help Bougainville or risk new unrest: ASPI

AUSTRALIA must ramp up aid to Bougainville Island or risk the return of local civil unrest that could result in a more costly military response, a think tank says. Island dwellers will vote on independence from Papua New Guinea in a referendum...

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Govt gives $522m for research projects

RESEARCH into bushfire behaviour is among almost 1200 projects to get a government-funded boost in the latest round of grants. Across the country, 1177 projects will share $522 million from the Australian Research Council's Future Fellowships...

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Govt urged to help NSW first home buyers

IT has long been touted as the dream all Australians share. But the NSW Real Estate Institute says unless the state government intervenes, new homebuyers will only be imagining packing their bags and moving interstate. The institute's Young...

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Australian bulls mistreated in Mauritius

MORE video of apparent cruelty to Australian animals has emerged, this time of bulls being mistreated in Mauritius. After releasing footage of sheep being treated cruelly in Jordan in October, Animals Australia is claiming breaches of live export...

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Environmental crime cost world billions

OFFICIALS from Interpol and the United Nations Environmental Program are teaming up to combat environmental crime such as the killing of elephants and the theft of timber. Achim Steiner, the UN Environmental Program's executive director, says...

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Greenhouse gas levels hit record high: WMO

THE latest data from the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) shows the amount of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere reached record levels last year. The UN's specialist weather agency on Wednesday said the warming effect on the climate caused...

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US court to hear evidence in Aussie murder

ONE of the US teenagers accused of the drive-by shooting of Australian baseball player Chris Lane will appear in court in Oklahoma for a preliminary hearing. Michael Dewayne Jones, 17, allegedly told police Lane was randomly selected and murdered...

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Raffaele Sollecito back in court in Italy

RAFFAELE Sollecito, the former Italian boyfriend of US student Amanda Knox, has pleaded his innocence before a court, insisting he's been the victim of a "big mistake". Sollecito and Knox are suspected of murdering British student Meredit Kercher,...

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Vivendi to sell Maroc Telecom stake

FRENCH entertainment company Vivendi has signed a final agreement to sell its stake in Maroc Telecom to UAE-based telecoms company Etisalat for 4.2 billion euros ($A6.01 billion). Vivendi, which had gone on an acquisition binge to bring together...

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Govt to ditch backlog of tax proposals

THE federal government is about to ditch a host of unlegislated tax proposals that have been stuck in the pending tray dating back to 2001. Since the September election, Treasurer Joe Hockey and Assistant Treasurer Arthur Sinodinos have been...

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COAG report says reform pace is slowing

THE pace of reform to federal-state relations has slowed and needs new momentum to improve the economy and vital public services, a report says. COAG Reform Council (CRC) chairman John Brumby on Wednesday released a report charting the progress...

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Brooks 'told PA to move notebooks'

FORMER News International chief executive Rebekah Brooks instructed her personal assistant to remove seven boxes of notebooks from the company's archive that have "never been seen again", a UK jury has heard. Brooks, 45, is accused of conspiring...

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Backlash over spying claims grows

More than 170 Australian websites were hacked by Anonymous Indonesia to protest reports of spying. Source: AAP INDONESIA has threatened to withdraw cooperation with Australia on various policy fronts, including in the area of people smuggling,...

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Gen Y have the best saving habits: survey

GENERATION Y have come out on top when it comes to saving money, with better saving habits than generation X and baby boomers. When it comes to saving a regular amount every month, Gen Y are the best at it, with 29 per cent saving regularly compared...

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Kellogg to cut jobs, lowers outlook

KELLOGG will trim its global workforce by seven per cent as part of a cost-cutting plan, with the cereal maker citing weaker-than-expected sales for the year. The maker of Frosted Flakes and Eggo waffles says it expects earnings per share for...

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Rural cancer more likely to kill: study

RURAL cancer patients are more likely to die than those in urban areas, according to a study published in the Medical Journal of Australia. Although the overall risk of cancer death decreased by one per cent from 2001 to 2010, the study shows...

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