A six-month-old baby had a miraculous escape after his stroller rolled off a railway station platform and into the path of an incoming train.
Baby survives after falling under train
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Five convicted in Australia of terror
Five men were convicted on Friday in Sydney, Australia, of trying to commit terrorist acts, court officials said.
Why Investors Should Bet Against the Dollar
Three days after the Reserve Bank of Australia unexpectedly raised interest rates, the monetary policy committee of South Korea’s central bank held a meeting. The Oct
Pakistan accused of cricket match-fixing by own government
Pakistan cricket is embroiled in a new controversy after the national team were accused of deliberately losing two games at the Champions Trophy by a government official.
Australia raises rates from 49-year low
Australia became the OECD nation to raise interest rates on Tuesday when its central bank increased the official cash rate from 3 percent to 3.25 percent.
Dust storm sweeps southern Australia
A massive dust storm swept through parts of southern Australia on Wednesday, bathing them in a reddish haze and prompting health officials to warn asthma patients to take cover. Susan Paget marveled at the eerie red view from the balcony of her apartment in Manly, a suburb of Sydney, and said she took the day off work to avoid the dust storm mess
Australian granted right to starve to death dies of infection
An Australian quadriplegic who won the right to refuse food and water died Monday of an upper respiratory infection, his brother and a right-to-die advocate said.
Indian court acquits man in ‘house of horrors’ killing
A high court in northern India on Friday acquitted a wealthy businessman facing the death sentence for the killing of a teen in a case dubbed “the house of horrors.” The teen was one of 19 victims — children and young women — in one of the most gruesome serial killings in India in recent years. The Allahabad high court has acquitted Moninder Singh Pandher, his lawyer Sikandar B
Australian state minister found safe
An Australian state minister who went missing while hiking alone on a rugged, icy mountain was found safe Tuesday, authorities said. Tim Holding, the water and tourism minister for the southeastern state of Victoria, was last heard from on Saturday
The Font War: Ikea Fans Fume over Switch to Verdana
Thumbing through his local Swedish newspaper, Göteborg resident Mattias Akerberg found himself troubled by a full-page advertisement for Ikea. It wasn’t that the Grevbäck bookcases looked any less sturdy, or that the Bibbi Snur duvet covers were any less colorful, or even that the names given to each of the company’s 9,500 products were any less whimsical