Tuesday, August 23, 2016

Eight passengers seriously injured in France train crash and other top stories.

  • Eight passengers seriously injured in France train crash

    Eight passengers seriously injured in France train crash
    A train crash in France has left eight people injured. (AAP) A train crash in southern France has left eight people seriously hurt, after a fallen tree uprooted by a massive hailstorm fell onto the tracks.The impact sparked panic, as some passengers feared a jihadist attack was underway, according to one witness.The regional express was carrying 219 passengers on a service between Nimes and Montpellier when it hit the tree at 140 kilometres per hour, the state rail operator SNCF said. The acci..
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  • Victorian Governor Linda Dessau repays cost of expensive meals in London restaurants

    Victorian Governor Linda Dessau repays cost of expensive meals in London restaurants
    Victorian Governor Linda Dessau repays cost of expensive meals in London restaurants Posted August 18, 2016 17:28:43 The Governor of Victoria, Linda Dessau, has repaid more than $1,000 for two meals at expensive London restaurants saying she had only just been made aware of the full costs.Ms Dessau was in London delivering a keynote address to the World Chinese Economic Forum and had an audience with the Queen.A meal at Gordon Ramsay's Petrus restaurant cost $813, whi..
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  • Scott Morrison says he followed Tony Abbott's orders on Malaysia solution

    Scott Morrison says he followed Tony Abbott's orders on Malaysia solution
    Tensions are rising in the government after Treasurer Scott Morrison distanced himself from the Coalition's most aggressive political act against Julia Gillard's minority government in 2011: the decision of the Abbott opposition to block the Malaysian "people-swap" solution.In surprisingly frank comments set to deepen antipathy between Mr Morrison and the Liberal Party's conservative right faction now led by Mr Abbott, Mr Morrison, who had been shadow immigration minister, said the rejection in..
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  • Childhood obesity: Plan attacked as 'weak' and 'watered down'

    Childhood obesity: Plan attacked as 'weak' and 'watered down'
    Image copyright Getty Images The government's childhood obesity plan has been attacked by health experts, campaigners, MPs and the boss of one of Britain's biggest supermarkets.The British Medical Association said the government had "rowed back" on promises, and the CEO of Sainsbury's said the plan did not go far enough.MP Sarah Wollaston said the plan showed "the hand of big industry lobbyists", but a minister said it was "ambitious".Measures include a voluntary target to cut sugar in chil..
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  • Police: Girl, 4, found zip-tied, beaten thought her name was 'Idiot'

    Police: Girl, 4, found zip-tied, beaten thought her name was 'Idiot'
    HOT SPRINGS, AR (WCMH/AP) — Police have arrested a Hot Springs, Arkansas, couple on battery and abuse charges for allegedly zip-tying a 4-year-old girl to her bed as punishment. Clarence Reed, 47, and the child's mother, Jennifer Denen, 30, both of ...
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  • Haunting image of child pulled from Aleppo rubble is symbol of Syria

    Haunting image of child pulled from Aleppo rubble is symbol of Syria
    Haunting image of child pulled from Aleppo rubble is symbol of SyriaAP7:15PM August 18, 2016Save Syrian opposition activists have released haunting footage showing a young boy rescued from the rubble in the aftermath of a devastating air strike in Aleppo.The image of the stunned and weary looking boy, sitting in an orange chair inside an ambulance covered in dust and with blood on his face, encapsulates the horrors inflicted on the war-ravaged city and is being widely shared on social media.A do..
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