Donald Trump's 'facts' under fire
Nick O'Malley 8:08 AM Of Donald Trump's 75 political claims that have been vetted by the Pulitzer Prize-winning fact-checking organisation Politifact not one has been rated as "True".
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China lays out its internet vision: more control
Philip Wen 5:20 AM President Xi Jinping has defended his government's broad censorship of the internet, in a high-profile speech underscoring China's increasingly emphatic attempts to justify its strict online control.
Spain's PM punched in face
12:46 PM Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy was punched in the face during a campaign event for Sunday's general election in his home region of Galicia on Wednesday, TV footage showed.
Mass layoffs in China's coal country
"If they want to sack me, they should just do it. Can it get any worse?". Guo, 39, is despondent. He works in one of China's coal mines where his pay has been cut in half and the future looks grim.
Did Cruz reveal classified information?
Nick O'Malley 8:10 AM A Republican senator is investigating whether Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz released classified information while discussing the National Security Agency during Tuesday night's debate.
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Choking on smog, India cracks down on Delhi's vehicles
Nida Najar 1:56 PM Residents of India's capital city have become almost inured to the choking smog that regularly makes it difficult to breathe. Now the Supreme Court of India has ordered several transportation restrictions to help curb pollution in New Delhi.
Australian man jailed in Bali over motorcycle death
Jewel Topsfield and Amilia Rosa 1:32 PM Australian man Joshua Terelinck has been sentenced to a jail term of two months and 15 days jail for causing the death of an Indonesian man in a motorcycle accident in Bali this year.
Gunmen kidnap at least 26 Qatari nationals in Iraqi desert: officials
1:32 PM An armed group of about 100 gunmen driving dozens of pickup trucks kidnapped at least 26 Qatari hunters from their camp, officials said.
Mistrial declared in Baltimore police officer's trial
Ian Simpson 1:06 PM A Maryland judge has declared a mistrial in the trial of the first of six Baltimore police officers charged in the death of Freddie Gray, whose killing sparked riots in April.
San Bernardino attackers didn't show public support for jihad on Facebook
Adam Goldman and Mark Berman 11:38 AM There was also no evidence Syed Rizwan Farook and Tashfeen Malik were part of an organised terrorist cell, the FBI director said.
Prisoner swap in Yemen as peace talks begin
Saeed Al-Batati 11:18 AM Warring parties in Yemen have agreed to release hundreds of prisoners as the Yemeni government and Houthi rebels sat down for peace talks in Switzerland aimed at ending the country's nine-month conflict.
How a man from Iraq with a $8.9m ticket put Oregon lottery in a spin
Kirk Johnson 10:33 AM The man from Baghdad showed up unannounced this month in a state office building in Salem, Oregon, with a piece of paper in his hand that he said was worth $US6.4 million.
Indian technician sucked into plane's engine
10:27 AM In a freak accident, an Air India service engineer has been killed after he was sucked into the live engine of an A-319 aircraft at Mumbai airport in India.
'He died a hero': tributes flow to Australian man killed in Indonesia
Jewel Topsfield 8:20 AM "For those of you who knew Greg. His passing will be a shock, but his actions will be no surprise."
Donald Trump's 'facts' under fire
Nick O'Malley 8:08 AM Of the 75 political claims by Donald Trump during the current campaign that have been vetted by the Pulitzer Prize-winning fact checking organisation Politifact not one has been rated as "True".
Castaway sued for $1.4m for 'cannibalism'
Harriet Alexander 7:57 AM A fisherman who survived 15 months lost at sea is being sued for $1.4 million by the family of his dead colleague, who accuse him of eating their relation.
Saudi millionaire cleared of raping teenager
7:21 AM A Saudi millionaire has been cleared of raping a teenager after claiming he might have accidentally penetrated the 18-year-old when he tripped and fell on her.
North Korea sentences Canadian pastor to hard labour for life
Jack Kim 7:09 AM North Korea's highest court has sentenced a South Korea-born Canadian pastor to hard labour for life for subversion, the North's official KCNA news agency reported on Wednesday.
Confusion clouds Saudi Arabia's anti-IS coalition
Angus McDowall 5:42 AM Being home to the Wahhabi school of Islam and fighting proxy wars against Shiite Iran, Riyadh is questionable as a foe of terrorism.
This is what happens when the Arctic warms twice as fast as the rest of the planet
Darryl Fears 5:41 AM For a second straight year, the Arctic is warming faster than any other place in the world, and animal populations in the area's Pacific and Atlantic ocean regions are thinning along with the ice sheets that are critical for their survival.
Bank robbery in Minnesota interrupts live TV news broadcast
4:35 AM A television station in the US state of Iowa was doing a live update on a Minnesota bank robbery when police say the suspect returned to rob it a second time.
'Nazi gold train' doesn't exist, experts say
Sarah Kaplan 12:59 AM Explorers have long searched for a train carrying an untold fortune in Nazi loot: gold, jewels, art, maybe even weapons confiscated from Polish citizens and sent into the interior as the German regime began to crumble.
NRA vents fury at New York Daily News, 'Godless Left'
Fred Barbash 11:36 PM The National Rifle Association has fired back at New York's Daily News over what it called America's "gun scourge", after the mass shooting in San Bernardino, California.
Paris police fire on car and arrest driver at army museum
10:48 PM A policeman fired around 10 shots at the vehicle, which was brought to a halt, and the driver was taken into custody, said the official.
Japan, where the toilet is also a shrine
Anna Fifield 10:47 PM If there's one thing Japan is passionate about, it's toilets. Potties, loos, restrooms, john, powder room, however you say it, Japan has put a lot of thought into the smallest room of the house.
Rudd's my candidate for UN chief: Nobel Prize winner
Daniel Flitton 10:15 PM Jose Ramos Horta - Nobel prize winner and global face of East Timor's long struggle for independence - is backing former prime minister Kevin Rudd to become the next chief of the United Nations.
