Kasich drops out leaving Trump alone

7:51 AM   Donald Trump's last remaining challenger, Ohio governor John Kasich, has dropped out of the US presidential nomination race.

Refugee quota deal prescribes $385k fines 

The EU has announced a plan to deal requiring member states to accept refugees under a quota system or face fines of €250,000 euros per migrant.

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Wildfire forces evacuation of entire town

The Canadian province of Alberta has raced to evacuate the 80,000 residents of Fort McMurray, where an uncontrolled wildfire was taking hold in the country's oil sands region.

Tennis-ball size diamond could fetch $94m

A three-billion-year-old diamond - the largest discovered in more than a century - could sell for more than $US70m, Sotheby's says.

'We're going to love each other': kinder Trump

Paul McGeough 1:31 PM   Trump was gracious in acknowledging his last-surviving challenger – that would be Texas Senator Ted Cruz who, just hours earlier, had denounced Trump as a pathological liar and narcissist.

America now faces 'a truly appalling choice'

Allister Heath 12:21 PM   It is remarkable how a country that is so good at business, science, the arts and just about everything else can be so bad at politics.

Anti-Trump Republicans are considering a vote for Hillary Clinton

Sean Sullivan and Katie Zezima 12:16 PM   For some Republicans, the prospect of a President Clinton is more palatable than a President Trump - not because they like Clinton but because they could fight her on familiar terrain

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'President Trump': Here's his plan

Patrick Healy 10:49 AM   He will post on Twitter less, go to a beautiful ball or two then build a government based on relationships and negotiations. He'll also build that wall.

John Kasich to drop out of presidential race

Thomas Kaplan and Josephine Tovey 4:13 AM   John Kasich, the Governor of Ohio and a moderate voice who tried to portray himself as the adult in the Republican primary field but failed to win any state but his own, will end his long-shot quest for the US presidency on Wednesday (Thursday AEST), according to two people briefed on his decision.

IS recruiter Neil Prakash killed by US strike in Iraq

David Wroe 12:00 AM   The most senior Australian fighting with Islamic State, Neil Prakash, has been killed in a US air strike in Iraq.

Mark Zuckerberg calls Brazilian protest to pressure government

Lia Timson 4:38 PM   Mark Zuckerberg has entered unlikely political territory, calling on Brazilians to put pressure on the already embattled government to ensure citizens' democratic rights are upheld.

'Brilliant' Australian scientist Matthew Hynd jailed in US for child porn

Peter Mitchell 3:17 PM   An Australian scientist described as "brilliant" for his work in combating Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and other diseases has been sentenced to 6½ years' prison in New York for child pornography offences.

Sanders wins Indiana, but Clinton's focused on Trump

Evan Halper and Kate Linthicum 3:06 PM   Bernie Sanders remains on track to lose the Democratic nomination race, but he has nonetheless managed to keep his agenda at the centre of it with a victory over Hillary Clinton in Indiana.

As more hospitals are destroyed, UN says 'Enough'

Somini Sengupta 2:51 PM   Can the most powerful countries enforce the rules of war when they and their allies are accused of flouting them?

Donald Trump's rise isn't sign of his own brilliance, rather Republican Party failure

Paul McGeough 2:06 PM   Just because Cruz was the author of his own demise, it doesn't follow that Trump has been the architect of his own stunning success. He just happened to be a lucky bunny ...

Ted Cruz drops out of race, clears way for Donald Trump's romp to Republican nomination

Josephine Tovey 12:35 PM   Ted Cruz announced he was leaving the race on Tuesday night, removing the last major hurdle in Donald Trump's quest to become the Republican nominee for president.