NEWS

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has a “special place in heaven,” European Council President Donald Tusk said in rebuke to the statement made by one of Donald Trump’s trade officials.

US President Donald Trump and North Korean Leader Kim Jong-un will meet on Tuesday for their highly anticipated summit in Singapore. For the summit to be productive, the negotiations need to converge on a lowest-common-denominator shared interest that both parties can agree on.

With many of the Trump administration’s recent decisions running directly counter to the other members’ interests, the summit promises to be tense. Here’s what each member state hopes to get from it.

A Democratic candidate in the US state of Maryland has made history by airing the first political campaign ad with a same-sex kiss.

Women will now be free to enter abortion clinics in NSW without fear of harassment from pro-life groups.

He died shortly after arriving at the Children’s Hospital in Westmead.

Inés Zorreguieta, 33, is believed to have taken her own life.

An investment company executive has resigned from his role after he was identified as the alleged Brisbane poo jogger.

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg may be called on to face Australian Parliament.

Santa Clara County Judge Aaron Persky was voted out in Northern California, US, on Tuesday.

The 20-year-old woman is accused of giving his son high doses of an epilepsy medication that he didn’t need.

Tan Duc Thanh Nguyen, one of the members of the ill-fated Bali Nine gang, died on Tuesday after spending 13 years in Indonesian prison.

Does the Coalition’s tax plan favour high earners over those with lower incomes?

All Virgin Mobile Australia stores will close by the end of June.

More than 1.5 percent of the 17.7 million tests were found to have been forged.

The gunman who caused the partial shutdown of the Mackay CBD in central Queensland has surrendered.

Papua New Guinea will ban Facebook for a month for research purposes.

Barnaby Joyce said it was Vikki Campion who wanted the money from their paid interview.

“Britain has the most liberal attitude towards migration of any European country. And that followed the Brexit vote.”

After a few days of hinting that his mooted June 12 meeting in Singapore with Kim Jong-un looked compromised, Donald Trump sent a “Dear John” letter to Kim bluntly informing him that the meeting is off.

Mamoundou Gassama has been offered citizenship by French President Emmanuel Macron after a video of him rescuing a 4-year-old boy dangling from a balcony emerged online.

A pro-choice group is planning to distribute abortion pills in Northern Ireland following Ireland’s repeal of the 8th Amendment.

The Departure Prohibition Orders (DPOs) recouped $10.4 million from 358 parents stopped at departure gates for the first 10 months of this financial year.

More than 1 million cars in Australia will be recalled because of defective Takata airbags.

Ireland has voted “resoundingly” in favour of overturning the abortion ban, according to Taoiseach Leo Varadkar.

Victoria will introduce tougher laws that will include jail terms for employers found guilty of wage theft.

The Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was downed by a Russian military-sourced missile, an international team of investigators have said.

Australian Maria Elvira Pinto Exposto has been sentenced to death in Malaysia.