Last Top Stories: Young Cairns teenager Paul Walton remembered as a 'creative caring son'

Young Cairns teenager Paul Walton remembered as a 'creative caring son'

Grieving mother Renee Cashman lost her son to a severe asthma attack on Monday but said she was comforted by the Cairns community rallying around her and Paul's younger brother Jai. Ms Cashman described her heart as ''broken'' after the shock death ... >> view original

mega-casino resort back in play

Aquis said in a statement yesterday that it was also extending call option deeds on properties for the casino site. Aquis Australia boss Justin Fung said the company, which owns the existing Cairns and Canberra casinos, was pushing ahead with the project. >> view original

Paramedics help deliver baby boy on side of road

Paramedics have safely delivered a baby boy on the side of the road in Cairns in far north Queensland. Rebecca Howell and Michael Papa were taking a 31-year-old Redlynch woman in labour to the Cairns Hospital but had to pull over in the suburb of ... >> view original

'Grey Swans' have Tampa, Cairns and Dubai in their sight

With a climatological hydrodynamic method, Ning Lin of Princeton University and Kerry Emanuel from the MIT focused on three coastal regions that are in major risk to be hit by grey swans: Cairns in northeast Australia, Tampa in south Florida, and Dubai ... >> view original

US elections: Donald Trump rules out third-party White House bid, will back ...

New York: Presidential candidate Donald Trump ruled out the prospect of a third-party White House bid on Thursday and vowed to support whoever wins the party's nomination — a U-turn made easier by his position at the front of the field. The decision ... >> view original

Guatemala's president quits, faces charges in graft scandal

GUATEMALA CITY: Guatemalan President Otto Perez has resigned and turned himself into a court on Thursday to face charges in a corruption scandal that gutted his government and plunged Guatemala into chaos days before a national election. Perez ... >> view original

Search Ramps Up as Toll in Malaysia Boat Tragedy Hits 15

Malaysia is Southeast Asia's third-largest economy and a magnet for migrant workers from its poorer neighbours, with the vast majority coming from Indonesia. Kuala Lumpur: Malaysian authorities today stepped up a search for survivors from a boat that ... >> view original

UN and the Arab league need to act to bring peace to Syria

The devastated Syrian city of Kobani. 'People do not want to leave their home countries unless they really cannot survive there, whether it be because of war or dire poverty,' writes Karen Fill. Photograph: AP. Letters. Thursday 3 September 2015 14.23 ... >> view original

Saudi king to meet with Obama amid Gulf concerns over Iran deal

WASHINGTON Saudi King Salman will meet with U.S. President Barack Obama in Washington on Friday to seek more support in countering Iran, as the Obama administration aims to use the visit to shore up relations after a period of tensions. The visit is ... >> view original

Europe's asylum seeker crisis: How Australians can help

The European Union asylum seeker system is collapsing under the pressure of unprecedented migration, described as the largest movement of people since the end of World War II. More than 600,000 refugees have registered for asylum in Europe this year, ... >> view original