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3 tourists die, 1 still missing after speedboat capsizes near Koh Samui of Thailand

Three tourists are confirmed dead and one is still missing after a speedboat packed with foreign tourists capsized on its way back to the tourist island of Koh Samui in Southern Thailand on Thursday.

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Australia's National Health Survey reveals declines in smoking, excessive drinking

Australian adults are continuing to ditch the cigarettes and drink less, according to new figures released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) on Tuesday.

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Australian market runs out of fuel

​Monday morning's broad-based gains failed to convert into a substantial win on the Australian market as further falls in oil dragged energy stocks down, causing the broader market to close flat.

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Share market slips at Wednesday's Australian market open

​The Australian share market opened lower on Wednesday after weakness in the country's four biggest banks.

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Australian share market continues to hover on Tuesday

​The Australian market opened slightly higher on Tuesday after Greece made loan repayments to creditors and reopened banks.

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Australian share market edges down at opening

​The Australian share market opened lower on Monday.

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Actor Johnny Depp leaves Australia with broken wrist

​Hollywood superstar Johnny Depp has departed from Australia for the United States with his injured hand, local media reported on Thursday.

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2 dead, 4 missing in merchant vessel collision in Italy: media

Two people were killed and four went missing after two merchant ships collided while maneuvering in the Italian northern port of Ravenna on Sunday.

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Poor global economic outlook drags down Australian stocks

​Recent reports about slowing global economic growth pulled the Australian sharemarket down on Wednesday.

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Ex-chairman of Israel's top bank sentenced to one year in prison for fraud

An Israeli court on Thursday pronounced a sentence of one year in prison on Dan Dankner, former chairman of Israel's largest bank Hapoalim Bank, for fraud while he served as the bank chief.