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.
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.
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.
The Australian share market opened lower on Wednesday after weakness in the country's four biggest banks.
The Australian market opened slightly higher on Tuesday after Greece made loan repayments to creditors and reopened banks.
The Australian share market opened lower on Monday.
Hollywood superstar Johnny Depp has departed from Australia for the United States with his injured hand, local media reported on Thursday.
Two people were killed and four went missing after two merchant ships collided while maneuvering in the Italian northern port of Ravenna on Sunday.
Recent reports about slowing global economic growth pulled the Australian sharemarket down on Wednesday.
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.