Economists and fund managers have warned Australia's chase for yield through dividend payouts are leaving company cash stockpiles bare, hampering future economic growth opportunities, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) reported Friday.
It's been three days since the resumption of educational institutions in the quake-stricken Himalayan nation,but the children are yet to break free from the shackles of fear following the massive, life-altering disaster, with its lethal and frequent subsequent aftershocks.
Protesters marched through the streets of Downtown Cleveland, a city in the state of Ohio, Tuesday demanding the overhaul of the city's criminal justice system, which they said had so far failed to mete out punishment for white officers who used excessive and unnecessary force against the blacks.
More than a dozen young Australian women have attempted to join Islamic State (IS) strongholds in the Middle East over the last two months, Victoria Police revealed Friday.
The United States on Wednesday cast doubt on Pyongyang's claimed capacity to miniaturize and diversify its stockpiled nuclear weapons.
The Australian government has issued an official warning that two tiny dogs owned by famed actor Johnny Depp may be killed because he didn't follow quarantine protocols when he bought them into Australia last month.
Victorian police officers will be required to work with a partner at all times, and wear bulletproof vests, under new rules issued to guard against potential terror attacks against Australian police officers.
A group of medical workers from southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region has arrived in neighboring Nepal to help prevent disease outbreaks in border areas following a catastrophic earthquake that claimed over 7,000 lives.
U.S. President Barack Obama said on Tuesday there was no excuse for that kind of violence that occurred in Baltimore in the past days, calling for the country to do some "soul searching" as the race-related riots convulsed the largest city of U.S. State of Maryland.
Following a massive earthquake that hit Nepal on Saturday, many people of Kathmandu have resigned themselves to life in the open with very bare essentials, on top of loss of family possessions and even members.
A newly married couple from Britain were caught up in the avalanche in Mount Qomolangma after a major earthquake hit Nepal on Saturday, local media reported.
Sixty years ago, the city of Bandung witnessed a historic gathering of representatives from newly independent countries in Asia and Africa; today, it is revisiting the very principles agreed upon at the epoch-marking conference.
French touristsTwo French tourists who filmed themselves burning a quokka, a native Australian marsupial, have each chosen to accept a seven-day jail term, which is expected to cost Western Australian taxpayers thousands of dollars.
The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank initiated by China is widely recognized as an important instrument for win-win cooperation in Asia, but unfortunately some Western media have ignored basic facts to portray the bank as a sinister invention.
The relatives of the Australian victims of the Germanwings disaster said they will visit the crash site in the French Alps on Monday to pay their final respects.
State workers could face the sack if they have two or more children.
In Syria, a country that has suffered greatly from the past four years of ferocious civil war and constant strife, children, who should have been comforted with hope, have been edging ever closer to helplessness.
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