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FRIDAY 17 MARCH 2017

No evidence of Trump wiretap: Senate panel

The Senate Intelligence Committee sees no evidence the Obama administration tapped Donald Trump's phones during the presidential campaign.

French teen school shooter tackled by 'hero' teacher

A 17-year-old pupil armed with guns and grenades opened fire in a school in southern France on Thursday, leaving around 10 people injured and rattling nerves in the terror-scarred country.

Fears for 11-year-old boy missing in NSW floodwaters

An 11-year-old boy is missing in floodwaters on the NSW South Coast.

'Extremely scary': BBC team among injured in Etna volcano drama

Ten people were injured by flying rock and lava after Mount Etna, Europe's biggest active volcano, burst into life on Thursday, according to a BBC journalist and others caught up in a terrifying drama on the upper slopes.

Greek anarchists 'likely' behind IMF Paris letter bomb

Investigators suspect a Greek anarchist group was behind a letter bomb that injured an IMF secretary in Paris on Thursday, the day after an explosive device was found in Berlin, sources close to the probe said.

No cases of 'religiously motivated violence' at Punchbowl Public: NSW Education

The NSW education department is investigating claims made by a former teacher at a western Sydney school.

McDonald's deletes 'tiny hands' Trump tweet

McDonald's has hastily deleted a tweet which called attention to President Donald Trump's 'tiny hands'.

'This will keep happening': Warning over established migrant deportations

An immigration law expert says he has seen a rising number of cases of people being stripped of their visas since changes to the Migration Act were made.

Germans, Italians, Norwegians: The migrant workers who helped build the Snowy

More than four decades after it was built, Malcolm Turnbull has announced a major upgrade to the Snow Hydro Scheme. The initial construction took more than 20 years and more than 100 workers were killed in industrial accidents.

'Governments at all levels failing Australia's First Peoples', Indigenous leaders say

After a decade and despite bipartisan support, Australian governments at all levels are failing Australia's First Peoples. But Indigenous leaders say there is a way forward.

New Zealand river granted legal human status in world-first

New Zealand's Whanganui River is believed to be the first natural resource in the world to have been legally granted the same rights as a human.

'Jail time!' : Trump tweets dig at Snoop Dogg over music video

If rapper Snoop Dogg had aimed a gun at a clown dressed like Barack Obama he would have got jail time, Donald Trump has complained.

French woman with Down syndrome fulfills weather presenting dream

Melanie Segard, a 21-year-old woman with Down syndrome, broke new ground for the disabled on Tuesday by presenting the weather forecast on French national TV.