Thursday June 9th – Germany has signalled hope that the “worst” of a killer bacteria outbreak is over as German and European Union health and consumer affairs officials met for urgent talks on the crisis.. REUTERS/Francisco Bonilla
Brushing off controversy over its use of fur, luxury brand Fendi launched its fall and winter fashion line on a large man-made island in Seoul — to highlight its creativity.. REUTERS/Lee Jae-Won
German-grown beansprouts were thought to be the source of the deadly E. coli outbreak that has killed 22 people, made more than 2,200 ill and led Russia to bar EU fruit and vegetable imports.. AFP : Christian Charisius
Shrek, New Zealand’s most famous and beloved sheep, has died. The 16-year-old merino was put down after a three-week-long illness.
Newlyweds William and Kate have made their first public engagement as a Royal couple, attending a charity dinner at Kensington Palace.. REUTERS/Toby Melville
Animal welfare groups have rejected proposals by the Australian livestock industry to only supply cattle to Indonesian abattoirs that meet world standards.. ABC Rural: Vicki Wilson
A boat built completely from plastic bottles and other recycled materials, including old advertising banners, has set sail in Taiwan to raise awareness about the marine environment.. REUTERS/Nicky Loh
Germany has redoubled efforts to trace the source of a bacteria outbreak that has killed 23 amid warnings it might never be found.. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch
Thousands of people gathered at locations around Australia to rally in support of the Federal Government’s controversial plan to put a price on carbon pollution.. AAP: Dean Lewins
The man who typed up Oskar Schindler’s list, which helped save more than 1,000 Jews from the Nazis, Mietek Pemper, has died in Germany aged 91.. AFP: Stefan Puchner
An unusual solar flare observed by a NASA space observatory could cause some disruptions to satellite communications and power on Earth over the next few days.. REUTERS/Ho New
Australian farmers unwittingly caught up in the Indonesian abattoirs scandal may not survive a total ban on live exports, rural lobby group AgForce says.. REUTERS/Enny Nuraheni
Evacuees and a Buddhist monk (L) wearing radiation protection suits take part in a memorial service for the victims of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami during their brief visit to their hometown of Namie, Fukushima prefecture, near the crippled Fukushi. REUTERS/KYODO
A television yoga guru who has led protests against corruption in India threatened to form a militia as a new demonstration against the government drew thousands in New Delhi.. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi
A volcano dormant for decades erupted in south-central Chile, belching an ash cloud more than 6 miles high that blew over the Andes.. REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado
Apple CEO Steve Jobs strode back into the spotlight to unveil the iCloud, a music-streaming service that the company hopes will power its next stage of growth and popularise Web-based consumer services.. REUTERS/Beck Diefenbach
Sherlock Holmes creator Arthur Conan Doyle’s debut novel is to be published for the first time in September, nearly 130 years after it was written.. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann
Adding to the woes of Australian farmers, the value of farmland is expected to fall following the suspension of live exports to Indonesia.. REUTERS/Tim Wimborne/Files
The Australian Federal Government is set to announce the suspension of live exports to Indonesia until safeguards are adopted to stop the brutal slaughter of animals.. REUTERS/Enny Nuraheni
The Alexander McQueen wedding dress worn by Catherine when she married Prince William will go on show at Buckingham Palace alongside the wedding cake.. REUTERS/POOL New
Tropical Storm Adrian is building off Mexico’s Pacific coast and could become a hurricane later Wednesday, the US National Hurricane Center said.. REUTERS/Luis Galdamez
30 years after the discovery of AIDS, an Australian expert urged governments around the world to invest more money into preventing the illness.. REUTERS/Antony Njuguna
Central China has been enduring its worst drought in decades, and the months without soaking rainfall are killing crops and fish farms, cutting power from dams and leaving some farmers short of safe drinking water.. REUTERS/China Daily
For the first time, Japanese authorities have suggested the situation at the Fukushima nuclear plant may have gone beyond a meltdown.. AFP/Jiji Press
NASA has released the first ever pictures of a US space shuttle docked at the International Space Station.. REUTERS/NASA NASA
Previously unpublished personal correspondence penned by Diana, Princess of Wales, is to be sold at auction in London.. REUTERS/Roy Letkey/Files
Friday June 10th – As the Queen’s feisty husband Prince Philip turns 90, we look back at a life marked by blunt remarks and verbal gaffes.. REUTERS/POOL New
Michael Jackson’s red jacket, worn by the late singer in his “Thriller” video, is going on the auction block.. REUTERS
Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA) has rejected calls for it to pay compensation to cattle farmers hit hard by the Federal Government’s ban on live exports to Indonesia.. ABC Local: Ben Collins
A severe drought is finally breaking in parts of southern China, but some hard-hit areas are now being flooded.. REUTERS/China Daily China Daily Information Corp
A huge fire that has destroyed hundreds of miles of forest land in Arizona is now threatening to cross into neighbouring New Mexico.. REUTERS/POOL New
The Spanish government demanded compensation from German authorities after Spanish cucumbers were wrongly blamed for Europe’s deadly E. coli outbreak.. REUTERS/Jon Nazca
Thursday June 9th – Belgrade-born author Tea Obreht was the surprise winner of Britain’s Orange Prize for Fiction with her debut novel “The Tiger’s Wife”, a mystical, magical examination of the recent conflicts in the Balkans.. REUTERS/Chris Helgren
Indian police detained the country’s biggest yoga star and stormed his camp where thousands of followers were taking part in a demonstration and hunger strike against corruption.. REUTERS/Stringer
