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Updated: Four killed on river rapids ride at Australian theme park

Tuesday, 25 October 2016, 09:12 Last update: about 11 years ago Associated Press

Four people were killed on Tuesday in an accident at a popular theme park on Australia's east coast, officials said. Two men and two women died while on a river rapids ride at Dreamworld, said...

Updated: Belgium cannot yet back EU-Canada trade deal

Monday, 24 October 2016, 14:49 Last update: about 11 years ago Associated Press

The Belgian government says that at this stage it cannot give the necessary backing to the European Union's free trade deal with Canada, endangering the trans-Atlantic pact. Belgian Prime...

Eurozone business activity grows at fastest pace this year

Monday, 24 October 2016, 12:14 Last update: about 11 years ago Associated Press

Business activity across the 19 eurozone economies grew in October at its fastest pace so far this year, shrugging off any major concerns about Britain's "Brexit" vote, a survey showed...

France moving more than 6,000 migrants, destroying huge camp

Monday, 24 October 2016, 09:03 Last update: about 11 years ago Associated Press

Lines of migrants with their lives in small bags are walking to a registration center in the French port city of Calais, the first day of the mass evacuation and destruction of the filthy camp they...

Tour bus slams into truck on slowed-down highway, killing 13

Monday, 24 October 2016, 06:10 Last update: about 11 years ago Associated Press

A tour bus returning home to Los Angeles from a casino trip plowed into the back of a semi-truck on a California highway early Sunday, killing 13 people and injuring 31 others, authorities...

Two announce bids to lead fractious party that pushed 'Brexit'

Sunday, 23 October 2016, 17:35 Last update: about 11 years ago Associated Press

Two rival candidates announced bids Sunday to lead Britain's fractious right-wing U.K. Independence Party — both warning that UKIP faces extinction if it doesn't change. Suzanne Evans, a...

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