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Suncorp Group is offloading its Capital S.M.A.R.T. smash repair business to AMA Group for $420 million in a move that will allow the insurance and banking giant to better focus on its core operations. from Breaking News | Daily Telegraph https://ift.tt/2oE0QbE https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

Ireland's foreign minister said on Monday it was time the European Union received a serious proposal from the British government if a Brexit deal is to be agreed, dismissing a reported proposal for the Irish border as a "non-starter" from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2oKL2nz https://ift.tt/HDXIyB

The housing recovery continued apace in September with record low interest rates and looser borrowing rules fuelling the fastest price growth since March 2017. from Breaking News | Daily Telegraph https://ift.tt/2oMBj07 https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

A man and woman have been arrested after police raids uncovered hydroponic cannabis set-ups at eight homes across Sydney and the Central Coast. from Breaking News | Daily Telegraph https://ift.tt/2njbp3J https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

The British government is to put forward its long-anticipated alternative to the backstop for regulating the Irish border after Brexit, according to media reports. from Breaking News | Daily Telegraph https://ift.tt/2mqGgLc https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

"I'm living in a small town, living a life where nothing changes," a woman says in a mournful voice as the camera follows her walking towards a house that is partially destroyed and almost uninhabitable. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://ift.tt/2mq4166 https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

China will celebrate seven decades of communist rule on Tuesday with a display of power through central Beijing, showing off goose-stepping troops, new missiles and floats celebrating the country's technological prowess. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2o3vsmA https://ift.tt/HDXIyB

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Dame Helen Mirren says she does not believe there is such a thing as "binary sexuality". from Breaking News | Daily Telegraph https://ift.tt/2oEr8um https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

Australia has a fresh opportunity to supply the United States with critical minerals after recent changes to US regulations aimed at cutting its dependence on China, an Australian government report says. from Breaking News | Daily Telegraph https://ift.tt/2mw3orS https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

A successor to retiring Oil Search managing director Peter Botten has been named, with the long-serving chief executive to hand the reins over to the company's Alaskan operations president Keiran Wulff in February. from Breaking News | Daily Telegraph https://ift.tt/2nXKRoC https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

Resources Minister Matt Canavan has demanded the big banks stand up against "bullies and activists" and bankroll mining projects. from Breaking News | Daily Telegraph https://ift.tt/2msmNKf https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

Lawmakers face a delicate task as they try to obtain testimony from the person who blew the whistle on President Donald Trump and Ukraine. from Breaking News | Daily Telegraph https://ift.tt/2n4th2l https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

Peruvian President Martin Vizcarra has announced he is dissolving Congress after it defied his warnings and elected a new member of the Constitutional Tribunal, prompting opposition lawmakers to prepare a motion to impeach him. from Breaking News | Daily Telegraph https://ift.tt/2ndVbc3 https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

Kangaroos will be shot for pet food in Victoria under a new, permanent program to help control the animals numbers. from Breaking News | Daily Telegraph https://ift.tt/2oMdBRH https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

Sales and exports of manufactured products dropped last month, a survey of Australian companies suggests, but the industry hired more workers and wages increased. from Breaking News | Daily Telegraph https://ift.tt/2oLpgAb https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

A journalist was wounded by gunfire in Haiti on Monday as police fired live ammunition to disperse protesters, his employer, Haitian broadcaster Radio Sans Fin (RSF) said, amid mounting anger over an escalating economic and political crisis. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2n2xeEF https://ift.tt/HDXIyB

Hong Kong went into lockdown on Tuesday to ensure anti-government protests do not overshadow Chinese President Xi Jinping's commemorations of the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2o07SqW https://ift.tt/HDXIyB

China will celebrate seven decades of communist rule on Tuesday with a display of power through central Beijing, showing off goose-stepping troops, new missiles and floats celebrating the country's technological prowess. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2mu8J2Q https://ift.tt/HDXIyB

A police officer and a man who was resisting arrest have been injured falling down stairs at St Marys Railway Station in Sydney's west. from Breaking News | Daily Telegraph https://ift.tt/2n4t6UJ https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

A teenager accused of posing as an emergency worker and speeding through Melbourne in a fake ambulance has been slapped with new criminal charges. from Breaking News | Daily Telegraph https://ift.tt/2m9m14y https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

An inquiry into Sydney's nightlife recommends CBD lockout laws be lifted as soon as possible. from Breaking News | Daily Telegraph https://ift.tt/2nNzdfK https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

Millions of dollars will be spent investigating the viability of two potential Queensland hydrogen projects. from Breaking News | Daily Telegraph https://ift.tt/2nMqaf6 https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

China's factory activity shrank for the fifth straight month in September, an official survey shows, pointing to persistent downward pressure on the world's second-biggest economy as it navigates a trade war with the United States. from Breaking News | Daily Telegraph https://ift.tt/2osc6rF https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

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The former prime minister, who called for the referendum that unleashed the ongoing turmoil around Britain's exit from the EU, says he is "deeply depressed by what's happening." (Image credit: Frank Augstein/AP) from News : NPR https://ift.tt/2mWklM3 https://ift.tt/2m820LG

The island city-state of Singapore may be small, but it's known for exceptional food you can't find anywhere else in the world. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://ift.tt/2mKSuPa https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

Asian shares and the Chinese yuan have got off to a cautious start as investors look to how Chinese financial markets will react to news the US administration is considering delisting Chinese companies from US stock exchanges. from Breaking News | Daily Telegraph https://ift.tt/2mTXL6T https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

Just before midnight in Hong Kong's Mong Kok district, a slight man in his seventies peels away from a crowd of protesters jeering at police. Behind him, a young woman calls out, "Be safe!" from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2mW3zg3 https://ift.tt/HDXIyB

Hong Kong's metro stations and roads re-opened on Monday, after a chaotic weekend that saw police fire water cannon, tear gas and rubber bullets at protesters who set fires and threw petrol bombs outside government offices and across central districts. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2mTSTi7 https://ift.tt/HDXIyB

Fonterra says that milk production in Australia dropped 8.4 per cent in July compared with the same period last year, while the Kiwi diary giant's milk collection from the region plunged 25.5 per cent in August. from Breaking News | Daily Telegraph https://ift.tt/2mV3WYq https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

Saudi Arabia's crown prince s warned that oil prices could spike to "unimaginably high numbers" if the world does not come together to deter Iran, but says he would prefer a political solution to a military one. from Breaking News | Daily Telegraph https://ift.tt/2meGi92 https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

A disqualified driver has allegedly led police on a late-night car chase in southern Tasmania, at one stage driving with four flat tyres. from Breaking News | Daily Telegraph https://ift.tt/2nGI574 https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

A Korean rocket company has signed on to use a launch facility being developed in South Australia. from Breaking News | Daily Telegraph https://ift.tt/2mLdg14 https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

A new ultrasound technology that could pick up far more cases of cancer and cut the need for biopsies has been developed by scientists. from Breaking News | Daily Telegraph https://ift.tt/2nITVxs https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

An Australian man has been killed and his wife seriously injured after their car was struck from behind on a scenic Utah highway by a vehicle driven by European tourists. from Breaking News | Daily Telegraph https://ift.tt/2nNxabz https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has demanded the superannuation industry "stop lecturing the government" ahead of an inquiry into retirement incomes. from Breaking News | Daily Telegraph https://ift.tt/2oqPd82 https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

A Florida teacher has been reassigned after a parent complained about a question on his child's quiz that involved President Donald Trump. CNN affiliate WPTV reports. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://ift.tt/2lIBqbX https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

CNN affiliate WSB speaks with a woman who saved a deer twice in the same day after it got stuck in fences near Stone Mountain in Georgia. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://ift.tt/2m88Elh https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

An Estes Park, Colorado, city employee is being hailed as a hero after he used his pickup truck to protect a group of tourists from a charging bull elk. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://ift.tt/2nWgSxe https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

Judge Tammy Kemp doubled over in disappointment after learning the Dallas Co. DA gave a TV interview about the Amber Guyger murder trial despite a gag order. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://ift.tt/2luWOBr https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

A photographer captured the moment a man in distress was rescued from the ocean in North Carolina. CNN affiliate WTKR reports. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://ift.tt/2ms1o3o https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

A member of my family was brutally slain in Texas on Friday afternoon. We weren't blood relatives. We had never actually met. But he remains as much a family member to me as does anyone who has sworn the law enforcement oath to protect and serve. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://ift.tt/2os7DVX https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Sunday he would not resign to avoid having to delay Brexit beyond the end of October. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2m0tYcc https://ift.tt/HDXIyB

Hong Kong police fired round after round of tear gas at petrol-bomb throwing protesters in clashes which spread across the main island on Sunday, in some of the most widespread violence in more than three months of anti-government unrest. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2nzBMlO https://ift.tt/HDXIyB

The death toll from a strong earthquake in Indonesia's eastern province of Maluku has risen to 30 people, the national disaster mitigation agency (BNBP) said on Sunday, and hundreds of thousands of people remain in evacuation shelters. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2mBSiBK https://ift.tt/HDXIyB

Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage said on Sunday he would run for a seat in Britain's Westminster parliament in any upcoming election. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2m1EnV4 https://ift.tt/HDXIyB

British health minister Matt Hancock said on Sunday the country "may well" leave the European Union without a deal. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2m4hXCL https://ift.tt/HDXIyB

Afghanistan's presidential election turnout is unofficially estimated at just over 2 million people or about 20 percent of registered voters, an official said on Sunday, solidifying fears that a low participation rate could marr the vote. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2m1yuHr https://ift.tt/HDXIyB