Sandy Hook kids return to school

CLASSES are resuming for Sandy Hook Elementary School students for the first time since last month's shooting that killed 20 children and six educators. The more than 400 students are attending classes at a refurbished school in a neighboring...

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Bank card payments suspended in Vatican

THE Bank of Italy has suspended all bank card payments in the Vatican including for tickets to its famous museum until further notice because of a failure to fully implement anti-money laundering legislation, Italian media report. The payments...

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Hot cocoa 'tastes better in orange cup'

EUROPEAN scientists say they have found further evidence that how you serve food and drink matters hugely in the perception of taste. Researchers at the Polytechnic University of Valencia and the University of Oxford recruited 57 volunteers...

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US stocks ease after strong rise

US stocks have headed lower after rising strongly for two straight sessions driven by Congress's long-awaited deal to avert the "fiscal cliff". Five minutes into trade on Thursday, the Dow Jones Industrial Index was down 36.05 points, or 0.27...

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Man in hospital after Sydney home invasion

A MAN is in hospital after being bashed by three men and stabbed in the arm with a chisel when he answered the front door of his home in Sydney's west. The 45-year-old man was confronted at his front door in Smithfield about 2.45pm (AEDT) on...

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Iraq car bomb kills 12 Shiite pilgrims

IRAQI officials say a car bomb has struck a procession of Shiite pilgrims south of Baghdad, killing at least 12 and wounding dozens. A police official says the bomb exploded late Thursday afternoon in the town of Musayyib, about 60 kilometres...

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141 journalists killed in 2012: watchdog

LAST year was one of the deadliest on record for journalists, with 141 killed in 29 different countries and Syria the most dangerous place on earth for reporters, a media watchdog says. The Swiss-based Press Emblem Campaign (PEC), which fights...

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