2014-12-20 Australia More Top Stories

9news.com.au   

Autopsies to be carried out on eight children stabbed to death in Cairns mass ...   
9news.com.au
December 20, 2014: The 37-year-old mother of several children found dead in Cairns has been arrested for their murder. 9NEWS. The bodies of the eight children allegedly stabbed to death in a shocking attack in the Far North Queensland city of Cairns have ...

2014-12-20 Australia Health

Hindustan Times   

No more a stereotype, it's official: Women more empathetic than men   
Hindustan Times
After pooling data from thousands of in-depth interviews with Australians, the researchers found that women were far more likely to feel their partner's emotional pain than men, News.com.au reported. It was found that when a negative event befalls their ...

2014-12-20 Australia Science

Headlines & Global News   

Report suggests forest-cutting can immediately harm climatic patterns   
Washington Post
RIO DE JANEIRO — The critical role that vast tropical forests such as Brazil's Amazon play in suppressing climate change is well known: They store huge quantities of carbon, acting as “carbon sinks.” But as a report out this week argues, scientists are making ...

2014-12-20 Australia Sports

Sydney Morning Herald   

India allege poor practice wickets contributed to Shikhar Dhawan and Virat Kohli ...   
Sydney Morning Herald
A feud is brewing between India and Queensland Cricket after the visitors alleged the poor quality of practice pitches at the Gabba contributed to an injury to opener Shikhar Dhawan. The Indians are unhappy they were not allowed to use a fresh strip and ...

2014-12-20 Australia Entertainment

New York Times   

Obama Vows a Response to Cyberattack on Sony   
New York Times
WASHINGTON — President Obama said on Friday that the United States “will respond proportionally” against North Korea for its destructive cyberattacks on Sony Pictures, but he criticized the Hollywood studio for giving in to intimidation when it withdrew “The ...

2014-12-20 Australia Technology

Herald Sun   

Telstra designs new deal for NBN   
Business Spectator
Telstra is set to pick up more than 50 per cent of the design and planning work for the National Broadband Network in a deal worth hundreds of millions of dollars to the telco giant. The nation's No 1 telco is also in the box seat to pick up build and maintenance ...

2014-12-20 Australia Business

Sydney Morning Herald   

Friendly fire: Is the economy a victim of the Coalition's war on wages?   
Sydney Morning Herald
Wages just aren't what they used to be. Like a comedian timing the punchline to a joke, Joe Hockey saved his best line about wages until the end. "The government's income has fallen below expectations," he told a bleak December national accounts press ...

2014-12-20 Australia Australia

9news.com.au   

Autopsies to be carried out on eight children stabbed to death in Cairns mass ...   
9news.com.au
December 20, 2014: The 37-year-old mother of several children found dead in Cairns has been arrested for their murder. 9NEWS. The bodies of the eight children allegedly stabbed to death in a shocking attack in the Far North Queensland city of Cairns have ...

2014-12-20 Australia World

ABC News   

3 Senior ISIS Leaders Killed in US Airstrikes in Iraq   
ABC News
Three senior ISIS leaders have been killed in recent weeks by U.S. airstrikes inside Iraq, including the terror group's right-hand man, the Pentagon confirmed. The news comes as the American commander leading the U.S. effort against ISIS in Iraq and Syria ...