2015-05-01 Australia More Top Stories

The Australian   

Bali 9 executions: Abbott welcomes Indonesian 'sympathy'   
The Australian
The Indonesian ambassador's “sympathies” for the families of Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran are “too little, too late” and “cold comfort” for the men's loved ones, Bill Shorten says. A day after Indonesia executed the two men, dismissed Australia's ...

2015-05-01 Australia Health

Sydney Morning Herald   

Hongchi Xiao holds a workshop in Australia in 2013. Photo: Facebook   
Sydney Morning Herald
The peculiar story of a self-described Chinese "healer" has emerged following the death this week of a boy from Sydney's west who is believed to have attended one of the man's workshops. Hongchi Xiao, who advocates the use of slapping and stretching to ...

2015-05-01 Australia Science

Philly.com   

SciCheck: A look at congressman's climate claims   
Philly.com
Typhoon Maysak is seen as it strengthens into a Category 5 hurricane in this picture taken by ESA Astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti aboard the International Space Station March 31, 2015. REUTERS/ESA/NASA/Samantha Cristoforetti/ via Reuters.
Academy of Science urges Australia to cut emissions to zero by 2050   Sydney Morning Herald

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Daily Mail   

NASA tested an 'impossible' engine that travels faster than the speed of light   
Daily Mail
Warp drives that let humans zip around other galaxies may no longer belong purely in the realm of science fiction. Nasa is believed to have been quietly testing a revolutionary new method of space travel that could one day allow humans to travel at speeds ...

2015-05-01 Australia Sports

Sydney Morning Herald   

Cricket Australia chairman Wally Edwards responds to rebel league threat   
Sydney Morning Herald
Cricket Australia chairman Wally Edwards has responded to a Fairfax Media report concerning a proposed rebel cricket league by saying its formation could jeopardise the structure of the game. Fairfax Media reported on Friday that national captain Michael ...

2015-05-01 Australia Entertainment

Brisbane Times   

Prince Harry having a ball in Australia because he's a 'ranga', says Prince Charles   
Perth Now
In Perth for a week-long stint with the SAS, Prince Harry was spotted at Flipside Burger Bar in North Fremantle on Thursday night after dining at The Stables on Wednesday. The prince is in Perth training with the Special Air Service Regiment at Campbell ...

2015-05-01 Australia Technology

Toronto Star   

Meet the guy trying to turn emoji into a legitimate, usable language   
Brisbane Times
While many of us tap out these symbols to our family and friends, there are no universal usage rules for emoji: no grammar, no meanings. No syntax. But Fred Benenson, the visionary who gave you "Emoji Dick," is trying to change all that. In fact, Fred ...

2015-05-01 Australia Business

Sydney Morning Herald   

Pressure piles on Virgin to make a buck   
Sydney Morning Herald
The pressure is on Virgin Australia chief executive John Borghetti and his tight-knit management team. For the past five years, Virgin has been able to fly below the radar as Qantas went through one of the most painful and tumultuous periods in its 94-year ...