Children go missing as Central American migrants clash with Mexican forces

The clashes between hundreds of US-bound Central Americans and the Mexican National Guard underscores the challenge President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador faces to contain migration at the bidding of his US counterpart Donald Trump.

China's 'mermaid descendants' weave final garments from skin of fish

You Wenfeng belongs to China's tiny Hezhen ethnic group and makes clothes of fish skin, an old tradition passed down by her mother.

Australian budget surplus in doubt as bushfire funding boosted

Budget repair after years of deficits was a key promise ahead of last year’s election but Treasurer Josh Frydenberg sidestepped a question about whether the promised $3.4 billion surplus for the year to June 2020 could be delivered.

China confirms 139 new cases of deadly coronavirus

The Daxing health commission in the capital Beijing said it had confirmed two cases of coronavirus, while the southern Guangdong province's health commission confirmed one case in Shenzhen.

Online campaign to save malnourished lions at Sudan park

The five lions , held in cages at Khartoum's Al Qureshi Park have been suffering from shortages of food and medicine.

SpaceX launches, destroys rocket in astronaut escape test

To prove it is safe for astronauts, the company tested its Crew Dragon capsule’s rescue system.

Mexican troops block US-bound caravan travellers

Standing on the wall above the Rodolfo Robles International Bridge that connects Mexico with its southern neighbour, National Guard General Vincente Hernandez told migrants they would be allowed to cross the border in a "controlled" manner.

Australian government to aid tourism industry as bush fires recede

Recent rains have brought the number of fires burning across Australia's east and south coast to under 100 for the first time in weeks, easing a disaster that has scorched an area roughly one-third the size of Germany.

China reports 17 more cases of deadly new virus

The total number of patients infected by the disease in China, all of them in central Chinese city of Wuhan, has now climbed to 62.

Discovery of unused disaster supplies angers Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico Governor, Wanda Vazquez fired the director of the island's emergency management agency after a video of the warehouse filled with disaster supplies appeared on Facebook.

'Hundreds' likely affected by Chinese virus: researchers

Chinese authorities have said pneumonia linked to the virus has hit at least 41 people in the country, with the outbreak centred around a seafood market in the central city of Wuhan.

Greta warns world leaders at climate protest before Davos

Swedish activist Greta Thunberg and a crowd of thousands of protesters marched in the Swiss city of Lausanne before many of them head to Davos next week to challenge political and business leaders to combat the climate crisis.