Foreign Minister Julie Bishop says Australia is set on achieving a global agreement on cutting carbon emissions.
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WASHINGTON - Liquid water has been observed on the planet Mars which makes it far more likely that life could be found there, the US space agency NASA says.
WELLINGTON - Kiwis living across the Tasman can't expect special treatment under tough new immigration laws, Australian Senator Ian MacDonald says.
NEW YORK - Reaching a successful climate deal in Paris at the end of the year is the last chance to save the planet, France has warned the United Nations.
SANAA, Sept 28 AFP - At least 40 people were killed when a wedding hall in southwest Yemen was bombarded in a suspected Saudi-led coalition air strike, medics and witnesses say. (YEMEN UNREST)
NEW YORK, Sept 28 AFP - A prison seamstress who helped two convicted killers escape a maximum security facility in New York has been sentenced to up to seven years in jail.
ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE - Divorce will not be on the agenda at an upcoming synod on the family, Pope Francis says, three weeks after he streamlined the process for Catholic couples to obtain annulments.
BRAUNSCHWEIG - German prosecutors have opened a criminal investigation into Volkswagen's former chief executive Martin Winterkorn concerning his role in the massive pollution cheating scandal that has rocked the auto giant.
