HSBC plans to restructure its business after the banking giant said it was "unacceptable" in parts of Europe and the United States.

Noel Quinn, interim chief executive, said plans to improve these sectors are “not enough” and “are accelerating plans to restructure these sectors.”

According to reports, at the beginning of this month, the bank with 238,000 employees planned to lay off as many as 10,000 people.

Quinn said on Monday that there is a possible range of “job cuts”.

Prosecutors said that a driver charged with intentional homicide on the truck was found to be part of the "global ring" smugglers, 39 of whom died in trucks.

Maurice Robinson from Craigavon was remanded in the Chelmsford Magistrates Court. On Wednesday, 39 bodies were found in truck trailers in an industrial area in Grace, Essex.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson said in his condolences that the world has been “shocked by this tragedy.”.

The National Working Families Report has found that two-thirds of working parents are struggling to take care of their mental and physical health.

According to the report, one-quarter of working parents are considering leaving their job in the next year due to stress caused by the conflict between work and caring responsibilities.

The first corroboree in a New South Wales city in more than 150 years occurred on Saturday night, with an attendance of over 2,000 people.

The gathering in the Wagga Wagga's Marrambidya Wetlands paid respects to ancestors and to country.

Joe Williams, who helped organise the event, said the corroboree was about education and forging a relationship to move forward as one.

Yorta Yorta elder Uncle Hewitt Whyman says the corroboree had a powerful element of environmental consciousness.

Chemicals are expanding around Ipswich airbase at an alarming rate, according to the Department of Defence.

Lawyers have called for residents near the Amberley airbase to be allowed free blood tests to learn if they have become contaminated by chemicals leaching from the airbase.

The Department of Defence says, “the Leichhardt residential area was built on the footprint of a former golf course that was likely irrigated with water from the Bremer River which is impacted by PFAS contamination,”

A premier Queen Street Mall retail site has had its land value slashed after its owner appealed against the Valuer-General’s decision to double its value.

The real estate, which was once valued at $59.5 million, has been cut to just $35.1 million.

The appeal by ISPT property against the Valuer-General hinged on whether the “highest and best use” for 170 Queen Street was the existing retail use or some mixed-use commercial tower with some retail.

The US and China are expecting to sign a significant part of the trade deal in Chile. 

President Trump said he hopes to sign the agreement with China’s President Xi Jingping at a summit in Chile next month and agricultural products are said to be a major point of discussion.  

Mr Trump said “We are looking probably to be ahead of schedule to sign a very big portion of the China deal.”

A breakthrough in the fashion and textile industry will enable large-scale textile recycling.

Swedish company Södra has created a new technique that can separate cotton and polyester which enables them to make new textiles out of the left-over materials.

President of the company, Johannes Bogren said, "we are now redrawing the map for the fashion and textile industry by offering circular flows of textile fibres. A sweater can now become a sweater again. This will create added value for our customers, and especially the fashion industry.”