Nearly 200 aged care providers living with more than 50,000 Australian seniors face a serious risk of bankruptcy.

The peak national body for providers, Leading Aged Services Australia, has identified an alarming scale of the risk of collapse.

Its accountant flipped through the publicly available nursing home financial report for 2017/18 and found that 197 medical service providers were facing collapse.

LASA believes that the federal government needs to provide an additional $1.3 billion in funding before Christmas to enable them to make a living.

It has been described as the "Hollywood" of horses, and it's certainly a winner in the glamor stakes. But Qatar's Al Shaqab is more of a seven-star equine resort than a make-believe movie set. 

The multi-million dollar center of the capital Doha is Qatar’s luxury launch pad into equine excellence, from elite show jumpers to Arabian show horses and endurance racers.

In southern Vietnam, for the first time in 30 years, a picture of a tiny deer-like creature about the size of a rabbit was photographed in the wild, delighting conservationists who feared the species was extinct.

The Silverback Chevrolet, also known as the Vietnamese Mouse Deer, was recorded 25 years ago when a team of Vietnamese and Russian researchers obtained the dead Chevrolet from the hunter.

Scott Morrison’s controversial plan to stifle environmental activism against the industrial sector has met with split results on a recent survey by The Guardian.

Morrison has said to the Queensland Resources Council that the protesters represent “apocalyptic” progressivism and has floated potential curbs on activism.

Following the strong stance taken by the Prime Minister, voters were asked whether they would support a change that could make consumer or environmental boycotts illegal in Australia.

Brisbane Lord Mayor Adrian Schrinner announced five new proposed bridges on Sunday, and has opened public consultation on the projects.

The new bridges, predicted to relieve traffic congestion, would cost more than $550 million.

Cr Schrinner says community consultation would run from November 11 to December 6 and would include twelve information sessions.

The Redlands lobby group Redlands 2030 has rallied outside the Redlands City Council, wanting the council to publicise arrangements regarding the $1.4 billion Toondah Harbour Development.

Around 30 people protested outside council chambers before last Wednesday’s general meeting, demanding the information be available before the March election.

Due to the “factory capacity problem throughout Melbourne” of the waste company Cleanaway, the recyclables will once again be temporarily disposed of in the landfill of the Hobson Bay Council area.

Residents in the council area (including Altona, Laverton and Williamstown) have been asked to put their recyclables on hold for two weeks.

The committee announced the news on Monday night, saying the issue will be resolved next weekend.

A passenger immediately photographed the moment the jet slid off the runway after landing in icy conditions at a major airport in the United States.

The incident occurred when American Airlines flight AA4125 touched down at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport during a snowstorm on Monday morning (local time).

A video released by a passenger showed that Embraer ERJ145 skid on the runway and then turned to the snow-covered grass area and suddenly stopped.

Chinese e-commerce giants Alibaba and JD.com reported that a total of more than US$55 billion ($80 billion) in sales on Monday through Singles Day, an annual marketing event that is the world's busiest online shopping day.

The volume of sales that day, which seems to have reached a new high in the 11th year is a temporary easing of retailers temporarily facing declining demand as Chinese consumers are constrained by slowing economic growth and tariff wars with Washington.