Hundreds of Aussies are fuming after being severely unimpressed by a series of daredevil motorbike stunt shows across the country, and now the organisers have been accused of withholding cash from a small business.
 
The Crusty Demons’ tour of Australia began with a chaotic Sydney show in front of 6500 people in August.
 
The audience was promised death-defying stunts and pyrotechnics, but hundreds walked out and complained after the show fell disastrously flat.

Chinese President Xi Jinping was in Nepal over the weekend for a two-day state visit — the first by a Chinese leader to the Himalayan country in 23 years.

Nepal had hoped for an infrastructure boost involving highways to the Chinese border and a railway link.

It has been suggested that the Belt and Road initiative fundamentally aims to reshape global trade, with the goal of putting China at the centre

"We will help Nepal realise its dream of becoming a land-linked country from a landlocked one."  Mr Xi declared over the weekend
 

China has agreed to bankroll a multi-million-dollar stadium in Solomon Islands after the Pacific nation's diplomatic switch to the Asian superpower from Taiwan.

China plans to send one of its most senior officials Vice-Premier Hu Chunhua to the Pacific next week.

It granted $74 million to build Solomon Islands stadium ahead of 2023 Pacific Games

Under "one China" policy, the Chinese Government severs diplomatic ties with nations that recognise Taiwan
 

An attempt to make the HSC English exam more unpredictable has left some students stumped on the first day of the state-wide exams, but teachers have praised the "obscure" questions.

Over 66,000 students were tested on the new English syllabus for the first time on Thursday, which was focused on "texts and human experiences".

Students were expecting to be asked how their text related to the broad theme of human experiences, as was the case in sample papers provided by the NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA)
 

Farmers coming off welfare will be entitled to a new, one-off payment of $13,000 for families and $7,500 for individuals.

Fewer than 7,000 farmers currently receive the hardship payments despite much of the country experiencing drought

The payment will be available to farmers forced off the Farm Household Allowance (FHA) before July 2020 because they have exceeded the time limit permitted to receive the payments.

On a steamy night in tropical far north Queensland, Barbara Wueringer and her team climb aboard their 4.5-metre boat on the Norman River.

Four species of sawfish used to range around the top half of Australia's coastline in ocean and estuarine environment

It's the same story every night on the 14-day survey, and they're forced to concede that this trip won't yield any precious data on one of Australia's most unique and threatened species.

Four species of sawfish used to range around the top half of Australia's coastline in ocean and estuarine environment

They will be armed with acoustic monitors to try and record the secretive powerful owl to help find and protect its threatened habitat.

The $100k government funding allows Birdlife Australia to buy acoustic monitors and engage volunteers to do surveys to find where the owls are living.

 The money founds three years of research and the first acoustic monitors will be deployed in March at the start of the owl breeding season.

The death toll has risen to five in the Philippines earthquake while dozens remain injured.
 
Five people have been killed and 60 injured after the magnitude 6.4 earthquake on the island of Mindanao in southern Philippines.
 
A resident of Kidapawan City says they were driving back home when they felt a very powerful shake. they stopped and saw people and patients running out of the hospital,"