Small Pacific island nations are asking the Morrison government not to use so-called "carryover credits" in its bid to meet carbon emissions targets.

Fijian Prime Minister, Frank Bainimarama, has taken aim at Australia, as the pacific nations strengthen their action against climate change.

On Tuesday the countries signed a joint statement known as the Nadi Bay Declaration, which calls for halting carry-over credits as well as a halt to new coal mining projects and the phasing out of coal-fired power generation.

A medal awarded to a Nazi soldier who took five bullets for Adolf Hitler and survived has been sold at auction for $63,000.

Ulrich Graf received the Blutorden Blood Order Medal for throwing himself on top of Hitler to shield the dictator from gunfire during a failed Nazi Party coup in 1923.

The British auction house behind the sale, which some critics have accused of glorifying Hitler's Third Reich, said bids soared to nine times above the list price and the final price was a "world record" for a Nazi medal of its type.

New research finds that common accessories typically used by older Australians to improve comfort in cars may increase the chance of injury during a crash.

Researchers at Neuroscience Research Australia (NeuRA) conducted more than 130 crash test simulations using a wide range of car seat accessories and found that some types of accessories may cause more injury in a crash.

Thousands of public hospital workers will strike across NSW as they fight for increased security in their workplaces.

More than 20,000 workers will walk off the job on Thursday over workplace safety concerns after a vote by Health Services Union delegates in July.

The union said the rolling four-hour strike will go ahead despite the Department of Health on Wednesday saying an agreement had been reached at the Industrial Relations Commission to avert the action.

QUT researchers are part of a $10.7 million global project to develop a new chlamydia vaccine.

Professor Ken Beagley from QUT’s Faculty of Health said three chlamydia vaccine candidates had already been identified by University of North Carolina researchers and QUT will begin testing within a month.

Chlamydia affects nearly four hundred Australians per year and if left untreated can lead to pelvic inflammatory disease and infertility.

Queenslanders will participate in Multicultural Queensland Month this August, with more than 100 events aimed at celebrating our unique diversity and its benefits.

Multicultural Affairs Minister Stirling Hinchliffe said the theme of the month this year is ‘We All Belong’ and explained while we may come from different cultures, we all love living in Queensland.

North Korea has fired multiple unidentified projectiles from the Hodo peninsula on North Korea's east coast, the same area from where last week's were conducted.

The South Korean military's Joint Chiefs of Staff says it was monitoring the situation in case of additional launches and maintaining a readiness posture.

North Korea test-fired two short-range ballistic missiles on 25 July, its first missile tests since leader Kim Jong-un and US President Donald Trump met in late June.

India has outlawed the Muslim practice of instant divorce, two years after the Supreme Court ruled that it violated constitutional rights of Muslim women.

Instant divorce, or "triple talaq," is when a Muslim man ends his marriage by simply saying "talaq" - which means "you are divorced" in Arabic - three times in succession.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweeted that this corrects a historical wrong done to Muslim women and will further equality in society.

Josh Frydenberg and Gladys Liu are facing High Court challenges to their election wins, after questions were raised about Minister Frydenberg’s citizenship and the Liberal Party's campaign conduct.

Oliver Yates, who unsuccessfully contested the Victorian seat of Kooyong against Mr Frydenberg, is arguing the Kooyong election was affected by illegal conduct committed by the Liberal Party, to the knowledge of both Liberal candidates.