A Perth local council is making a last-ditch effort to save a species of endemic snake-necked turtle from extinction.

Turtle nesting refugees have been installed by Bibra Lake after dozens of pregnant turtles were crushed by cars and eaten by foxes last year.

Murdoch University PhD student Anthony Santaro said their surveys show an alarming ratio of one female turtle to every ten males in the local population.

Russian police said they detained more than 1,000 people in central Moscow as protesters demanded opposition candidates be allowed to run for the Moscow city council. 

About 30 people were disqualified from the election and at least 50 arrests took place before the protest was scheduled to begin. 

Opposition leaders said they were barred for political reasons and all 45 Moscow city council seats, which have a five-year-term, are up for election on September 8.

Over 1,000 passengers have been evacuated from an Indian train after it got stuck in monsoon flood waters between two stations.

Local authorities said the train was carrying about 300 passengers who did not have registered tickets at the time of the incident.

Some passengers report they waited for up to 15 hours without food and water before being rescued.

Researchers from the University of Queensland say low impact exercise may be the key to treating chronic pain in those suffering whiplash. 

The researchers will run a study monitoring pain response and the effects of the exercise on the structure and function of whiplash victim’s brains.

Dr Rutger de Zoete said understanding the brain's response to different types of exercise is crucial for developing new treatment options.

The highest-paid train drivers for Queensland Rail makes more money than school principals and Queensland backbenchers after overtime.

The top Queensland Rail drivers worked a combined total of 3522 overtime hours last year and earned between $195,000 and $226,000 dollars.  

Queensland Rail announced they will be adding an extra 430 train services and 200,000 seats to the network last month.

One man has died and two men are believed to be in critical condition after being electrocuted while installing a train line at a sugarcane farm near Cairns.

Police Inspector Peter Flori said the men were steadying a length of track suspended from the crane when the boom hit an overhead powerline on Sunday morning.

A nearby resident and first responder said the workers had been replacing rail tracks at the farm for several weeks.

The Australian Radiation Protection Agency will install Queensland’s first inland UV sensor in the mining town of Emerald in the coming months.

The agency’s Dr Stuart Henderson said the Central Queensland town presents a unique opportunity with a distinct climate and a large outdoor workforce who will benefit from the technology.

There are currently 16 UV sensors installed along the Queensland coast, many providing real-time information on Queenslander UV exposure.

Romania's police chief has been fired over his handling of the murder of a 15-year-old girl, after it was revealed she made three emergency calls to report her own kidnapping. 

The girl was abducted on Wednesday while hitchhiking home in southern Romania, with police executing a search warrant 19 hours after the girl’s last emergency call.

A 65-year-old suspect has been taken into custody, and police believe another teenager who went missing three months ago may have been murdered by the same killer.

At least 36 people are now known to have died in a landslide which struck a village in southern China on Tuesday due to heavy rains.

State-run local media report 15 people have been missing since a wave of mud buried more than 20 houses in the province of Guizhou with another 40 people rescued from the landslide in Shuicheng county.

 A local school has also been commandeered as an emergency medical and rescue centre for victims and the government has reportedly set aside $4.4 million for rescue efforts and the relocation of victims.