Protests have begun in Israel after a 19 year old, Ethiopian man, Solomon Tekah was shot on June the 30th. 

Protesters have blamed the unarmed teen's death on racism and police brutality, but his family has since called for calm following his funeral.

In a statement  Solomon’s family urged “patience” from those supporting the cause.

Japan has ordered nearly 800,000 people on the southern island of Kyushu to take shelter in evacuation centres and other safe areas as heavy rains.

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said residents should take steps to protect their lives, including early evacuation.

Some parts of southern Kyushu have received up to 1000mm of rain since 28 of June 2019.

A total of 42 people have now died from the flu in Western Australia after a two year old boy from Perth died yesterday. 

Elijah's condition deteriorated quickly, but doctors fought to keep him alive so his family could say goodbye.

A crowd-funding page has been set up for the family and more than $12,000 has been risen.

New research has found that tourism operators in Western Australia could be putting dolphin populations at risk by allowing them to be fed by visitors.

A new study from Murdock University, which looked at more than 60 dolphins around the Bunbury area, found dolphins which were not fed by the Bunbury Discovery Centre were two times more likely to give birth and had more success raising calves.

Trade figures released on the 4th of July by the Australian Bureau of Statistics show Queensland’s overseas goods exports hit a new 12-monthly record of $85.8 billion in May 2019.

This was an increase of more than 16 per cent over the 12 month period. 

The increase in the nominal value of Queensland’s merchandise exports was driven primarily by coal, liquefied natural gas, minerals and beef exports.

The New York City Police Department is updating its rules to better address safety and medical concerns after a woman was forced to give birth in handcuffs.

New York state law prohibits shackling pregnant prisoners during labour and delivery, but police accompanying the woman left her in chains anyway.

New York City agreed to pay $610,000 US dollars to the mother who gave birth to a nearly 8 pound baby while being handcuffed on the bed.

Facebook, Instagram and Whatsapp have faced an outage affecting videos and images on the social networking platforms.

Many users took to the rival platform of twitter to express their feelings about the issue.

A Facebook representative explained via statement  we're working to get things back to normal as quickly as possible.

Australian men are currently not allowed to donate blood for one year after a sexual encounter with another man but the latest review from Red Cross hopes to reduce this waiting period.

Ben Henry, a 26 year old with haemochromatosis, is one of many men hoping for rules to change as he has about half a litre of blood drawn every week to tackle the high iron levels caused by the disorder and is currently unable to donate it like many people with the same disorder usually do. 

Independent MP,  Andrew Wilkie and former senator Derryn Hinch claim some politicians are pocketing generous payments intended to fund travel and local electoral duties.

Federal politicians receive several payments in addition to their basic income, including an electorate allowance to help them conduct their day-to-day duties.