Harvard University has gone to trial over alleged discrimination against students of Asian origin during admissions selection.

Harvard denied these claims but has defended its use of broader selection criteria which looks at factors other than academic excellence to build a diverse cohort.

The trial started on Monday in Boston and is expected to last three weeks.

In an upcoming report, Saudi Arabia will reportedly admit Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi was killed during an interrogation gone wrong, according to CNN.

The network said the report is subject to change, however it will likely conclude the operation did not have government clearance.

Khashoggi had recently entered the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, Turkey on October 2nd, and has not been seen since, prompting global outrage.

A Queensland wildlife carer has horrific injuries after being attacked by a kangaroo.

Linda Smith, 64, had a collapsed lung, broken ribs, cuts and other injuries after a 183cm kangaroo attacked her after she stepped in to stop it hurting her husband near Millmerran on Saturday night.

Today will see the first of three inquests into three deaths of teenagers who took their own life following the 2014 closure of the Barrett Adolescent Centre.

Closed by the Liberal National Party, the facility provided care for Brisbane’s young people with mental illness. The deaths took place 8 months after the closure.

The inquest will begin in the Coroners Court and will run for three days, along with a joint hearing into the deaths will be held in December.

The Federal government will increase funding to Headspace by an estimated 50 per cent next financial year.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison made the announcement, suggesting that it “will make a big difference in young people’s lives.”

$51.8 million in extra funding is announced for 2019-2020, with a large portion of that going towards online services. The remaining millions will go towards the existing 107 Headspace centres, with 95 million already supplied to the organisation.

Federal Agriculture Minister David Littleproud has launched an attack on Coles, Woolworths and Aldi, suggesting that customers are being misled by a 30c surcharge on milk to support drought stricken farmers.

Littleproud claims that the surcharge is an “empty media stunt”, as it only is applied to the supermarket variety, and not branded milk.

18 have died with figures likely to increase from Hurricane Michael hitting Florida and surrounding US states.

Over 370,000 have been forced to evacuated from the Gulf Coast, seeing the biggest storm to hit Florida since the 1800s.

Almost 8000 are currently spread across 100 centres throughout Florida, Georgia and Alabama.  

A group of five South Korean climbers and four Nepali climbers and porters has been reported missing after a storm hit a camp on a Himalayan peak in west Nepal.

Tourism Ministry official Rameshwar Niraula said the storm, originally perceived as an avalanche, struck the group at the base camp, destroying the camp area.