Israel’s Tel Aviv will host the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest, snubbing an attempt by the Israeli government to host the event in Jerusalem.  

The announcement follows the Middle Eastern nation’s victory in the song contest earlier this year. 

The event is expected to be controversial in the face of the global Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement against Isreal over its illegal occupation of Palestinian territory. 

A rockslide on the Greek holiday island, Zakynthos, has injured seven tourists. 

A large slab of rock crumbled off the 200-metre cliff face at Navagio beach, smashing into the shoreline below and overturning several boats. 

A Czech family of four were caught in the slide, and the mother hospitalised with a fractured vertebra. 

Facing an April 2019 election, the fate of Indonesian President Joko Widodo is unknown as the country’s economy reaches lowest lows since the 1998 currency collapse. 

Political risk analyst Kevin O’Rourke said polls show voters have strong concerns with the rising food prices, with the Federal Government needing to import 2 million tonnes of rice this year alone. 

A category two cyclone has made land in the US state of North Carolina, with as much as one metre of rain expected.

Hurricane Florence is expected to move inland through Saturday as more than one million people evacuate the coasts.

The predicted path of the storm, which was blowing at 165 kilometers per hour on Thursday night, will see it pass over ten million US residents.

Volkswagen has announced the iconic Beetle car will be discontinued from 2019.

The Beetle, or Bug, has been produced by the German car manufacturer since 1938.

The move comes as VW is looking to refocus on electric vehicles and larger, family cars.

Former Ambassador to Israel Dave Sharma has won Liberal preselection for the Wentworth by-election on 20 October this year following the resignation of former Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull.

The six hour voting session came down to two male candidates despite suggestions from Prime Minister Scott Morrison as well as high profile women MPs that higher female representation in the party should be prioritised.

A Gold Coast brewery has retracted all marketing material for a limited edition beer after facing criticism for its suggestible name.

The fruity brew, dubbed 'Pussy Juice’, was intended to be a pro-women pale ale as part of Black Hops Brewing's policy that staff members after one year can craft their own beer.

The brewery is known for its suggestible names, with “Lay Day” lagers and “Flash Bang” white wine joining a wide catalogue of locally sourced brews.

There are reports that we could see the Adani Carmichael Coal mine at full speed as soon as December following the announcement of a new railway connection between Abbott Point and the Galilee Basin.

The new railway connection is a compromise for the mining giant after the Queensland Government said they would block any taxpayer loan from the Northern Australia Infrastructure Fund to the mine.