Two separate attacks on migrants have resulted in several injured in the state of Saxony-Anhalt this weekend.

Five Germans under the influence of alcohol attacked three Somalis, while elsewhere two Afghan teenagers were assaulted by two men on Saturday afternoon.

This comes after a range of racially motivated attacks have spiked, following Chancellor Angela Merkel’s open door policy in the rise of Europe’s 2015 migrant crisis.

US President Donald Trump is going ahead with tariffs on $200 billion of Chinese imports, with both sides preparing to hold talks on the disputes.

Reports indicate that the tariffs will be set at around 10 per cent, below the 25 percent announced earlier this year.

Both the US and China have already imposed 25 percent tariffs on each other’s goods, at around $50 billion.

A new Australian study has found taking aspirin daily does not prevent cardiovascular disease.

The study of more than 19,000 healthy people aged over 70 found taking 100 milligrams of aspirin a day didn’t prolong their life or significantly reduce the risk of a first heart attack or stroke.  The study also found that taking a small dose of aspirin daily could increase the risk of serious bleeding.

A southern Tasmanian woman has described the health system as similar to a third-world country.

After her stay in the Royal Hobart Hospital, Fran Spears has criticised wait times and patient safety. Spears claims she waited nine hours before receiving a bed, and waited a further seven hours for treatment.

The Queensland Teachers’ Union last month issued that a Darling Downs school withdrew a student in grade 3 after a number of behavioural issues caused her to ‘push the teacher’.

The mother has told media that the student has anxiety, depression and an undiagnosed social disorder.

QTU Vice- President Sam Pidgeon has defended the withdrawal, outlining that workplace health and safety issues are important and this directive was a ‘last resort’.

A 21 year old inmate has passed away at Brisbane’s Arthur Gorrie Correctional Facility Centre.

He was found unconscious on Saturday night, with prison officers performing CPR but the inmate could not be revived. He was pronounced dead at midnight by paramedics.

It is still unclear how the man died, however further information is being obtained by the Queensland Police Service.

A Brisbane mum Tara Johnston needs to raise $200 000 for a breast cancer trial.

At aged 32, Mrs Johnston, was diagnosed in November last year with a rare non-genetic breast cancer and over the past year has undergone several rounds of chemotherapy, a mastectomy and radiation.

Unimpressed doesn’t begin to describe how locals feel about the Gold Coast welcome sign. Described as a “monstrosity”, the mass of bright lights and yellow poles that sit between Brisbane and the Gold Coast could be scrapped.

The purpose of the lights was to spell the words ‘welcome’ to visitors and newcomers, and a ‘welcome home’ for residents ahead of the Commonwealth Games.

Ratepayers have suggested the $2.1 million could have been better spent on hospitals, schools and roads.

There have been nine confirmed cases of strawberries containing needles within them, with one consumer being hospitalised.

Consumers have reported close shaves with their children and a copycat case has surfaced in another Queensland store.

Dr Kim Phan, a lecturer in food science and the University of Sydney, said the industry was not prepared for this kind of intentional contamination.