About 1.1 billion people in Asia, Africa and Latin America are at risk due to a lack of sufficient refrigeration to keep food and medicines safe, as well as their personal temperature.

The statistics come from a study by the UN into the impact of global warming in 52 countries, with more than half of those affected living in slums of cities.

The UN’s health agency has also warned heat stress linked to climate change will likely lead to 38,000 extra deaths a year between 2030 and 2050.

A biologist from the University of Queensland has declared a new species of venomous burrowing snake is at high risk of becoming extinct by mining before it can be declared a “threatened species”.

The discovery of the new species of bandy-bandy snake close to a mine at Weipa on the Cape York Peninsula prompted professor Bryan Fry to seek protected species protection for the animal.

It is believed the snake must also be protected due to its rich venoms providing sources of compounds used to develop medications.

Two girls, aged 11 and 9 who were reported missing from the city of Logan on Monday morning have been found; however, Queensland police have confirmed another 3 young girls are still missing.

A 15 year old girl is one of the three, last seen in Rochedale south on Sunday afternoon, the other two were reported missing on Monday afternoon, aged 13 and 14 and were last seen in Capalaba, Redland City.

These cases are all believed to be unrelated and anyone with information is urged to contact police.

Thileepan, a Tamil asylum seeker has been issued with a deportation notice more than six years after arriving in Australia, facing permanent separation from his wife and daughter.

Both family members were granted safe haven enterprise visas, two days before he was issued a removal notice.

Thileepan’s separation from his family is likely to be permanent with the SHE visa not allowing for family reunion or sponsorship of return to Australia.

Wollongong, Geelong and Melbourne will be home to a trial two year pill clinic program for methamphetamine addicts.

Researchers at the Curtin University National Drug Research Institute in WA are using the trial to see if NAC can help meth addicts quit.

“NAC helps reduce cravings through restoring chemical balances in the brain involved in craving and drug-seeking,” according to Associate Professor Rebecca McKetin.

India is conducting an investigation of all childcare homes run by the Missionaries of Charity after the arrest of two people on baby trafficking charges earlier this month.

The Women and Child Development Ministry states all childcare institutions must be registered and linked to the federal government within a month.

Jharkhand State Commission for Protection of Child Rights chairwoman Arti Kujur says all four infants sold by the two arrested have been recovered by authorities.

292 crocodiles have been slaughtered in Indonesia, as villagers staged a revenge attack after a local man was killed by a crocodile.

Locals of the Sorong district of West Papua, rushed a licensed sanctuary that breeds endangered saltwater and New Guinea crocodiles with shovels and hammers.

40 police officers tried to stop the attack, however with a crowd of 600 they were unable to contain the incident.

Fire and emergency services minister Craig Crawford says close to 3400 buildings suspected of operating as illegal budget accommodation have been inspected by the Queensland Fire and Emergency Service over the past 11 years

These inspections have resulted in 1626 requisitions being issued across the state to limit to number of residents to five or fewer residents, in accordance with legislation introduced after the Childers Palace Backpacker hostel fire resulted in 15 deaths in 2000.