Police have been forced to close Tamborine Mountain Road on the Gold Coast this morning because of a cement truck, that has been left partly hanging off the road’s edge.

A police spokeswoman has said the truck was perched on the edge of a steep drop with a potential risk of falling due to wet conditions.

The driver and his passenger escaped, with one patient taken to the Gold Coast University Hospital by paramedics in a stable condition.

In South Africa, at least two rhinoceros poachers have been eaten by Lions after remains were found at the Sibuya Game Reserve in the Eastern Cape on Tuesday afternoon.

Sibuya Reserve owner Nick Fox said that two, or possibly three human remains were found.

Police and an anti-poaching unit uncovered an axe, three pairs of shoes and gloves around the site of the remains.

Mr Fox said the axe confirmed the remains belonged to poachers, as axes are the tool of choice to dehorn the protected animals.

A Thai tourist boat named, ‘The Phoenix’, has capsized off the coast of Phuket, with 53 of its passengers currently missing and one man confirmed dead.

Australia’s National Carp Control Plan is investigating whether a strain of the herpes virus could reduce the carp population in Australian waterways.

Queensland pharmacists are wanting to sell medication, such as Viagra, over the counter.

The Queensland Ambulance Service has recorded its busiest year on record, with a 3.86% rise in call-outs in the past financial year.

South Brisbane residents who have been protesting the removal of dozens of trees for a bikeway they state won’t be used have claimed their pleas to the government have been ignored.

Indian authorities have allegedly closed a Missionaries of Charity home, having charged a nun and one other with baby trafficking.

The home in East India was run by Mother Teresa’s religious order and provided shelter for pregnant unmarried women.

Aman Kumar, police officer on the scene said the home had sold at least six babies to childless couples and that officials are investigating how many more children have been given away over the last few years.

A Canadian heatwave has caused the death of 33 people in Quebec as high summer temperatures reached up to 45 degrees.

With an average temperature of 26 degrees, the majority of the victims have been men between 50 and 85 years, living without access to air conditioning.

The record breaking temperatures are expected to drop over the weekend but Quebec’s regional capital, Montreal, has kept their response level at ‘alert’ after the spike in deaths.