Irish abortion adverts will be blocked on Facebook this month, leading up to the referendum on May 25.

The social media conglomerate says the move will provide transparency and prevent people being influenced by either the for or against campaign.

Abortion is currently illegal in Ireland, but the law change will see abortion become legal within the first twelve weeks of pregnancy.

Chinese President Xi Jinping has met with Kim Jong-Un in China.

Kim was spotted on a stroll by the sea with China’s president during his second visit since March.

Kim Jong-Un reportedly said that as long as the hostile policies and security threats against North Korea are removed, they don’t need nuclear weapons and can achieve denuclearisation.

A sixty-four year old woman remains in a South Australian hospital after contracting Hepatitis A from frozen pomegranates.

This follows 11 other people across Australia affected by the infected fruits.

A recall of the Creative Gourmet frozen product from Coles in NSW was initiated last month by Entyce Food Ingredients.

Dr Jodi Rowley, an amphibian researcher at the Australian museum hopes to mobilize citizen scientists to help track the health of local frogs using a smartphone app.

The push for a wider tracking of the frogs comes as a new study reveals 42 per cent of all frogs and other amphibians are threatened with extinction.

The app called FrogID, will record the sound of the frog and send it back to Dr Rowley and her colleagues where they can then identify and properly map out the location of the endangered species.

A former carpenter who developed a deadly lung disease from James Hardie’s asbestos products is suing the company for almost six million dollars.

The 73-year old man is deaf and has undergone chemotherapy whilst looking after his wife who is also deaf and suffers from severe and debilitating epilepsy.

The retired carpenter says it’s not enough for the company to only compensate him, but must also pay for his wife’s future care.

Redland City mayor Karen Williams is ‘fuming’, following the release of the 2018 federal budget regarding land wanted for a future university campus.

Williams and senior council staff travelled to Canberra in late March to lobby Communications Minister Mitch Fifield to buy the land for education and community purposes.

Budget documents show the 80-hectare site at Birkdale, east of Brisbane, could “support up to 400 homes and will increase the supply of land for housing in metropolitan Brisbane”.

447 Palm Island residents have received part of a $30 million payout following a landmark racial discrimination case.

The settlement will be paid by the Queensland Government, but not everyone will receive cash for their claim, raising concerns of rising tension on the island.

Mayor Alf Lacey says the will of the community is just as important as the money and urged residents to avoid exploitation and spend wisely.

At least 17 people have died north-west of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, with the Ebola virus being confirmed as the cause.

Health officials have confirmed that this is another outbreak of the Ebola virus, marking it as the 9th outbreak recorded in the DNC.

The health ministry said: “Our country is facing another epidemic of the Ebola virus, which constitutes an international public health emergency.