A man has killed two female police officers and a civilian in the Belgium city of Liege.

The gunman also took a female cleaner hostage at a school before being killed by police.

Belgian news sources are reporting that the offender was temporarily released from prison on Monday after serving time for drug offences.

Families members of the victims on missing Malaysian Airlines flight MH370 have said the Malaysian Government have broken an election promise after the final search for the plane ended on Tuesday.

Grace Nathan, whose mother was on MH370, said “When the new transport minister was appointed, the first statement he made was that MH370 would be his top priority. A mere two days later, he said we’re not extending the search anymore.”

A report published by the Australian Communication and Media Authority has revealed 12 regional TV stations are failing to meet their local content obligations.

All regional stations must broadcast 1,400 hours of Australian programs each year on their multi-channels, in addition to main channel requirements.

Several stations fell short by more than 200 hours with Indigenous TV station, Imparja, not meeting the criterion.

Hobart City Council will be offered a new Indigenous name today, presented by the Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre as part of reconciliation week.

The TAC’s chief executive officer, Heather Sculthorpe said: “It would be fantastic if Hobart were to become the first capital in Australia to adopt the original name for the territory on which it is located.”

Mrs. Sculthorpe said that while the new name hasn’t been announced just yet, it is the original and proper name for the city.

The Brisbane City Council have proposed a change to U-Turn signage due to web-crash data showing dangerous U-Turns cause more than three deaths annually.

The council’s infrastructure chairman, Amanda Cooper said: “Council is seeking permission from the state government to use new high-visibility warning signage to help more motorists understand where they are permitted to perform U-turns.”

The Brisbane City Council has backtracked on its controversial plan to allow retirement and aged care developers to build on sport and recreation grounds.

Lord Mayor Graham Quirk said it was not his desire to see the issue of the shortage of aged care and retirement places to be caught up in community controversy.

The council will commence consultation on the aged care proposal in the coming weeks.

Anti-bias training will see Starbucks close 8,000 of its US stores today after two African American men were arrested in a Philadelphia store last month.

Starbucks chairman, Howard Schultz, wants the training to start a conversation and says employees will watch a documentary and discuss their own experience of discrimination.

The decision is estimated to cost the company up to $14 million dollars in lost sales.

A study has found Puerto Rico’s Hurricane Maria killed 4,645 people, which is 70 times more than the official Government death toll.

The September 2017 hurricane caused billions of dollars of damage to infrastructure and left 3.4 million residents without power or water.

Authors of the study published in the New England Journal of Medicine, attributed the mortality rate to delayed health care.

The NSW Government has chosen The Nature Conservatory, in partnership with Aboriginal and scientific groups to be the managers of the Nimmie-Caira project.

The 85,000 hectare site will be devoted to environmental restoration, with plans for low-impact grazing, ecotourism and carbon farming.

All profits made from these activities will go back into environmental restoration work on the property.