The leader of Kenya’s main opposition party has inaugurated himself as the country’s president in Nairobi overnight. 

Ralia Odinga announced himself as the people’s president in front of thousands of supporters despite warnings from the government that it constituted treason.

Mr Odinga had previously boycotted an election re-run held in October which was won by President Uhuru Kenyatta after previous attempts to hold elections were shrouded in controversy.

The Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts has revealed it will be offering a yodelling degree.

LUASA is the first university in Switzerland to have a yodelling degree, Michael Kaufmann, the head of the department of music at the university has expressed how thrilled he is for the course to convene.

Applications open on the 28th of February and three to four students are expected to be chosen.

The Tasmanian Liberal Party has come under fire after it approved a $13 million forestry grant during its final days in power.

A deal was struck which will provide Victorian timber company Hermal Group with $13 million as well as a $30 million loan to build a new hardwood mill in the north-western town of Burnie.

The mill is expected to be operational by 2020 and create around 360 jobs during both construction and operation.

One Brisbane high school has outraged parents of students with the introduction of new uniform regulations which included shoes having to be a height of between 5 and 20 millimetres in the heel.

The Gap State High School had previously alerted the student body of the changes during a school assembly late last year and through the school newsletter.

This hasn’t stopped parents expressing anger on social media, with parent Karen Bishop branding the new rule as utterly ridiculous.

A new study has revealed just how beneficial applying sunscreen regularly can be for Australians.

The study conducted by Brisbane’s QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute found through regular sunscreen use, the incidence of melanoma may be reduced by 34% by 2031.

Professor David Whiteman expressed how there would be 28,000 fewer people being diagnosed with melanoma.