An iceberg the size of Greater London has “kissed” the coast of Antarctica this week, narrowly missing the UK’s Halley research station.

Scientists say the A74 iceberg made only the faintest of contacts with the coast and they have been keeping a keen eye on it recently due to the station’s uncertain survival.

The Brisbane city council has met to discuss the future of the East Brisbane bowls club and their occupants Backbone, as Councilors voted down an urgency motion by Kara Cook not to tear down the club and make more green space.

Arguments escalated after the Labor team was called “out of line” for sharing a photo of the Deputy Mayor, Krista Adams, acting aggressively to a Backbone patron.

The Moreton Bay Regional Council is seeking ideas on a name for their newest suburb.

Mayor Peter Flannery said “its current nickname, ‘Caboolture West’ doesn’t really cut it.”

The council is calling on the local community to help put a name on the map that captures the essence of the area and the future city it will be. 

With September’s Week For Leukemia on the horizon, Leukemia Support Queensland (LSQ) has launched a campaign to build a state-of-the-art pathology lab at Redcliffe Hospital, Caboolture Hospital or North Lakes.

The Federal Health Department has faced criticism after the ABC discovered that the government’s advice on Covid-19 was wrong in a number of languages on their website.

Culturally and linguistically diverse Australians were being given out-of-date information about vaccines.

Regional authorities in Sicily recorded temperatures of 48.8 degrees Celsius on Wednesday, which if confirmed would be a new Italian and European record.

A spokesman for Italy's national meteorological service said the result still had to be validated.

A cargo ship broke into 2 pieces after running aground in a northern Japanese port.

The ship survived hitting the seabed, but suffered a crack which later widened and ultimately split the ship.

All 21 Chinese and Filipino crew members were safely rescued by the coast guard.