Cane Toads: The Conquest 3D sees Mark Lewis return to Australia to discover that the huge, fecund and tenacious toads have colonised half of Australia... more
Perhaps the most fascinating sub-plot of the rugby World Cup is waiting to discover whether the hosts and favourites will buckle under the expectation, as they have at tournaments past... more
Port operator DP World profits more than tripled in the first half of the year as trade volumes increased and it gained from the sale of part of its Australian business... more
Shares in London-listed insurer Hardy Underwriting Bermuda fall more than 10% to a nine-month low as it says that losses from the Australian floods, New Zealand earthquake and Japanese tsunami will be much higher than expected... more
BHP Billiton, the world's biggest miner, reports a faster-than-expected recovery in production of steel-making coal from its flood-hit collieries but warns it will take the rest of 2011 to return to full production... more
London-listed SABMiller sparks a possible bid frenzy in the beer industry as its £6 billion takeover bid for Australia's Foster's Group is rejected... more
Two people have been pulled alive from a collapsed church after a powerful 5.5 magnitude earthquake hit Christ-church, a city still being rebuilt after the February quake which killed 181... more
An ornate Maori war canoe will be rowed down the Thames and Australia's top didgeridoo player will perform a requiem as part of this summer's City of London Festival... more
Chelsea footballer Florent Malouda and former tennis star Annabel Croft have won their battle to keep their private estate closed from the rest of the neighbourhood
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Thanks to good production values there is plenty of visual interest. But, despite some decent acting, the teenagers seem more cardboard than flesh and blood... more
China has asked New Zealand to consider special compensation to parents of Chinese students killed in an earthquake last month because their loss was magnified under China's one-child policy
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Bollinger will play no further part in Australia's bid to win a fourth successive World Cup after he was ruled out of the remainder of the tournament with an ankle injury... more
The Mayor of Tower Hamlets defeated Labour to be elected. Livingstone not only backed him but some of Ken's key players are now at the heart of running the council. Stephen Robinson reports
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