Topic: Australia

Money Daily Brief: China's economy growing faster

Australia opens war crimes probe into Indonesia killings

It is revisiting the 1975 deaths of the 'Balibo Five' journalists as a film about them is released across Australia. Indonesia has long said they died in a cross-fire.

US no longer world's most competitive nation

Marketing company sells clients Facebook friends

The service from uSocial is mostly meant for businesses, celebrities and other individuals looking to expand on the social network, and Facebook isn’t happy about it.

Supplied for school

A Christian Science perspective.

How we're losing our privacy online

From personal photos circulated inadvertently on Facebook to ‘Web bugs’ that monitor our buying habits, the Internet is exposing the private us to the public more than any technology in history. Here’s why you should care – and how to avoid it.

Opinion: What are big companies not telling you now?

Risks to human rights, health, and the environment – from Sudan to suntan lotion – should be part of required disclosure.

Traffic noise could be drowning out the croaks of male frogs

A survey of more than 100 ponds found that the number of frogs has declined in Australia's second-largest city.

Study says global warming shrinks birds

Scientists found that eight species had become between 2 to 4 percent smaller over the past century.

The Wild Trees

Taiwan president under fire over typhoon response

Critics say Typhoon Morakot is Ma Ying-jeou's Hurricane Katrina. He has been faulted for weak leadership in dealing with a devastating storm that killed at least 127, with hundreds still missing.

Sunrise for solar heat power

Four technologies aim to use heat from the sun to make electricity. But which one has the edge?

Reader's Digest can't escape media's recession

TomTom GPS iPhone app finally arrives

Stone Age humans found new use for fire: making tools

Findings in South Africa date to as early as 164,000 years ago and suggest modern human behavior emerged much earlier than thought.

Growth in France, Germany boosts global economy

Exports, including to emerging markets such as China, helped the two countries turn in surprisingly strong numbers for the second quarter. Now, some say the global economic recession has ended.

A Pacific island chain with real energy incentive

Tuvalu, a nation of nine islands, is taking steps to completely rely on renewable energy by 2020.

The Monitor's View: Somalia is Obama's new 'Afghanistan'

While beefing up military support, he also needs to reach out to moderate Islamic militants.

A plant explorer travels the globe for rare and unusual Asian varieties

Dan Hinkley collects foreign seeds and brings them back to the United States.

China courts its creative types in a massive way

It aims to repeat its manufacturing success by grouping artistic professions the way it did its factories.

Good news on fisheries? With rising CO2 levels, 'all bets are off'

Rio Tinto: Will China's detention of employees scare off foreign firms?

The lack of transparency over the case of executive Stern Hu raises questions about rule of law – even as many agree China is within its rights to investigate.

'Landmark' study suggests fishing stocks can rebound

It shows catch quotas, ocean zoning, and different fishing gear is helping to restore fisheries and their ecosystems.

Fairy Penguin Parade

(A night on Phillip Island, Australia)