Police officer who killed Damond testifies
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A former Minneapolis police officer on trial in the fatal shooting of an Australian life coach, who was unarmed and had called 911 to report a possible sexual assault near her home, has testified in court.
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Sri Lanka attack death toll revised to 250
Sri Lankan officials have revised the death toll from the Easter Sunday bombings down by about 100, blaming the difficulty in identifying body parts at bomb scenes for the earlier inaccurate number.
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Aust cocaine figure hit with $114m bill
Vincent Ramos, the Canadian head of an encrypted phone company that sold its devices to Australian criminal gangs and Mexican drug cartels, has been ordered to hand over $US80 million ($A114 million) in cash, cryptocurrency, gold coins, silver bricks and other goods.
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William to meet Christchurch survivors
Prince William is set to meet the survivors of the Christchurch mosque shootings and speak to the city's Muslim community.
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Cyclone Kenneth roars into Mozambique
Cyclone Kenneth has battered northern Mozambique with gusts of up to 280km/h after killing three people on the island nation of Comoros overnight.
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Trump OKed $US2m bill from N. Korea: paper
US President Donald Trump approved the payment of a $US2 million bill presented by North Korea to cover its care of comatose American Otto Warmbier, the Washington Post reports.
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Aviation bodies to meet on Boeing 737 MAX
The US Federal Aviation Administration is inviting top civil aviation officials from around the world to a May 23 meeting to discuss the now-grounded Boeing 737 MAX.
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Putin to brief US on summit with Kim
President Vladimir Putin says he's willing to share details with the United States about his summit with Kim Jong-un, potentially raising Russia's influence in the stalemated issue of North Korean denuclearisation.
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Macron offers tax cuts to yellow vests
Emmanuel Macron has pledged tax cuts but says the French would also have to work more as he outlined his response to months of anti-government protests.
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Australian Associated Press
