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A 21-year-old Swiss snowboarding champion was killed by an avalanche in the Swiss Alps on Tuesday morning.

Shares in Goldman Sachs climbed after blunting a plunge in first-quarter revenue by cutting costs deeper than analysts predicted.

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Iron ore extended a rally above $US60 a metric ton as steel prices in China surged amid a drawdown in product inventories, bolstering demand for the raw material as plants step up output in the top producer.

For two of the 30,000 or so runners, crossing the finish line of the Boston Marathon on Monday was unimaginably emotional.

Five stars: Fans treated to a night of hard rock classics, a 10-minute drum solo, and a fired-up Ozzy Osbourne.

The banks and the government have underestimated the depth of concern about bank ethics and misconduct.

Dual group 1 winner Press Statement has run his last race and will join the stallion roster at Vinery Stud in the new season.

The Turnbull government is preparing to trump Labor in the budget, cracking down harder on high-income superannuation tax concessions to raise four times as much.

Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff's government has vowed to fight impeachment after the lower house of Congress delivered a humiliating defeat that paved the way for her likely removal from office.

Legal threats to stop journalists' inquiries or at least to put the frighteners on them are hard for small media players to resist.

An unprecedented diplomatic effort to end Syria's civil war has suffered a blow as the main opposition body said it would halt its participation in recently restarted peace talks in Geneva.

More than 30 per cent of early learning services are not meeting minimum national standards, while 26 per cent have still not even been assessed, a new report warns.

The frontrunner to be elected president of the Philippines next month has lashed out at Australia amid uproar over him joking that he should have been first in line to rape an Australian missionary before she was murdered.

I fear for my mental health at the prospect of a seven-week binge in electioneering ("Trigger happy: building watchdog rejected, July 2 election looms, high-risk strategy for PM," April 19). In view of the success of the 5:2 Diet, I plead for its adoption by all forms of the media. Two days each week free from the words and images of politicians.

New research has raised the tantalizing possibility that the condition can be remedied by changes in diet.

There’s a reason some people don’t look as old as they actually are.

Any Coalition move to slash superannuation tax breaks for high income earners risks alienating a key supporter base.

Ultra-low global interest rates are playing havoc with retirement income plans, Glenn Stevens says.

It is never too late to bone up on good investment advice.

Melbourne Victory's Asian Champions League dreams will come down to the last day after a 3-1 loss to group leaders Shanghai SIPG.

A major Taliban suicide bomb and gun attack on a government security office in central Kabul during rush hour has killed at least 28 people and wounded more than 320.