ARCHAEOLOGISTS have found the wreck of a British ship lost in the Arctic 157 years ago that played a major role in locating the Northwest Passage.

FACEBOOK has launched a trial version of a new service which allows members to pose questions to other users of the social network.

JULIA Gillard has laid done the law to the senior members of the Labor party, warning she would sack any minister who leaked in a future Labor government.

AD man and media owner John Singleton has lashed the advertising of both major parties and warned Labor's deal with the Greens will kill mining.

A JAPANESE government minister has taken the unprecedented step of attending the execution of two criminals whose hangings she had ordered.

THE ABC turned in its best performance since October 2007 with ABC1 scoring the three top-rating shows of last night.

BARACK Obama has reflected on 20 months of crises that have plagued his administration, in a rare interview with a daytime television talk show.

THE election campaign has collapsed into a law-and-order auction, with both sides of politics promising to crack down on gang and knife-related violence.

NAVY vessels rushed to the aid of an asylum-seeker boat carrying 85 people after it was spotted in distress near Christmas Island.

TONY Abbott has trumped the government with the promise of a 1.5 percentage-point cut in the company tax rate.