Australia playing a big role in China's economic revolution and other top stories.

• Australia playing a big role in China's economic revolution

  

  Video will begin in 5 seconds. China brightens Asia business outlook China's slowdown has been the headline economic story, but the latest business survey in Asia suggests executives are betting on Chinese improvement. PT1M37S 620 349 A Chinese economic satellite some 4,000 miles from Beijing is signalling the nation's bid to remodel its growth drivers is making headway.Australian data show that China's transition to consumption-led growth is intensifying and helping to boost..

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• Japan public divided as laws easing limits on military take effect

  

  Laws loosening the limits of Japan's pacifist constitution on its military took effect on Tuesday as surveys showed the public remained divided over a change that allows Japanese troops to fight overseas for the first time since World War Two. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has said the security legislation, the biggest change in Japan's defense policy since the creation of its military in 1954, is vital to meet new challenges including a rising China. Critics say the changes, which triggered mass d..

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• Islamic State Has 'Advanced Plans' to Kill Jewish Children in Turkey the 'Next 24 Hours or Next Few Days'

  

  Islamic State terrorists have advanced plans to kill Jewish children in Turkey within the next 24 hours or in the next few days, Sky News reported exclusively. The militant group is planning to target kindergartens, schools and youth centres. The ...

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• Egyptair passenger plane hijacked

  

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• Obama seeing China leader as South China Sea tensions rise

  

  Is this AC/DC's new frontman? Reports have surfaced that Guns N' Roses frontman Axl Rose could be filling in for the band's ailing lead singer, Brian…

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• Taliban faction claims deadly Pakistan blast

  

  Video will begin in 5 seconds. Taliban faction claims deadly Pakistan blast A Taliban faction has claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing that killed at least 65 people and injured almost 300 more at a public park in Lahore, Pakistan. PT0M56S 620 349 Lahore: In an emotional televised address, Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif vowed on Monday to hunt down and defeat the militants who have been carrying out attacks like the Easter bombing that targeted Christians and k..

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• Parents of Summer Grant, who was killed in jumping castle tragedy, pay tribute to 'beautiful' daughter

  

  Summer Grant, seven, died when a jumping castle she was playing on was blown more than 150m into the sky. Picture: FacebookTHE devastated parents of Summer Grant have paid tribute to their “beautiful” daughter, who was killed when the jumping castle she was on was lifted into the air and blown 150m across a park in the UK, The Sun reports.Her mother Cara Blackie, 26, said: “Words just can’t explain how I am feeling right now, life is just truly cruel.”Police confirmed a 24-year-old woman and a 2..

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