WA Premier backs Elizabeth Quay to succeed The West Australian Premier has dismissed concerns private business may be apprehensive to develop at Perth’s Elizabeth Quay on the day Perth prepares to celebrate its opening. Colin Barnett said the quay would become a driving factor in improving WA tourism and boosting new industries, despite no construction having begun at the surrounding …

Rare syndrome that causes immune system to damage nerve cells seen increasingly in patients with Zika virus, health minister announces Public health workers participate in a day of fumigation to stop spread of the Zika virus in Venezuela. Photograph: Miguel Gutierrez/EPA Colombia has seen a sharp spike in the number of patients diagnosed with a rare neurological disorder that can …

Asbestos could have been detected: report There were multiple opportunities for asbestos to be identified during work on the Minnivale Reservoir, but contractors were uninformed, Western Australia’s Water Corporation has found. A total of 138 people visited or worked on the refurbishment of the Minnivale Reservoir, about 180km north-east of Perth, between March and September. An investigation into the exposure …

Meetings due to get under way in Geneva but Syrian opposition says it will not attend unless government ends airstrikes Two women walk by a building hit by bombing in Damascus, Syria. Photograph: Reuters Barring any last-minute delay, UN-brokered talks on Syria are due to get under way in Geneva – the third time the Swiss city has played host …

NSW prison numbers reach record high The number of inmates in NSW prisons has surged to a record high. The state’s adult prisoner population jumped by 17 per cent in the past two years to more than 12,000, including almost a third on remand having not been convicted. The Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research, which issued its latest figures …

Men were trapped 200 metres below surface of mine in Shandong province that collapsed on Christmas Day A miner is lifted from the collapsed mine in Pingyi. Photograph: Xinhua/Rex/Shutterstock Four miners have been rescued after 36 days trapped underground in a collapsed mine in China. The gypsum mine in east China’s Shandong province collapsed on Christmas Day, killing one and …

PM-Palmer stoush no comfort to creditors A war of words between the prime minister and Clive Palmer has done little to ease the minds of Queensland Nickel’s creditors, particularly sacked workers. Malcolm Turnbull called the federal MP’s management of the company “shocking” on Friday ahead of its creditors’ first meeting with administrators after 237 workers were axed from the Yabulu …

Kate Connolly reports from the village where Trump’s grandfather was born, but finds more affection for its other famous family Kallstadt, Germany, where Donald Trump’s grandfather grew up. Photograph: Thomas Lohnes/Getty Images Drumb, Tromb, Tromp, Trum, Trumpff, Dromb … the Trump family name has had various permutations over the past five hundred years, according to the local church register. Yet …

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