The Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope on the summit of Mauna Kea on Hawaii's Big Island is covered in snow late last week. Photo / AP
More snow is expected to fall on Hawaii mountaintops as a winter storm warning goes into effect. Hawaii News Now reports up to 30cm more of snow could fall. A previous warning was lifted at the weekend for a storm system. The summits of Mauna Loa and Mauna Kea on
Hawaii's Big Island are closed amid icy, windy, hazardous conditions.
The president of the European Parliament says left-leaning candidate Alexander Van der Bellen's victory in Austria marks a defeat for "anti-European, backward-looking populism".
Several Victorians suffered breathing difficulties as thunderstorms swept across the state for the second time in a fortnight. And Queensland's heatwave is set to continue with sweltering temperatures forecast for much of the state's southwest and interior through the early part of this week.
Recovery teams have found 24 bodies in the charred ruins of an Oakland, California, loft building after a fire broke out during a weekend dance party, and the death toll is expected to rise, authorities say.
Military veterans started to gather today near the main Dakota Access pipeline protest camp, where they'll join the several hundred people who are against the four-state, US$3.8 billion project that's largely complete.
