In the depths of the north Pacific, long wriggling creatures were caught up in the trawl of a research vessel off the coast of Russia. The animals were brought to the surface, their elongated bodies ...

Brodie has a crooked snout, is blind in one eye and has a partially shut jaw after his mother, a 10-month-old stray, bit him on the head when he was two weeks old, The Washington Post reports.

What all this means for the economy and the chances of the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) cutting interest rates next month as we head into the ... rather than the eye-watering US$4 million.