Greece bundles debt, talks to continue
GREECE has bundled all its June payments into one, thus avoiding Friday's debt deadline.
GREECE has bought time in debt crisis negotiations by moving to bundle four looming IMF loan payments into one, to be paid by the end of June.
THE rare move, permitted by the International Monetary Fund only once before, allows Athens to avoid a Friday deadline to pay back about 300 million euros ($A438.63 million), as it weighs up the newest proposal from its IMF, European Commission and European Central Bank creditors.
Russia charges Aussie captured in Ukraine
Russian authorities have laid criminal charges against captured Australian man Oscar Jenkins, who was a volunteer fighter for Ukraine.
Major update as Giuffre leaves hospital
Virginia Giuffre did not appear in court on Wednesday, where she faces a charge of breaching a DV order, after being released from hospital following a bus crash.
Wild scenes as massive inferno rages in Paris
A massive inferno has torn through a building in Paris, leaving thick black smoke smothering the city.