Royal rest: Queen Elizabeth told by doctors to take break

London: Britain’s Queen Elizabeth, the world’s longest-reigning monarch, decided on Wednesday to rest for the next few days on advice from doctors and cancelled a planned visit to Northern Ireland, Buckingham Palace said. Reuters

Grapefruit-sized hail hits Oz’s east coast

Canberra: Record-sized hailstones fell across Australia's east coast this week, with ice pellets larger than grapefruits lashing residents in parts of Queensland, the country’s metereology bureau said on Wednesday. Reuters