Oil prices crashed in Asia on Monday by around 30% in what analysts are calling the start of a price war.

Fears over the Coronavirus have now spread to the Australian Stockmarket where $100 billion has been wiped off the value of shares.

The Australian share market is down 4% in what could be the most turbulent day yet during this coronavirus-driven markets crisis.

Michael McCarthy, chief market strategist at CMC Markets and Stockbroking in Sydney, said

US stock futures are trading significantly lower this morning after crude oil futures dropped more than 20% at the opening of the US Sunday night session.

Four suspects are to go on trial in the Netherlands charged with the murder of 298 passengers and crew on board Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, in what the Australian government says is the first significant step towards achieving “justice and accountability”.

The outbreak of coronavirus is having major repercussions on the movement of people across the world, affecting many popular tourist attractions.

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Although he couldn’t speak publicly about his case, Stone easily transitioned into what he knows best, politics and the upcoming November presidential elections.

Stone said he’d like to see Trump go up against former Vice President Joe Biden.

Former sports minister Bridget McKenzie has rejected suggestions she changed a list of sporting clubs earmarked for Commonwealth funding after Parliament was dissolved for the 2019 election, and the Federal Government was placed into caretaker mode.

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https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/lostinshowbiz/2020/mar/05/stand-down-experts-celebrities-coronavirus-crisis

The coronavirus has had a variety of effect on politics and media around the globe. 

As Aussies panic and buy huge stock of toilet paper rolls to protect themselves from the coronavirus, we have to ask a few questions...

"Man vastly overestimates his power if he thinks he can, with CO2 emissions, destroy the climate", she postulated.

Factory activity in China fell at a record rate in February, as manufacturers closed their operations to contain the spread of coronavirus.

The country's official measure of manufacturing activity - the Purchasing Manager's Index (PMI) - dropped to 35.7 from 50 in January.