DAILY AFFAIRS (12-SEPTEMBER-2018)

Hurricane Florence: Mass evacuation from 'storm of a lifetime'

Highways in US East Coast areas bracing for Hurricane Florence are congested with motorists fleeing "the storm of a lifetime".

EU parliament votes to punish Hungary over 'breaches' of core values

The European Parliament has voted to pursue unprecedented disciplinary action against Hungary over alleged breaches of the EU's core values.

Skripal poisoning: Putin says suspects 'civilians, not criminals'

The two suspects in the poisoning of ex-Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter are civilians, not criminals, Russian President Vladimir Putin says.

Harper Nielsen: Australian schoolgirl's national anthem protest

A nine-year-old girl has stirred controversy after refusing to stand for Australia's national anthem in protest at alleged institutional racism.

Cancers 'rising around the world'

There will be 18.1 million new cases of cancer and 9.6 million people will die with the disease this year worldwide, a report predicts.