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Parts of Brisbane have been submerged by flash flooding, with more storms predicted for south-east Queensland. Bureau of Metereology (BOM) senior meteorologist Angus Hines said massive rainfall totals were recorded, with the heaviest falling inland from the Gold Coast. In a short burst of rapid rainfall on Sunday, 51 millimetres were recorded in Brisbane City over 30 minutes. In an hour, Rosalie saw 70mm and 77mm fell in Holland Park West. Coombabah on the Gold Coast had 77mm and Waterford in Logan recorded 57mm in the space of under four hours. Up to 265mm of rain hit Springbrook National Park and the wider Scenic Rim in the 24 hours to 9am on Sunday. "Very, very wet there [and] caused some sharp river level rises including the Logan River, which shot straight into major flooding overnigh...

By Ashley R. Williams, Sarah Dewberry, Zenebou Sylla and Dakin Andone, CNN Lake-effect snow buried a vehicle in Pennsylvania's Millcreek Township. Photo: Matt Eisert via CNN Newsource Post-Thanksgiving travel will be treacherous in parts of the Great Lakes region due to several feet of lake-effect snow, while biting cold temperatures sweep across a large swath of the United States. More than two million people downwind of Lakes Michigan, Erie and Ontario remain under lake-effect snow warnings, with heavy snow already reported this weekend across parts of Ohio, Pennsylvania and New York state. Most significantly, nearly four feet of snow fell on parts of western New York the last few days, according to the Weather Prediction Centre. The lake-effect warnings in most of western New York...

By Joyce Lee and Valerie Volcovici for Reuters Photo: 123RF Talks fail to reach consensus on treaty scope Oil-producing nations oppose production caps Plastic production on track to triple by 2050 Decisions postponed to a future meeting Countries negotiating a global treaty to curb plastic pollution failed to reach agreement on Monday with over 100 nations wanting to cap production while a handful of oil-producers were prepared only to target plastic waste. The fifth UN Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee meeting to yield a legally binding global treaty in Busan, South Korea, was meant to be the final one. However, countries remained far apart on the basic scope of a treaty, and could agree only to postpone key decisions to a future meeting. "While I saw points of conve...

By Andrea Shalal and Maya Gebeily, Reuters Massad Boulos, will be Trump's adviser on Arab and Middle Eastern affairs, his son is married to Trump's daughter Tiffany (pictured). Photo: Leon Neal/Getty Images/File via CNN Newsource Incoming US president Donald Trump said Lebanese American businessman Massad Boulos would serve as senior adviser on Arab and Middle Eastern affairs. Trump made the announcement on Truth Social. Boulos, the father-in-law of Trump's daughter Tiffany, met repeatedly with Arab American and Muslim leaders during the election campaign. It was the second time in recent days that Trump chose the father-in-law of one of his children to serve in his administration. On Sunday, Trump said that he had picked his son-in-law Jared Kushner's father, real estate mogul Charl...