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An Australian Olympian, whose breakdancing routine at the Paris Games went viral, says she will no longer compete.Rachael Gunn known competitively as 'Raygun', says her professional career is over. The 37-year-old Sydney university lecturer failed to get on the scoreboard in all three of her competition rounds in August.Her routines at the Olympics included unorthodox moves such as a "kangaroo" dance.She later apologised and said she was "very sorry" for the backlash, but suggested much of the criticism was due to ignorance of the sport. On the Australian radio station 2DayFM on Wednesday, she said she now only "breaks" at home with her partner."Dancing is so much fun and it makes you feel good and I don't think people should feel crap about, you know, the way that they dance," she told Th...

The US election is all but over, the headline result is known with just a couple of states left to declare for either candidate.Donald Trump is headed back to the White House in January, but before then there are still a few things that have to happen. Here's what happens next:Final counting in remaining statesWe are still waiting for official results from some states. And while we know that Mr Trump has secured enough Electoral College votes to win the presidency, a handful of states have still not been declared for either candidate.They include Alaska, Arizona and Nevada.There is also the matter of the popular vote, which looks set to go to the Republican. That would mark the first time Mr Trump has won the popular vote in his three election campaigns, and the first time his party has do...

Cuba has been plunged into darkness after Hurricane Rafael slammed into the island as a Category 3 storm with sustained winds of 115mph (185kph).The country's electricity operator UNE said high winds had caused the electricity grid to collapse. State-run TV reported the entire population of 10 million people was without power - part of a series of blackouts which have plagued the Caribbean island in recent weeks. Image: Cuba's energy grid suffered a complete blackout when Hurricane Rafael made landfall. Pic: Reuters Image: In Havana, people were warned to take shelter. Pic: Reuters Rafael lashed Cuba's capital Havana late on Wednesday afternoon, with wind...

Germany's ruling coalition is on the brink of collapse, triggering potential political chaos in Europe's largest economy.It means Chancellor Olaf Scholz and his Social Democratic Party (SDP) face heading a minority government after sacking his finance minister Christian Lindner from the pro-business Free Democrats Party (FDP). Mr Scholz made the decision after weeks of disputes among Germany's coalition partners over ways to boost the country's ailing economy.Added to that, the government's popularity has been sinking while far-right and far-left forces have been surging.He said Mr Lindner "has broken my trust too often", and claimed he was focused on the short-term survival of his own party. "This kind of selfishness is utterly incomprehensible," he added. The three other FDP ministers - ...