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A multi-story tourist ferry packed with about 150 passengers for the holiday weekend has capsized on a reservoir near the Colombian city of Medellin.

Tens of thousands of people waving rainbow flags have lined US streets for gay pride parades in coast-to-coast events that took both celebratory and political tones, in a reaction to what some see as new threats to gay rights in the Trump era.

A new report has put the value of the Great Barrier Reef at more than twice that of Adani's new mega coal mine in Queensland - a project opponents say will help sign the reef's death warrant.

Alerted by an announcement over a mosque's loudspeaker that an overturned tanker truck had sprung a leak, scores of villagers raced to the scene with fuel containers to gather the oil.

Matthew Howard Sr was leaving a New York amusement park on Saturday evening when he heard someone screaming.

This time last year, Manly were on track for their worst attacking season since 1992.

They began the NRL season with four hooking prospects, but Cronulla will enter next Saturday's clash with the Sydney Roosters without a recognised No.9.

They've been gifted a saloon passage to the NRL finals but St George Illawarra have been handed a sobering reminder that nothing comes easy by cellar dwellers Newcastle.