The company says it's due to a lack of consumer demand and the politics surrounding gun violence.

Former PM Helen Clark says there needs to be a "a lift in ambition" among countries around the world in setting and hitting targets to combat climate change.

Angela Merkel has promised there will be "no tolerance" for violent anti-migrant protests that have gripped Germany in recent weeks.

Australian campaigners are calling for a vote on breaking away from the British monarchy within five years as the country's federal Treasurer leads a renewed push for a republic.

India's Prime Minister has appealed for calm after a rally that drew half a million members of a powerful clan resulted in a night of rioting that left three dead and dozens of buses and police stations torched.

Bryan Gould looks at the emergence of Jeremy Corbyn as the unexpected front-runner in the contest for the leadership of the UK Labour Party.

China's biggest currency intervention for more than two decades has jolted financial markets out of their traditional August lull.

Standing before a crowd under the blazing sun, Jeb Bush was more fired up, energetic, upbeat and eloquent than he had been in weeks. Then somebody in the audience asked him about Iraq.

Selfie queen Karen Danczuk has revealed she is bisexual after claims a former partner had threatened to expose her.

Faint chance of coalition as Tsipras' resignation leaves Greeks facing fifth election in sex years.

Personal information of hundreds of Australian Government employees have been exposed by the hackers of the Ashley Madison dating service.

United States presidential candidate Deez Nuts has polled 9 per cent.

Christine Forster had an "extremely emotional" week after Mr Abbott's coalition government blocked any chance of same-sex weddings.

Having made their money in a one-party state, Chinese companies are facing culture shock as they deal with democracies.

Lord Prescott has insisted that he could not have groped the wife of a fellow ex-MPs because she was "built like a bloody barn door" and "the f**cking house" would have fallen down if he had.

Al-Qaeda has released a message, purportedly from Osama bin Laden's son Hamza, calling for attacks on London and other western cities.

At a workshop on a summer day in Riyadh, prospective candidates in local elections are limbering up. One wants to help kids, one to improve living conditions in the Saudi capital, another to become a political role model.

No one expects 'The Donald' to be President, but his rivals might be better to go for him now before he spoils his party's chances.

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has again become a lightning rod for accusation and counter-accusation as Swedish prosecutors dropped three sex assault claims against him but intend to pursue a rape claim.

American voters' craving for authenticity in political leaders is aiding hopefuls such as Ben Carson and Bernie Sanders.

Why is Donald Trump holding a commanding poll lead over his rivals for the Republican presidential nomination? Paul Thomas has some possible answers.

Donald Trump has become the target of a Twitter campaign by women angry at his sexist remarks after the Republican candidate's debate last week.

The celebrity billionaire struggles to turn his political fling into a durable campaign.

How long can the Republicans treat Donald Trump as a sideshow before they and the party they seek to lead suffer the political effects of his excesses?

The eulogies have been delivered, the set disassembled and Jon Stewart's parting "bullshit-is-everywhere" monologue is fading.

"You could see there was blood coming out of her eyes, blood coming out of her - wherever," Trump said after the debate, speaking on CNN.

Donald Trump was not terribly happy with Megyn Kelly's questions during the very first campaign debate, Trump's Twitter account reaffirmed this.

President Francois Hollande has resolved a spat with Russia over the future of two advanced warships Moscow ordered from France before its annexation of Crimea poisoned relations with the West.

Seventy years on, the feared nuclear Armageddon has been kept in check - but a new threat is mounting, writes Alexander Gillespie.