Antarctic helicopter pilot dies after falling into a crevasse
SYDNEY, Jan 13: A Canadian helicopter pilot has died after falling into a crevasse on a remote ice shelf in Antarctica while refuelling a depot, the Australian Antarctic Division said today. David...
View ArticleSearch for missing Malaysian jet finds second 19th Century shipwreck
SYDNEY, Jan 13: The search for a missing Malaysia Airlines plane in the Indian Ocean has turned up the second centuries-old shipwreck but no sign of the aircraft which disappeared with 239 passengers...
View ArticleAustralia knocks back Washington over more help against Islamic State
SYDNEY, Jan 14: Australia today said that it had denied a request from the United States for a greater military commitment against Islamic State militants in Syria and Iraq made in the wake of the...
View ArticleSevere weather in Sydney kills one, disrupts flights
SYDNEY, Jan 14: Severe thunderstorms in Sydney today killed at least one person and injured another, police said, with winds of 122 kmph lashing Australia’s busiest airport, besides ripping down power...
View ArticleAustralian police respond to reports of shooting at Sydney police station
SYDNEY, Jan 19 : A police operation was underway at a police station in a suburb in the west of Sydney, Australia’s largest city, emergency services said today, with domestic media reporting at least...
View ArticleAustralia, NZ shares rise on Europe stimulus hopes, commodities bounce
SYDNEY, Jan 22 : Australian shares jumped 1.1 percent on Friday, nudging into positive territory for the week as hopes of more stimulus in Europe and rebounds in prices of iron ore and oil buoyed...
View ArticleSearch for missing Malaysia jet hits another snag with sonar detector lost
SYDNEY, Jan 25 : Australian authorities searching for a missing Malaysia Airlines passenger jet said today they had lost a deep-water sonar detector being used to scour a patch of the ocean floor...
View ArticleAustralia, NZ carriers halt Vanuatu flights over runway safety concerns
SYDNEY, Jan 25 : Qantas Airways and Air New Zealand have suspended flights to Vanuatu due to safety concerns about its airport runway in a likely blow to tourism and the Pacific island nation’s...
View ArticleLeaders call for Australia to become a republic, reviving debate
SYDNEY, Jan 25 : The leaders of seven of Australia’s eight states and territories have called for the country to become a republic, reigniting a thorny debate ahead of a national holiday on Tuesday....
View ArticleAustralian man arrested on terror-related charges in Sydney
PERTH, January 26 : An 18-year old Australian man has been arrested and charged with collecting documents about how to carry out terrorist acts, police in Sydney said today. Sameh Bayda was arrested...
View ArticleRaonic storms past Monfils into last four at Melbourne
MELBOURNE, Jan 27 : A clinical Milos Raonic stormed past Gael Monfils 6-3 3-6 6-3 6-4 to reach the semi-finals of the Australian Open for the first time today. The 25-year-old, unbeaten this year,...
View ArticleChinese sonar vessel to join search for missing Malaysian jet
SYDNEY, Jan 29 : China is set to join the underwater search for a Malaysia Airlines passenger jet missing for almost two years by providing a sonar-equipped vessel by the end of February, Australia’s...
View ArticleGoogle says G’day to Australian twang, slang
SYDNEY, Jan 29 : Internet search giant Google has added Australian slang and language recognition to its applications, addressing complaints that its software had difficulty in understanding thick...
View ArticleUS adds five Russian officials to human rights sanctions list
WASHINGTON, Feb 2 : The United States imposed sanctions on five Russian officials it accuses of human rights abuses including four it said were involved in the 2009 death in prison of a...
View ArticleAustralian PM Turnbull weighs early poll to break political deadlock
SYDNEY, Feb 2 : Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull today raised the possibility of dissolving both houses of Parliament and calling an early election to break a political deadlock that has...
View ArticleAustralia reports two cases of Zika virus, detects mosquitoes at Sydney airport
SYDNEY, Feb 2 : Two Australians were diagnosed with the Zika virus after returning home from travels in the Caribbean, a state health service said today, confirming the first cases of the...
View ArticleWikiLeaks’ Assange says to leave Ecuador embassy, accept arrest if loses UN case
SYDNEY, Feb 4 : WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will leave the Ecuadorian embassy in London, where he took refuge in June 2012 to avoid extradition to Sweden, and accept arrest if a UN panel...
View ArticleAustralian women’s cricketer banned for betting on match
MELBOURNE, Feb 4: Australia has banned women’s cricketer Piepa Cleary for six months, with another 18 months suspended, for placing bets on a men’s test match between Australia and New Zealand in...
View ArticleAustralian state premier offers 267 asylum seekers refuge
PERTH, Feb 6: The premier of an Australian state offered today to look after a group of asylum seekers facing repatriation to a camp on a remote Pacific island, adding to opposition to the federal...
View ArticleAustralia to step up Zika testing as two new cases reported
PERTH, Feb 6 : Australia will intensify testing for the Zika virus in Queensland state where Aedes mosquitoes are found, authorities said today, adding that two new cases among local residents were the...
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