Smoke haze settles over Australian capital as bushfires burn
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) -- Smoke haze from bushfires raging in Australia spread to the capital Sunday, as firefighters raced to…
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Australia and Oceania
Australia braces for heatwave as more than 100 fires burn
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) -- Out of control bushfires forced residents in eastern Australia to flee their homes on Saturday,…
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Freak waves flood homes in Marshall Islands
MAJURO, Marshall Islands (AFP) -- More than 200 people have been forced to flee their homes after they were inundated…
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Bushfire threat spreads in Australia as smoke chokes Sydney
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) -- The fire danger was elevated across wider swathes of southern Australia on Thursday, with residents warned…
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Death toll in Australia bushfires rises to four
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) -- The death toll from devastating bushfires in eastern Australia has risen to four after a man's…
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Helicopter crashes during Australia bushfire operation
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) -- A helicopter crashed while fighting a bushfire in northern Australia on Wednesday and the pilot managed…
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Disgraced Catholic Cardinal Pell gets last chance to appeal sex abuse convictions
CANBERRA, Australia (AFP) -- Disgraced Catholic Cardinal George Pell was handed a final chance to clear his name Wednesday,…
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Australia bushfire threat still high after narrow escape
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) -- Australia escaped the worst-feared impacts of bushfires during a day of "catastrophic" conditions but the threat…
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Australians trapped by bushfires told ‘too late to leave’
by Daniel DE CARTERET / with Holly Robertson in Winmalee HILLVILLE, Australia (AFP) -- Dozens of fires fanned by gale-force…
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Australia readies for ‘catastrophic’ bushfires
by Holly ROBERTSON / with Daniel de Carteret in Taree, New South Wales WINMALEE, Australia (AFP) -- Thousands of firefighters…
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