Auckland blaze blankets city in black smoke
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AFP) -- A huge fire at a construction site sent clouds of acrid black smoke billowing over…
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Australia and Oceania
New Zealand creates unit to target, ‘disrupt’ online extremism
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AFP) -- New Zealand will establish a team of investigators dedicated solely to tackling online extremism,…
5 years ago
Residents flee after Papua New Guinea volcano erupts
KOKOPO, Papua New Guinea (AFP) -- Papua New Guinea's volatile Ulawun volcano erupted early Tuesday, sending a column of red…
5 years ago
Disgraced Catholic Cardinal Pell of Australia loses child sex abuse appeal
by Holly ROBERTSON Agence France Presse MELBOURNE, Australia (AFP) -- Disgraced Cardinal George Pell lost his appeal against child…
5 years ago
Cardinal Pell appeal ruling to be announced August 21: court
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) -- The ruling in Australian Cardinal George Pell's appeal against his conviction on historical child sex abuse charges…
5 years ago
Woman stabbed in central Sydney knife rampage
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) -- A man stabbed a woman and attempted to stab several other people in central Sydney Tuesday…
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WWII Pacific battlegrounds now site of US-China tug of war
by Giff Johnson Agence France Presse MAJURO, Marshall Islands (AFP) -- Pacific islands that were key World War II battlegrounds…
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Australian coal use an ‘existential threat’ to islands: Fiji PM
SUVA, Fiji (AFP) -- Fiji on Monday challenged Australia to do more on climate change ahead of a regional…
5 years ago
New Zealand cocaine haul believed drifted 2,100 km from Australia
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AFP) -- A multi-million dollar haul of cocaine washed up on a New Zealand beach this week…
5 years ago
Powerful quake strikes off Vanuatu, no tsunami warning
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AFP) -- A strong 6.6-magnitude earthquake struck near the Pacific island nation of Vanuatu Thursday, the US…
5 years ago
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