DFA: Filipino student drowns in Australia
(Eagle News) -- A Filipino student drowned off Australian waters on Monday, Feb. 25. The Department of Foreign Affairs did…
6 years ago
Australia and Oceania
Disgraced Australian Catholic Cardinal Pell behind bars for child sex crimes
MELBOURNE, Australia (AFP) -- Cardinal George Pell was ordered held in custody Wednesday following his historic conviction for child…
6 years ago
Australian Catholic cardinal tries to post bail after conviction on child sex crimes, met by angry protesters
By Agence France-Presse MELBOURNE, Australia (AFP) -- Angry protesters called Cardinal George Pell a "maggot" and a "monster" Wednesday…
6 years ago
Top Vatican cleric Cardinal Pell convicted of child sex crimes
MELBOURNE, Australia (AFP) -- Australian Cardinal George Pell, who helped elect popes and ran the Vatican's finances, has been…
6 years ago
Cyclone Oma strengthens, Australian coast warning triggered
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) -- Cyclone Oma intensified to a damaging category three storm, Australia's Bureau of Meteorology said Wednesday, warning…
6 years ago
Oil spill fears for ship stranded on Pacific reef
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AFP) -- A bulk carrier stranded on a coral reef off the Solomon Islands is being battered…
6 years ago
Australia admits ‘failing’ to improve Aboriginal lives
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) -- More than a decade after vowing to "close the gap" between indigenous Australians and the…
6 years ago
Embattled Aussie PM suffers historic defeat over refugees
CANBERRA, Australia (AFP) -- Australia's conservative minority government suffered a monumental political defeat Tuesday, becoming the first administration in…
6 years ago
New Zealand wildfire expected to burn for weeks
WELLINGTON, United States (AFP) -- A large New Zealand wildfire is expected to burn for weeks longer but has moved…
6 years ago
Thousands without power as storm lashes Sydney
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) -- Thousands of Sydney homes were without power Saturday after severe storms hit Australia's largest city,…
6 years ago
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