Body found inside plane days after it ditched into Pacific lagoon
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AFP) -- A male passenger's body has been found inside an airliner that ditched and sank in…
6 years ago
Australia and Oceania
10 Filipinos among 47 passengers, crew rescued from plane that crashed at sea off Micronesia
By Alfred Acenas Eagle News Service EBC Hawaii Bureau (Eagle News) – Ten Filipinos were among the 47…
6 years ago
Plane ditches into Pacific lagoon
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AFP) -- Passengers were forced to swim for their lives Friday when an airliner ditched into a…
6 years ago
Chairman ousted as Australia’s public TV hit by politics scandal
by Andrew Beatty Agence France Presse SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) -- Australia's much-loved public broadcaster scrambled to safeguard its hard-won…
6 years ago
New Zealand PM makes UN history with first baby
by Catherine Triomphe Agence France Presse UNITED NATIONS, United States (AFP) — New Zealand's prime minister has been proclaimed a…
6 years ago
Strawberry sabotage akin to ‘terrorism’: Australia PM
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) -- The tainting of supermarket strawberries with sewing needles is comparable to "terrorism", Australia's prime minister said…
6 years ago
Husband ‘kills wife, toddler children’ in Australia home
PERTH, Australia (AFP) -- A 24-year-old man has been accused of killing his wife, three toddlers and mother-in-law with a…
6 years ago
Deposed Australian PM Turnbull quits parliament
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) -- Deposed Australian prime minister Malcolm Turnbull officially resigned from parliament Friday, sparking a by-election for his…
6 years ago
Pacific leaders urged to demand end to Australia’s refugee camps
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AFP) -- Amnesty International joined 80 other NGOs on Thursday in urging Pacific leaders demand the closure…
6 years ago
Tsunami warning for three Pacific islands after quake
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) -- Small tsunami waves lapped New Caledonia, Fiji and Vanuatu Wednesday after a strong earthquake in the Pacific Ocean,…
6 years ago
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