Australia and Oceania

Search for more survivors from sunken ferry resumes in Pacific

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AFP) -- The search for survivors from a ferry which sank with 50 people aboard in the…

New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern expecting a baby

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AFP) - New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced Friday she is expecting her first baby in June, making…

Australia offers cash for Great Barrier Reef rescue ideas

SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) -- Australia is calling on the world's top scientific minds to help save the Great Barrier Reef,…

Outrage after koala found screwed to a pole in Australia

SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) -- A dead koala has been found screwed to a pole in Australia in a "sickening" act…

Sydney-Hobart crown at stake as jury hears protest

SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) - The official winner of this year's dramatic Sydney to Hobart yacht race could be determined as early as…

Australian gran escapes death in Malaysia drugs case

by Patrick Lee Agence France-Presse SHAH ALAM, Malaysia (AFP) -- An Australian grandmother who said she was tricked into carrying…

Super-yachts on track to smash Sydney to Hobart race record

SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) -- Six yachts including the supermaxis are on track to beat the Sydney to Hobart record, powered…

Nine foreigners among Melbourne car attack injured

MELBOURNE, Australia (AFP) -- A man who mowed down pedestrians with his car in Melbourne attributed his actions to "perceived…

UPDATED: 14 hurt as car driven into crowd in Melbourne: police

by Tania Lee Agence France Presse MELBOURNE, Australia (AFP) -- A car ploughed into a crowd in Australia's second-largest city…

Woman rescued after being stuck for two days in Australia mine shaft

SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) -- A woman has been pulled alive from an abandoned Australian mine shaft where she was trapped in searing…

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