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Oceania

Aussie court convicts archbishop for concealing child sex abuse

May 22nd, 2018 An Australian archbishop was found guilty on Tuesday of concealing child sex abuse by a priest, which Australian media said made him the most senior Catholic...

Oceania

Australia expanding Aboriginal land rights

May 10th, 2018 Recognition of land rights for an Aboriginal group in Adelaide after an 18-year legal battle could spur more Australian cities to acknowledge such claims and...

Oceania

Carrot-addicted kangaroos hopping mad at tourists

May 4th, 2018 Kangaroos are one of Australia's biggest tourist draws, but visitors to one park are getting more than they bargained for. Tourists in Lake Macquarie, a...

Oceania

Australia plans Captain Cook monument for anniversary of colonial landing

April 29th, 2018 The Australian Government is planning a new monument to commemorate the April 29 anniversary of the day that British explorer Lieutenant James Cook made...

Oceania

Thousands gather for ANZAC Day memorials around world

April 25th, 2018 Thousands of people attended dawn war memorial services on Wednesday across Australia, New Zealand, Turkey, Britain, France and in Thailand to commemorate...

World

In Easter sermons, Australian clergy urge forgiveness for disgraced cricketers

April 1st, 2018 By Alison Bevege A cheating scandal that has ripped through the core of Australia's most venerated pastime, cricket, prompted church leaders to...

Russia

Australia expels Russian diplomats, hints at World Cup boycott

March 27th, 2018 Australia will expel two Russian diplomats in response to a nerve agent attack on a former Russian spy in Britain that the British government has blamed on...

Oceania

Qantas launches first direct flight from Australia to London

March 25th, 2018 Australia's first direct flight to Britain took off on Sunday from the western city of Perth, cutting flying time roughly three hours by skipping stopovers in...

Oceania

Whales die after mass stranding in Australia

March 24th, 2018 All but six of more than 150 short-finned pilot whales that stranded themselves on a beach in Western Australia have died, despite efforts from authorities and...

Oceania

Australian rescuers race to save whales after mass stranding

March 23rd, 2018 Australian rescuers were racing against time to save 15 short-finned pilot whales on Friday after more than 150 of the migrating mammals beached on the...

Oceania

Hundreds flee Australian bushfires that kill cattle, destroy homes

March 19th, 2018 Australian authorities urged people to remain alert on Monday as bushfires that have destroyed dozens of homes, killed cattle and forced hundreds of residents...

Oceania

Australians flee homes as grassfires hit southeast

March 18th, 2018 Bush and grass fires sweeping across Australia's southeast destroyed homes, killed cattle and forced hundreds to flee on Sunday as dry, hot winds fanned the...

Oceania

‘Water as far as eye can see’ as floods hit Australia

March 9th, 2018 Floods swamped parts of the Australian state of Queensland on Friday, covering pastureland and cutting off towns as swollen rivers inundated about 200...

World

Asia-Pacific nations sign sweeping trade deal without US

March 8th, 2018 Eleven countries including Japan and Canada signed a landmark Asia-Pacific trade agreement without the United States on Thursday in what one minister called...

Offbeat

World's oldest message in a bottle found on Australian beach

March 7th, 2018 The oldest known message in a bottle was found on an Australian beach 132 years after being thrown from a German ship in the Indian Ocean as part of an...

Oceania

At least 18 killed as second earthquake strikes Papua New Guinea

March 7th, 2018 A magnitude 6.7 earthquake struck Papua New Guinea's mountainous Southern Highlands on Wednesday killing at least 18 people, an official said, a week after a...

World

Nearly 150,000 people in urgent need of aid after Papua New Guinea quake

March 4th, 2018 By Alison Bevege Almost a week after a deadly quake struck the rugged Papua New Guinea highlands, nearly 150,000 people remain in urgent need of...

Oceania

Melon listeria kills three in Australia

March 3rd, 2018 Three people have died and 12 others have fallen ill in a national listeria outbreak linked to contaminated rockmelons, and more cases are expected, Australian...

Oceania

Death toll rises to 31 in PNG quake as relief effort hampered

March 1st, 2018 The death toll from the strongest earthquake to strike Papua New Guinea's rugged interior in almost a century has climbed to 31 and would probably rise...

Oceania

Papua New Guinea officials say deadly quake flattens villages

February 28th, 2018 Whole villages were flattened and water sources spoiled by a powerful earthquake that killed at least 20 people, residents said on Wednesday as rescuers...

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