Relief as rain falls over Australian bushfires
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) -- Rain fell across parts of bushfire-ravaged eastern Australia on Thursday and more wet weather was forecast,…
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Australia and Oceania
Makeshift koala hospital scrambles to save dozens injured in bushfires
KANGAROO ISLAND, Australia (AFP) - Dozens of injured koalas arrive at the Kangaroo Island Wildlife Park's makeshift animal hospital each…
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James Murdoch blasts dad Rupert’s firm over climate ‘denial’
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) - Rupert Murdoch's younger son James has called out his father's media empire for "denial" of…
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5,000 feral camels culled in drought-hit Australia
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) - Helicopter-borne marksmen killed more than 5,000 camels in a five-day cull of feral herds that were…
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Australia’s bushfire crisis turns off tourists
by Holly ROBERTSON Agence France-Presse MOGO, Australia (AFP) -- Families grieving for lost homes and loved ones, burned koalas…
4 years ago
Australian ‘megablaze’ brought under control
by Andrew BEATTY Agence France-Presse SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) -- Exhausted firefighters said they had finally brought Australia's largest "megablaze" under…
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New Zealand volcano death toll rises to 20
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AFP) -- The death toll from the White Island volcano eruption in New Zealand has risen to…
4 years ago
Australian animals face extinction threat as bushfire toll mounts
by Glenda KWEK GLENMORE PARK, Australia (AFP) -- When volunteer Sarah Price found a baby kangaroo frightened but miraculously alive…
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Fire-hit Australian farmers vow to rise from the ashes
by Glenda KWEK BATLOW, Australia Steve Bellchambers is digging pits to bury the carcasses of livestock killed by bushfires which…
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Australia bushfires flare as heatwave brings renewed misery
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) -- Bushfires flared in southern Australia on Thursday as a heatwave expected to bring renewed misery set…
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