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TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Australian Andrew Hoy became the oldest medallist at the Olympics since 1968 when he took silver in the equestrian eventing team competition at the Tokyo Games on Monday. It was the 62-year-old’s fifth Olympic medal in total — three of them gold — but his first since Sydney 2000. Hoy was not done there, following up soon after with bronze in the eventing individual competition. “I’m actually grateful people can still […]
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) — Thousands of hectares of mangroves in Australia’s remote north “died of thirst” last year, scientists said Tuesday, in the largest climate-related incident of its kind ever recorded. Some 7,400 hectares (18,000 acres), stretching 1,000 kilometers across the semi-arid Gulf of Carpentaria, perished, according to researchers from Australia’s James Cook University. The so-called die-back — where mangroves are either dead or defoliated — was confirmed by aerial and satellite surveys, with subsequent […]
Suggested photo captions:2: Australian Ambassador to the Philippines Amanda Gorely delivers her keynote message during the inauguration of the Australia-Supported DSWD Relief Goods Warehouse in Pasay City. 12: DSWD Secretary Judy Taguiwalo shows Australian Ambassador Amanda Gorely the packing process of the Relief Goods for disaster aid response. MANILA, Philippines — Department of Social Welfare and Development Secretary Judy Taguiwalo and Australian Ambassador Amanda Gorely launched an enhanced humanitarian capacity of DSWD through the new Australian-funded warehouse at […]
