Australia

Kin of ‘world’s ugliest animal’ among fish hauled off Australia abyss

SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) -- More than 100 rarely seen fish species were hauled up from a deep and cold abyss…

Shellfish reefs: Australia’s untold environmental disaster

SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) -- Virtually all of Australia's shellfish reefs have disappeared, making them the country’s most threatened ocean ecosystem,…

British warship to sail through disputed South China Sea

SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) -- A British warship will sail from Australia through the disputed South China Sea next month to…

Australia gives P42.7 million in aid for affected Marawi residents

Money to fund WFP program for schoolchildren, "vulnerable laborers, farmers" (Eagle News) -- The Australian government has given more than…

Maldives opposition urges global community to help end crisis

MALÉ, Maldives (AFP) - Opposition leaders in the Maldives urged the international community Monday to pressure President Abdulla Yameen into obeying a…

Tennis: Federer faces Chung hurdle to 30th Slam final

MELBOURNE, Australia (AFP) -- Roger Federer steps on court against new South Korean star Chung Hyeon Friday with the prospect of an…

Tennis: Edmund joins British greats with Dimitrov upset

by Robert Smith Agence France-Presse MELBOURNE, Australia (AFP) - Kyle Edmund became only the fourth British man to reach the Australian Open…

Get on with tennis, says Federer, there’s been worse heat

 MELBOURNE, Australia (AFP) -- Roger Federer has downplayed suffocating heat on court at the Australian Open, saying it was part of the…

Australia lifesaving drone makes first rescue

SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) -- A pair of Australian swimmers on Thursday became the first people to be rescued in the…

Heatwave forces Tour Down Under to be shortened

ADELAIDE, Australia (AFP) -- South Australia's extreme heatwave conditions have forced Tour Down Under organizers to shorten Thursday's third stage from Glenelg…

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,…

WATCH: Wild wallaby leads Aussie cops on hop-speed chase

SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) -- A wallaby startled motorists Tuesday when it hopped across Sydney's Harbor Bridge, closely tailed by police.…

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