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SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) — The east coast of Australia, including Sydney, was battered by a freak storm on Sunday with trees uprooted and thousands left without power. The wild storm struck New South Wales after wreaking havoc in Queensland state on Saturday, with an intense low-pressure system bringing heavy rains, gales and rough seas. Hundreds of people were evacuated from homes across NSW and motorists trapped on roads had to be rescued as floodwaters rose, […]
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) — The remains of Australian troops killed in the Vietnam War and their families were returned to Sydney Thursday in a formal military ceremony, half a century after being buried in Malaysia and Singapore. Thirty-three bodies, interred in Malaysia’s Terendak Cemetery and Singapore’s Kranji War Cemetery, were brought home in flag-drapped coffins on two Royal Australian Air Force C-17 Globemaster aircraft. Almost 60,000 Australian military personnel fought alongside the United States in […]
SYDNEY , Australia (AFP) — An 18-year-old man was arrested in Sydney on Tuesday over an alleged “imminent” terror plot, as police raided properties in Melbourne in a separate counter-terrorism operation, officials said. Australian Federal Police claimed the teenager was scouting possible sites in Sydney to undertake an attack while at the same time trying to acquire a firearm. In February he had been stopped at Sydney airport as he attempted to leave for Syria, […]
A police operation was underway at the Sydney Opera House on Thursday (January 14) , police said, with at least one ferry leaving the area cancelled and media reporting that people were being cleared away from the site. A police spokeswoman said an operation was going on but could not provide any details. “Basically, we were doing a bit of steel work in the basement of the Opera House about 20 minutes ago and about […]
The new iPhone 6s and 6s Plus hit stores on Friday (September 25), drawing dozens of people in Sydney despite heavy rain, kicking off a global sales cycle that will be scrutinized for signs of how much juice Apple’s marquee product has left. Apple has a tough act to follow after the success of the iPhone 6, but sales are expected to benefit this year from the inclusion of the Chinese market, where the gadget’s […]
(Reuters) Sydney is deploying a high-tech system that literally sniffs out vandals on its rail network. The CEO of Sydney Trains, Howard Collins, calls the new system Mousetrap. “So our new operation, Mousetrap, is what it says it does. It detects, covertly, people vandalising our trains,” he said. When a graffiti attack is taking place, a sensor in the carriage acts like an electronic nose, detecting the presence of paint fumes. An alarm is sent […]
The Palace on Tuesday offered its condolences to the victims of the hostage-taking incident in a café in Sydney, Australia where three persons, including the hostage-taker, died. Presidential Communications Operations Office Secretary Herminio Coloma, Jr. said that the Filipino nation is sending its sympathies and offering condolences to the families of those killed in the Lindt cafe siege in Sydney, Australia. “Pinaabot ng sambayanang Pilipino ang pakikiramay at panalangin sa mga mamamayan ng Australia dahil […]
Heavy rains did not deter heavy crowds from joining the Iglesia Ni Cristo (INC) WorldWide Walk in Sydney, Australia this morning. About 500 people participated early on, and is expected to draw even more numbers as the day goes on. An additional 446 people gathered at another INC walkathon in Western Australia. The international event, which is quickly becoming one of the most attended of the year, is a charity walkathon aimed to provide […]
